TelecomDirect News Daily Update - August 18, 2006

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U.K. Regulator Proposes New Broadband Switching Rules

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Ofcom has unveiled new proposals aimed at making it easier for customers to switch broadband providers. It proposes to formalise the switching process, by making it mandatory for broadband providers to supply customers with a Migration Authorisation Code (MAC) required for switching. In addition, the regulator plans to create a ...

Training Cable's Front Line

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The secret to keeping customers is keeping customers satisfied. That's especially true of the ones who are unhappy, the ones who call with a problem. That means your first line of defense is manned by customer service reps, installers and repair technicians. And that historically has been one suspect front line. Among U.S. ...

Auction 66 Tops $10 Billion in Bidding

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WASHINGTON -- Bidders with established wireless or wireline networks are emerging as the dominant players in the FCC's Advanced Wireless Services (AWS) auction. After 20 rounds, total bidding for the spectrum topped $10 billion. T-Mobile USA and Verizon Wireless were at the top, followed by Sprint's partnership with cable ...

Bidders Line Up For Verizon's Leavings

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Reports surfacing this week say several telephone holding companies are interested in purchasing Verizon Communications' landline network assets in some New England and Midwest states, assets the incumbent carrier said in May would be on the block. FairPoint Communications, CenturyTel and Citizens Communications are among ...

WiMax's Small Steps to Security

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Sprint Nextel Corp.'s decision last week to spend $3 billion on a new high-speed wireless network gear catapulted WiMax right into the public eye. But what Sprint didn't talk about -- and is less well understood -- is what security measures will protect users who move over to the broadband wireless network. Analysts, ...

Wireless Pause Pesters Ericsson, Lucent

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Wireless equipment sales are reaching a pause for Ericsson AB, but it's no cause for long-term concern, analysts say. Ericsson is troubled by GSM and UMTS spending, which in North America 'may be below plan due to some near-term digestion of capacity,' analyst Mark Sue of RBC Capital Markets writes in a report issued ...

Draft n Products Debut in 2Q06: WLAN End-Product and Chipset Vendors Off and Running in the Midst of IEEE 802.11n Standard Drama

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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Although the much-heralded IEEE 802.11n WLAN standard is probably a good year away from formal ratification, end-products based on Draft 1.0 of the standard were released from a handful of vendors in 2Q06. Approximately 300 thousand total Draft n routers, clients and access points shipped out from home and SMB ...

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