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PricewaterhouseCoopers Presents The TelecomDirect News Daily Update For April 25, 2006
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New Holes in Buckets: Operators Add Services, Revenue Leaks
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WITH THE DISAPPEARANCE of UNE-P and the movement to wireless and VoIP, many smaller carriers and resellers are switching to new product lines and technologies, and entering a growth phase. This presents challenges to those responsible for revenue assurance as the expansion means more customers, more partners and more complexity in the...
XO Unveils Broadband Wireless Strategy
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Alternative service provider XO Communications has announced the launch of Nextlink, its new wireless broadband subsidiary. Nextlink has already launched commercially in Dallas, Los Angeles, Miami, San Diego, Tampa and Washington D.C., and plans to expand the presence of its network to over 70 major U.S. markets over the next two years....
VSNL to Invest US$300 mil. in Undersea Cable between India, Europe
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India's top international telecoms provider, VSNL, is planning to invest more than US$300 million to roll out an undersea cable between India and Europe, the Press Trust of India reported yesterday (24 April), citing senior executives at the company. The report said that VSNL was implementing the project as it expects rising demand for...
Cesky Telecom Earmarks US$6.6 mil. for Broadband Development in 2006
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Czech fixed-line incumbent Cesky Telecom has earmarked 150 million koruna for the roll-out of its ADSL broadband services this year. Cesky's investment will be directed into building new interconnecting components in the network, so-called DSLAMs (which enable high-speed data transfer over traditional copper networks)....
TeliaSonera's Net Profit Rises in 1st Quarter
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STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- TeliaSonera Corp., the Nordic region's largest telecommunications operator, reported a 20 percent rise in first-quarter net profit Tuesday driven by strong mobile and broadband growth. Net profit increased to 4.27 billion kronor (US$566 million) in the three-month period ending March 31, compared with 3.56...
AT&T Earnings Rose 63.3 percent on AT&T-SBC Deal
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NEW YORK -- AT&T Inc., on track to become the largest U.S. telephone company, Tuesday said its earnings rose 63.3 percent in the first quarter, the first period it reported combined results after SBC Communications Inc.'s acquisition of AT&T Corp. Net income was $1.445 billion, or 37 cents a share, for the January-March...
The Perfect Cellular/VoWLAN Demand Storm
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A classic "pull" strategy is unfolding around enterprise cellular/voice over wireless LAN (VoWLAN) solutions, according to a new mobile-communications study issued by TelecomWeb's sister division InfoTech. Half of the U.S. enterprise decision-makers recently interviewed by InfoTech for its "Dual-Mode Cellular/VoWLAN Solutions:...
Poll: Merging Is Surging
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Building up is the way to go, readers say. The latest Light Reading poll asked readers to pick the most profitable way to build a dominant telecom equipment company. Half of the 152 respondents so far believe one should buy a number of smaller, targeted companies. About one-fourth say that merging with a rival is the way to go. Read...
DSLAM Market Has Reached Maturity
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- With Internet users needing faster connections for multimedia applications, the global market for DSLAMs will grow to 89.1 million ports by the end of 2010, up from 76 million in 2005, reports In-Stat. A combination of dial-up users moving to broadband and broadband users moving to higher-speed lines continues...
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