TelecomDirect News Daily Update - Wednesday, March 22, 2006

******************************** PricewaterhouseCoopers Presents The TelecomDirect News Daily Update For March 22, 2006 ********************************

EU Urges More Broadband Internet Access

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BRUSSELS, Belgium -- The European Union's executive office called on the governments of member nations to do more to get people online, saying only 13 percent of the union's 450 million people have broadband Internet access. If governments act now to boost investment in high-speed networks in remote and rural areas, all EU citizens...

AT&T Dismisses BellSouth Merger Critics

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LAS VEGAS -- Ed Whitacre Jr., the chief executive of AT&T Inc., dismissed critics who say its planned merger with BellSouth Corp. will form a near-monopoly for Internet access and give it the clout to dictate terms to Web sites if they want to remain reachable. At issue is the current principle of 'network neutrality,' under...

Vodafone Denies C&W Takeover Rumour

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Vodafone has denied that it is about to launch a takeover bid for Cable & Wireless's (C&W) U.K. business. Reacting to market speculation that it was in talks for a potential bid, a Vodafone spokesman told Dow Jones that 'the company had no intention no intention of owning any fixed-line assets'. Significance: Coming barely a...

Locate911 Finds Network VoIP Phones

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A growing number of enterprises are turning to voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) systems to slash their phone costs. But enhanced phone system management is another reason why organizations may want to consider the technology. A novel product that showcases VoIP's device management possibilities to the hilt is eTelemetry's...

Verizon Chief Sees Fast Wireless Broadband Future

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The future of wireless broadband is fiber and the future of fiber is broadband wireless, or at least an increasingly complex mix of the two, said Verizon Communications Chairman Ivan Seidenberg. In keynote remarks late yesterday at TelecomNEXT in Las Vegas, Seidenberg told the telephone company attendees that the future isn't only...

Footlose & Cable-Free

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At the Ohio State University Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio director of enterprise services Phil Skinner has a technology group looking into applications for so-called "wireless USB." Beyond replacing messy desktop cables, the group is looking at automatic synchronization between a slew of different devices. "Not just PDAs," notes...

Siemens Shuffles Top Deck

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Siemens AG (NYSE: SI - message board; Frankfurt: SIE) announced a major reshuffle of its board today, including a new president for telecom unit Siemens Communications Group , which is currently under the merger and acquisition spotlight. (See Sources: Lucent, Nokia in Play for Siemens and Siemens Changes Board). At Com, president...

Juniper Research Reveals VoIP Drivers

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Revenues from voice over IP (VoIP) services in the business sector will reach $18 billion by 2010, according to a new study by Juniper Research, due to several business-related factors. Its findings say VoIP growth will be driven by the replacement of existing business circuit-switched connectivity, cheaper call costs, the massive...

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