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10% of Mobile Banking Enrollees Are New to Wachovia, Bank Reports
Wachovia Corp. is seeing new enrollments in the service rise at an average of 40% per week, while 10% of enrollments have represented new customers.

2007: The year of mobile TV
Providers are scrambling to let consumers take the boob tube to go - but are we willing to pay up for the privilege?

3G civil war breaks out in U.S.
Sprint Nextel and Verizon Wireless fly the flag for CDMA2000, while AT&T and T-Mobile USA spearhead the W-CDMA charge.

3G, 4G, UMA – Who’s Talking Where?
Wi-Fi and UMA are becoming key drivers for 3G devices and the ability to run any application anywhere.

700 MHz spectrum: Surprise! AT&T and Verizon win
As expected AT&T and Verizon were the two biggest spenders in the FCC’s 700 MHz spectrum auction, together bidding about $16 billion of the $19.5 billion auction total.

A Broadband-Heavy Regulatory Slate for 2007
As Congress stands in recess and the mid-term elections approach, a host of hotbed regulatory issues sit in bills that await debate on the Senate and House floors.

Alltel's Out. Who's Next?

Wireless carrier Alltel's $27.5 billion private-equity buyout marks the biggest-ever push of private money into telecommunications. Are more deals on the way?

Analyze This: How Many Employees Really Need Business Intelligence Tools?
For years, vendors have touted "pervasive BI." Business Objects and Microsoft make another run at it.

AOL drops $850M to pick up Bebo
Time Warner Inc.’s AOL is buying Bebo for $850 million in cash, while Microsoft said it will acquire Rapt.

Are Comcast's Woes a Harbinger?
Reduced forecasts by the top cable provider may be a sign of interference ahead for a broad range of communications providers

AT&T acquires Interwise for $121 million
In an effort to expand its IP business services, AT&T has agreed to pay $121 million to acquire Interwise, which specializes in Web conferencing.

AT&T Builds Sales Without Selling

AT&T Joins Big Carriers in Wireless Ad Promise
On the heels of its controversial buyout of BellSouth, AT&T will begin selling ads on cell phones as well as its TV and its Internet service this year.

AT&T prepares for iPhone explosion
Staff leave cancelled as US mobile firm prepares for Apple iPhone to take over the mobile market.

AT&T Silences Pearl Jam; Gives 'Net Neutrality' Proponents Ammunition
AT&T's “content monitor” hit the mute button during part of Pearl Jam’s “Blue Room” Live Lollapalooza Webcast.

AT&T to Get Tough on Piracy
It wants to incorporate antipiracy technology to protect video content and attract advertisers, but runs the risk of enraging privacy advocates and others.

AT&T/Cingular Customers Can File Class Action
Washington state Supreme Court ruled that companies do not have the right to prohibit customers from filing a class action lawsuit just because they sign a waiver in a contract prohibiting such actions.

AT&T and Verizon: Wireless at heart
Traditional telcos are scrambling to win the wireless market. But can they really connect with corporations?

AT&T Bundles Up U-verse
AT&T says it's looking for more ways to combine U-verse features into bundles and might even look into combining services -- including wireless services -- onto one bill.

AT&T’s IPTV Plan Change Raises Core Questions
AT&T Inc.’s confirmation last week that it had shortened its 2006 IPTV deployment plans – from the long and publicly stated 15 markets to only 11 – coupled with its reason why, has raised core questions as to the current health and well-being of the video ecosystem.

Bad News From Barcelona: Cellular Subscriber Growth Slump Coming
At least one analyst house was raining on the parade with a warning that the glory days of cellular-subscriber growth are over.

Belgians claim first secure mobile payment system
Pay your baby-sitter by mobile phone.

Brace Yourself: VoIP Spam Is Coming
Companies get creative to block SPIT or Spam over Internet Telephony.

Broadband Growth Rate Slowing
Time to reach for the high-hanging fruit.

BT Inches Toward Telco 2.0
BT Group is only months away from taking a giant leap into the so-called Telco 2.0 world by exposing its next-generation service creation platform to third-party applications developers.

Building Blocks and 'The Long Tail'
In his book The Long Tail, Chris Anderson describes a compelling future for product marketing that eschews the traditional model of product success being defined by runaway “hits” and embraces the concept of small–even tiny–vertical markets.

Business Owners Confess to Checking E-mail While Driving, Using Bathroom
A new survey highlights the ongoing time crunch that many entrepreneurs face.

Cable ops target home networking
CableLabs Innovation Showcase offers glimpse of the future.

Cable’s wireless adventure
MSOs target integrated wireless service play

Cable's bandwidth crisis
New ABI study predicts need for alternative capacity solutions.

Cablecos Accelerate DOCSIS 3.0 in Move to Gain ‘High Ground’
Comcast Corp.’s CEO Brian Roberts recently demoed an ultra broadband data service with speeds in the 150mbps range, causing the show's attendees to wonder just when that kind of bandwidth would be commercially available on a mass-market basis.

Cablecos Leaving PIVOT Wireless Venture
Three of four cableco members of the PIVOT wireless group effort with Sprint confirmed that they’re moving customers off the mobile service, just months after it was announced the reach of the service would not be expanded beyond initial markets.

Can the Internet Handle Broadcast TV?
With all of the hype surrounding the migration of video services to IP networks, an issue that often gets overlooked is whether or not there is enough capacity on the Internet backbones to handle the increased load.

Can WiMax Go The Distance?
Though LTE is a threat, tangible benefits make WiMax likely to stay in the running for the long haul.

Carriers experiment with mobile-phone ads
The experimentation for mobile ads are in beta testing.

Carriers Say Bandwidth Glut Is Gone
XO Communications Inc. plans on doubling its network's capacity in 2008.

CBS Creates Mobile Division
Broadcaster CBS has formed a mobile division and launched three WAP-based sites to pair with existing on-deck content.

Cell phone giants start courting coders
The golden age of cell-phone innovation is upon us, and that puts the balance of power, once again, in the hands of Silicon Valley.

Cell phones that fit your budget
STAY IN TOUCH | Testers make call on some bargains that are simple.

Cell Service Providers Get A Wake-Up Call From Business Users
Cell network operators, used to exercising strict control over phone features, are under pressure to change.

Cellular Food Chain Fight
Handset makers and service providers have different views of how to offer features to customers.

Cheap Long-Distance Service -- Without All the Hassle
A weekly look at the latest products and services designed to help you run a better business.

Compliance: 5 Years After Enron
From Software to Certification: Compliance's New Imperatives

Congress Proposes to Repeal 3 Percent Excise Tax
A group of House representatives is calling for the end of a telephony excise tax that mostly affects low-income, elderly and rural citizens.

Customer Service is a Killer for Service Providers
Six out of the 10 U.S. companies ranked worst for customer service were two cable operators, three telcos and a satellite provider. 

DirecTV pushes needle on HD, portable DBS
DirecTV could apply some pressure on already-tight cable bandwidth after announcing it plans to launch and carry 100 national high-definition channels.

Does Mobile TV Hinge on Cost?
Is mobile TV service ready for its close-up?

Ericsson predicts demise of hotspots
Ericsson exec says Wi-Fi hotspots will become as irrelevant as telephone booths as mobile broadband takes off.

FairPoint vows $16.1M
FairPoint Communications Inc. promised to introduce or expand broadband Internet service in 117 Maine communities should its acquisition of Verizon’s northern New England land lines be approved.

Few Answer Mobile Marketing Call
American Idol votes are just a drop in the bucket.

Fiber optic projects in the works
COMPETITION: GCI, ACS reveal network expansion plans.

Firms Push Ad-Supported Mobile at AlwaysOn
Companies serving the mobile population are finding ways to reach users that don't require mobile Web access.

First 'WiFi Protected' Products Certified
The WiFi Alliance announced that it has certified the first 10 wireless products under its WiFi Protected Setup guidelines.

Five Technologies That Won't Survive 2007
We used to love them, but its all over now. Unstrung reveals the one-time wireless treasures that will get trashed in 2007.

Fixed-Mobile Convergence Gets Revved Up
What if your employees could be always reachable on one device, at one number, and with one voice-mail box?

Flash Lite: Graphics for Mobile Devices
Getting network data to your Flash Lite application.

Former CEO Says U.S. Punished Phone Firm
A former Qwest Communications International executive, appealing a conviction for insider trading, has alleged that the government withdrew opportunities for contracts worth hundreds of millions of dollars after Qwest refused to participate in an unidentified National Security Agency program that the company thought might be illegal.

Future Sounds: Mobile Music
We do hold phones to our ears, so....

Google CEO hits back on YouTube purchase
Schmidt cites online video's huge potential but says it will take time for it to become big sales, profit generator.

Google Spy: Big Team Picking Up Phone
A Silicon Valley insider claims that 100 people are working on a new mobile device at Google.

Google's Phone Plan Raises Concerns for Customers
Is there a hidden meaning behind "Android," Google's code name for its new open mobile phone operating system?

Having Fun and Gaining Insight in the Call Center
Affinity takes advantage of the insight provided via customer surveys.

How marketers plan to invade your phone
So far, most of the advertising on cell phones has been from phone companies themselves. But that could change soon, reports Fortune's Stephanie Mehta.

How marketers plan to invade your phone
So far, most of the advertising on cell phones has been from phone companies themselves. But that could change soon, reports Fortune's Stephanie Mehta.

How telecoms can get more from Internet Protocol
Telecommunications companies are transforming their network platforms by adopting IP technology.

How To Secure Mobile Devices
As mobile devices get smaller, become more widespread and harbor an increasing amount of business data, I.T. executives are using new strategies and software tools to keep these devices secure.

How Valuable is Business Intelligence to the Enterprise?
Just 26 percent of companies using business intelligence have five or more years' experience with the technology.

How Wi-Fi Can Extend T-Mobile's Range
Service for calls over Web aims to improve reception, savings.

Imported phones with Qualcomm chips banned
International Trade Commission rules chipmaker infringed on Broadcom patent.

Information Central: The Contact Center's Next Big Thing
The contact center should be a hub to bring together important pieces of the customer insight puzzle.

Internet TV Takes Off As Joost Juices Up

Iridium plans dual offerings to boost revival

Iridium is preparing for a private equity offering to be followed by an initial public offering in the next 12 to 24 months.

Is A 'Voice Over IP' Phone System Right For You?
Thousands of small and mid-size businesses are facing the same decision--what to do about their voice and data services.

IT Departments Will Set Less Of The Business Tech Agenda, Survey Suggests
Far more companies plan to give business units more control, and more spending will be through nontraditional licensing models, survey for Software 2007 Conference suggests.

It’s a hybrid world after all
Service providers search for legacy and next-gen balance.

Kenya’s Safaricom Introduces Mobile Money Transfers
A new mobile telephony service allows subscribers in Kenya to transfer money instantly.

Landline or Online
Is your business ready for VoIP?

Lawmakers Delay Telco Immunity Vote
The Senate Judiciary Committee delays a decision on whether telcos broke the law when they cooperated with the fed's warrantless surveillance program.

Level 3 Poised as CDN Powerhouse Despite $181M Loss
Level 3 Communications Inc. adds content delivery network (CDN) services to its portfolio.

Marathoners go high tech
Online | Tracking systems keep runners, fans in contact -- unless there's a glitch in the system.

Mobile Banking: Taking Users Beyond the Ringtone
Cingular Wireless is launching a mobile banking service this quarter.

Mobile E-Mail Marketing Gets Skimmed
The PC's killer app meets the small screen.

Mobile ESPN mounts comeback as Verizon app
ESPN will resurrect its Mobile ESPN service via Verizon Wireless, this time as a straight-ahead content application and not as an MVNO.

Mobile Media Will Grow, But When?
Speedy mobile downloads are still the exception.

Mobile Services From MasterCard: Priceless
Mobility moves customer strategy forward.

Mobile TV subs to hit 462M by 2012
The total number of mobile TV subscribers will grow to 462 million in the next five years, according to ABI Research.

Mobile TV's Picture Improves
MobiTV announced Wednesday that it has crossed the two-million subscriber mark.

Motorola creating mobile movie store?
Motorola is in the "late stages" of offering a service that would offer full-length movies pre-formatted for Motorola's more media-friendly devices.

Motorola stock tumbles on lower forecast
Analysts say the No. 2 maker may have to cut pricing on more mobile devices to fight larger rival Nokia.

Next-Gen Spectrum Crunch
As the standards for next-generation wireless systems evolve, one of the biggest hurdles to overcome will be spectrum availability.

Nielsen: Broadband Video Provides Fertile Ground for Advertisers
Red-hot broadband video space can provide a fertile market for advertising revenue.

Non-Voice Wireless Revenues Approaching $1 Billion in India
Indians love their mobile phones.

Norway declares Apple's iTunes illegal
Consumer ombudsman ruled that its iTunes online music store was illegal because it did not allow downloaded songs to be played on rival technology companies' devices.

NTCA: McDowell tells rural providers, ‘Go wireless’
Take advantage of the upcoming 700 MHz spectrum auction to arm yourself for the future.

On Demand and on DVD at the Same Time
Comcast introduced an experimental program to release films on demand simultaneously with their release on DVDs.

Online Banking Is Old News. Hello Mobile!
But where will the statement stuffer go?

OPA: Mobile Web Ripe for Advertising
Research published today by the Online Publishers Association (OPA) finds the mobile Web a "compelling platform for content and marketing."

PayPal Launches Its First Mobile Service on a Downloadable Application
PayPal Inc. has launched its mobile-payments service on a new product from Sprint Nextel Corp.

Putting mobile services on the map
Wireless carriers hope to cash in on your need for everything from turn-by-turn mapping instructions to keeping close tabs on your teen.

Qwest gets new gig
Upgrades nationwide fiber optic network to 40 Gbps

Qwest Ready For Business
Enterprise A Focus, CFO Says During Financial Conference

Report Sees More Hype Than Progress For Enterprise VoIP
Forrester: Still Hope For Transforming Business Voice

Ringtone Lawsuit Highlights Revenue Assurance Challenges
In mid-January, music publisher EMI Entertainment World filed a $100 million lawsuit against InfoSpace Inc.

Roping Telecom Chaos
Most companies mismanage telecom expenses and planning—and are now asking the CIO to fix the problem. Here's how to take stock and clean up the mess.

Should the Xbox Be Your Set-Top?
It is clear that giving the Xbox more to do in the livingroom will give set-top makers more to worry about in the coming months.

Skyfi3 carries XM and MP3 tunes handily
Latest version of the mobile receiver offers versatility in light unit.

Skypsters Fast Forward to Internet TV

Fast-forwarding the IP-based TV revolution that telecom vendors and carriers have been talking about for years.

Software as a Serpent
Renting business applications may be all the rage, but it can also come back to bite companies.

Spectrum Hangover
Carriers’ binge on spectrum assets bring competitive concerns.

Sports Battle Looms for IPTV
As telco TV matures, operators may try to acquire exclusive sports content to differentiate their services against cable and satellite.

Sprint CEO Calls Pivot Progress Disappointing
Sprint chairman and CEO Gary Forsee addressed the status of the JV during the company's second-quarter earning's call.

Sprint Reconsiders WiMax Plans
Sprint Nextel Corp. has confirmed reports that its WiMax partnership with broadband wireless service provider Clearwire LLC has been scrapped and that it's now reviewing its business plans.

Startups Chase Mobile Ads Biz

Stitching the Backhaul Quilt
What became obvious at the Light Reading Live wireless backhaul conference, here, is that there no way for any carrier to use just one technology for backhaul.

Storage Platform Enhances Mobile Users' Multimedia Experience
An ultra-portable storage platform that allows users to retrieve multimedia content wirelessly from their mobile handsets.

Study Finds Operator Revenue Leakage Continuing to Grow

SureWest sells wireless assets to Verizon Wireless
The transaction will bring $69 million to SureWest’s bottom line and should close in the second quarter of 2008.

Takeover rumors run at full 'Sprint'
Sprint Nextel stock has surged on talk a cable company might buy the struggling wireless carrier. Not so fast.

Telco TV: Content Is King
Message to the Telcos: Don’t Commoditize TV!

Telcos Should Watch Apple's iTV
Apple is reportedly ready to unveil a new wireless media streaming device, code-named iTV.

Telcos Trump Cable Broadband Gains
U.S. phone companies signed up at least 100,000 more high-speed data subscribers than cable operators during the fourth quarter of 2006, according to the latest research compiled by Cable Digital News.

Telecom Changes Put Competition on the Line
For most of the industrial age, homes primarily communicated to the outside world through a basic copper phone wire.

Telecom Future In India And China

Telepresence: Up Close, Personal, And A Pretty Penny
Wachovia deploys Cisco technology in two offices and mulls wider deployment.

The Business-Savvy Smartphone Review: Nokia E62, BlackBerry Pearl, T-Mobile Dash, Palm Treo 750
CIO compares four of the hottest smartphones available, from the perspective of four experienced IT executives.

The Content Conundrum
The next big thing in wireless isn't a radio technology, or even a flashy new handset -- it's mobile content.

The dial-through fraudsters using VoIP to outwit detectives
Telephone switchboard hacking is not new, but criminals are now using the latest technology to cover their trails.

The High Cost of Clean Data

The iPhone video threat: Can networks keep up?
With 9 billion video downloads last year over wireless, business and cell networks are becoming overwhelmed.

The iPhone's Fat ARPU
AT&T Inc. has confirmed a trend that many wireless industry watchers have tracked during the past nine months: The iPhone, plus faster network access, is good for boosting wireless data revenues.

The Rise and Fall of Amp’d: What It Means for MVNOs
The high-profile bankruptcy of Amp’d Mobile in June, along side the Virgin USA IPO statement filed less than one month prior, provide a revealing juxtaposition, illustrating where the MVNO market is today and where it is likely going tomorrow.

There Goes Mobile Advertising
Many hope that mobile brand advertising is finally on the move.

TV is dying? Long live TV!
Despite (or because of) the Web, we watch more television than ever.

TVB: Satellite growing faster than cable
The Television Bureau of Advertising is claiming that alternative delivery system operators, namely direct broadcast satellite video providers, are growing more rapidly than wired cable operators.

U.K. Wireless Use Flip-Flops As Text Tops Talk
Wireless subscribers in the U.K. are talking less and texting more, according to a new survey by J.D. Power and Associates.

U.S. Broadband Market On The Decline
Expectations are high for emerging technologies such as wireless broadband, but challenges still remain.

U.S. telecom spending projected at $393 billion
Report estimates wireline, wireless EF&I spending over next 5 years.

US Cellular: Next In Line For Telecom Takeover?
AT&T's $2.8 billion takeover of Dobson Communications--speculation has been rampant about which company may be bought next.

V Cast Mobile TV Goes Live
Taking the lid off its highly anticipated next great revolution in television, Verizon Wireless officially went live with V Cast Mobile TV in 20 select markets today.

Verizon Business attacks billing complexity
MCI was known to have a complex set of operating systems — the legacy of a series of acquisitions that had never been fully integrated.

Verizon Notches Spam Win
Verizon Wireless won another battle in its ongoing war against text message spam on Monday.

Verizon Sues Sprint Nextel Over Ongoing Interconnection Squabble
Verizon Communications Inc. has sued Sprint Nextel Corp., accusing the No. 3 mobile-phone operator of failing pay nearly $10 million in interconnection charges.

Verizon's Big TV Bet Pays Off
Investors battered the company's stock for years. But now they're beginning to show support for CEO Seidenberg.

Video: A Portable Feast
Transportable video markets are emerging from their cocoons and steadily taking flight as MSOs leap to grab ahold.

Virginia Tech Tackles Head Injuries Using Wireless

Vivo Telefonica?
Telefonica may be close to taking full control of Brazilian mobile phone joint venture Vivo from Portugal Telecom

Voice Mail 2.0

 New tools for small businesses.

VoIP Applications Streamlining Businesses Processes

Vonage Could Kill VoIP Funding
The $2-billion flow of VoIP investments may slow to a trickle in the wake of Vonage’s patent problems.

Watching TV anywhere and everywhere
The growth of TV carried over Internet pipes means that more viewers will be watching in public on personal devices.

What's the Killer App for Mobile WiMax?
So, what is the killer application for mobile WiMax? Come on, you knew this question was coming at some point.

Why Buy Palm?
The good news for Palm, or its potential buyer: Its market is still growing.

Will 'Ocean' Kick-Start Helio?
Can building a new, exclusive cellphone from scratch help upstart mobile-phone operator Helio stand out in the highly competitive wireless industry?

Will Verizon Drain Its Great Lakes Next?
Will Verizon Communications sell its Midwest phone lines next?

Wireless Backhaul Rises to the Top
Backhaul Capex to reach $23 billion by 2012.

Wireless Startups Score $515M
Wireless startups raked in a combined $515.5 million in venture capital funding during the month of February, according to Rutberg & Co.

XM Unveils New Radio
XM Satellite Radio, is bringing a new advanced satellite radio to the market, which features full-color split-screen display, 60-minute replay and song storage.

Yahoo Ups the Mobile Ante
Yahoo is counting on user adoption of its new mobile search and content platform to boost ad inventory and create broader mobile reach for advertisers.