| News for telecom industry leaders |  |
| News of the Day |  |  |
|
| Business & Industry Watch | | |
|
- Should Alcatel-Lucent be cutting more jobs?
An additional 10,000 jobs will have to be eliminated by Alcatel-Lucent for the company to keep up with its rivals, analysts say. The phone equipment manufacturer announced 5,500 job cuts in October, but analysts say it may be too little, too late. "Gross margins are just too low to support this," said Exane BNP Paribas analyst Alexander Peterc. Bloomberg Businessweek
(11/6)      
- AT&T set to expand rural Internet access
AT&T is expanding its high-speed Internet service into more rural areas. "We have to invest in rural America. I think it makes sense from both a business perspective and as a way of pushing the country toward a digital revolution," said Recon Analytics analyst Roger Entner, who thinks the move will sit well with regulators. Bloomberg Businessweek
(11/6)
 | USTelecom Spotlight |
- What do you know about Long-Term Evolution (LTE)?
This free webinar, presented by best-selling author Annabel Z. Dodd, provides a valuable overview of LTE technology, services, opportunities and issues. Plan now to attend this webinar on Jan. 17 to learn how LTE differs from earlier generations of mobile services and how these differences make LTE a powerful means of improving capacity on mobile networks. Learn more.
| Video Upload | | |
|
- Amazon creates monthly option for Prime
Amazon introduced a monthly option for Amazon Prime, which includes a video-streaming service that competes with Netflix. Customers who don't want to pay the $79 annual fee can pay $7.99 per month for Prime, which provides free two-day shipping. Bloomberg
(11/6)
| Technology Trends | | |
|
- Vendor concessions are needed to propel SDN adoption, AT&T exec says
Software-defined networking has the potential to revolutionize telecom delivery platforms, but hype aside, there are still challenges to be overcome, according to Margaret Chiosi, AT&T's executive director for optics and Ethernet development. For starters, Chiosi says that unlike vendors, carriers would like to see more generic equipment that allows them to simplify SDN architectures instead of relying on dedicated hardware for each application. "There's no point in moving to SDN if it's just as complex as what we have now," she said. Light Reading
(11/6)
- Ofcom: Q2 shows growth in fixed broadband lines
The U.K. added roughly 157,000 fixed broadband connections in the second quarter, bringing the national total to more than 21 million, according to Ofcom. The increase in fixed lines was offset by a slight decline in the number of active mobile broadband subscribers, which dropped to 4.9 million, the regulator reported. ISP Review (U.K.)
(11/6)
| IP Download | | |
|
- Services take a bigger role in Carrier Ethernet market
More intelligent networks are the watchword in the Carrier Ethernet market, Michael Rouleau of tw telecom said in a keynote address at an industry conference in New York. "We're moving from delivering circuits to customers to delivering services. Our industry and customers are going through some profound change," he said Tuesday. Light Reading
(11/6)
| LeadQuote | | |
|
 | [T]he night pleases us because it suppresses idle details, just as our memory does."
--Jorge Luis Borges,
Argentine writer
|
| |
| Advertise |
| Account Director:
Roger Leek (804) 803-1414
|
|
|
| |
|
Read more at dailyLead.com |
|
A powerful website for dailyLead® readers including:
|
|
|
|
| |
| |
| | Recent USTelecom dailyLead® Issues:
- Tuesday, November 06, 2012
- Monday, November 05, 2012
- Friday, November 02, 2012
- Thursday, November 01, 2012
- Wednesday, October 31, 2012
| | | Lead Editor: Susan Rush
Mailing Address:
SmartBrief, Inc.®, 555 11th ST NW, Suite 600, Washington, DC 20004 | |
| |
|
| © 1999-2012 SmartBrief, Inc.® Legal Information |
|
