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The Inside Line
Iowa: Center of the
universe
by Dan O'Shea
Nov. 10, 2005
I am personally quite thrilled that many small towns in Iowa are at the
very center of one of the biggest
controversies the telecom industry has seen in recent memory. I was
born in Davenport, Iowa, and though I lived there only three days (my
parents anxiously waited my weeks-late birth because my dad was on the
hook for a new newspaper job in Illinois), I've always been a little
protective of my state of origin and how easily people write it off as
boring and backward.
To what degree this week's municipal broadband vote in 32 Iowa towns
affects the future of muni broadband projects across the nation remains
to be seen. But what it did prove is that neither side can claim
clear-cut support, or that they definitively know what's best for a
small town where they don't live. The low voter turnout also might
suggest the telecom industry cares a lot more about this issue than
anyone else.
You had to expect that big things were ready to happen in the GPON
market. This week's acquisition of leading
player OSI by Calix will further prime the market, especially for
the independent telcos looking for a leg up on what ever the major ILECs
have planned for GPON.
By the way, isn't it about time for the former Bell companies to issue
their joint GPON RFPs?
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E-mail me at doshea@primediabusiness.com.
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Top News
Iowa
towns split on muni broadband
by Ed Gubbins
Nov. 9, 2005
Voters in Iowa split in their support of municipal
broadband in votes cast yesterday in 32 mostly small towns. Seventeen
communities voted to create municipal communications utilities, while 15
voted against them, according to the Des Moine Register.
T-Mobile
breaks 20M subs, rolls out edge
by Kevin Fitchard
Nov. 9, 2005
In the third quarter, T-Mobile added 1.06 million
customers, continuing its momentum as the fastest-growing carrier in the
U.S. and put the finishing touches on its EDGE network rollout.
Amid
criticism, Qualcomm moves forward with BREW
by Kevin Fitchard
Nov. 8, 2005
After two weeks of trading blows with GSM vendors over
intellectual properties, Qualcomm today returned to business as usual,
announcing a slew of new product initiatives and a key win for its BREW
platform in the GSM community.
CEO:
XO spin-off boosts wireless, CLEC businesses
by Carol Wilson
Nov. 7, 2005
The breakup of XO Communications stands to benefit both
its CLEC business and the wireless assets the company is now spinning
off into a separate entity, XO CEO Carl Grivner said this morning in a
telephone interview.
Cingular
launches enterprise paging service
by Kevin Fitchard
Nov. 9, 2005
Cingular today announced a new wireless paging service
that incorporates any text-capable device on its network, allowing
companies that rely on older wireless paging technologies for urgent
messaging to do away with specialty devices.
IGI
says DSL will catch cable in '06
by Carol Wilson
Nov. 9, 2005
A new report from IGI Consulting says aggressive
marketing of DSL by the telephone companies will enable them to catch up
to the once-dominant cable companies in the high-speed access market by
mid-2006.
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Reporter's Notebook
Innovation
the theme so far at TMW
by Tim McElligott
Nov. 9, 2005
DALLAS--Calling on its membership to accelerate the pace
of innovation, the TeleManagement Forum enlisted one of the Internet's
earliest innovators and still current innovator, Lawrence Roberts, CEO
of Anagran, to issue the call along with keynote speakers from Lucent,
Satyam and Verizon.
Deal of the Week
Calix
acquires Optical Solutions
by Vince Vittore
Nov. 9, 2005
SAN DIEGO -- Calix today announced that it is acquiring
Optical Solutions Inc. in a deal that will bring together the dominant
provider of gigabit passive optical networks (GPON) to independent
telcos and one of the more aggressive access vendors in the same market.
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