VOIP NEWS: Comcast is the new player in the VoIP game, hitting Atlanta first...

Daily Telecom News By Luis Galarza

VoIP Industry News.- Comcast has started selling VoIP service in the Atlanta area, taking on BellSouth. Comcast's offer, which starts at $39.95 per month for unlimited calls, has attracted 1,000 new customers a day in the area, the cabler said. If they knew that, there are other VoIP providers that offers the same service starting at $17.00/month, that's a big saving per month. The Philadelphia Inquirer/Associated Press

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DAILY TELECOM NEWS: AT&T wants to deliver "Your World" logo campaign

Daily Telecom News By Luis Galarza

Daily Telecom News.- Just like Sprint made a big marketing promotion for their new logo when they merge with Nextel, now the new AT&T Inc., the result of a merger between SBC Communications and the former AT&T Corp., will unveil its new "Your World. Delivered." tagline and ad campaign on New Year's Eve at Times Square in New York. For more information about this topic go to: The Detroit News (12/29), The Dallas Morning News (free registration) (12/29), The New York Times (free registration) (12/29), The Wall Street Journal (subscription required)

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DAILY TELECOM NEWS: Ericsson seeks new opportunities in telecom services

Daily Telecom News By Luis Galarza

Daily Telecom News.- Ericsson is focusing more on providing telecom services such as systems integration and network management to compensate for falling telecom equipment prices, which increase telecommunication devices repair services profits. The company has made several acquisitions to boost its position in the services market and has recently signed two deals worth a combined $4.4 billion to operate Hutchison Whampoa's 3 unit in Italy and the U.K. For more information go to: The Wall Street Journal (subscription required)

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DAILY TELECOM NEWS: Telecoms trying to free time for VoIP and Wireless services

Daily Telecom News By Luis Galarza

Business & Industry Watch.- Verizon Communications, AT&T and Alltel are at various stages in the process of deciding whether to sell large portions of their landline assets to focus more on high-growth areas such as VoIP and wireless. While shedding some landlines is inevitable, keeping most of them could have an upside, most notably because they are a direct connection to customers' homes. Also, for those who want to save money on local residential or business phone service, you can switch to Trinsic local phone service provider, their rates are lower than any other carrier and they offer better features. For more information go to: The Wall Street Journal (subscription required)

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TODAY'S VOIP NEWS: New Skype 2.0 VoIP service, now with video

Daily Telecom News By Luis Galarza

Daily VoIP News.- The rise of voice over IP services, has persuaded many people to ditch their landline in favour of free internet phones calls, with Skype being one of the most populars services around. Now Skype free service is just for pc-to-pc calls, you still have to paid for pc-to-phone calls.

VoIP provider Skype Technologies released a new version of its software that includes video calling. Skype 2.0 also provides users with a greater ability to customize their VoIP service, like a tool bar for Microsoft Outlook. Which latter allows users to dial people directly from their contact lists. For more information about this article just go to: Red Herring, The New York Times (free registration), Los Angeles Times (free registration), The Wall Street Journal

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WIRELESS NEWS: Now Court ruling a blow to BlackBerry maker RIM

Daily Telecom News By Luis Galarza

Wireless & Cell Phone News.- U.S. District Court Judge James R. Spencer voided Research In Motion's request to enforce a $450 million settlement with patent firm NTP, which had argued the deal was never finalized. The decision weakens RIM's position because it now must engage in new settlement discussions with NTP to prevent an injunction that would halt BlackBerry sales in America, including me. Patent law experts say they expect the companies will reach a deal, although RIM says it has a workaround in place if they cannot. For more information about this topic go to: The Washington Post (free registration), Reuters, USA TODAY, The Wall Street Journal (subscription required)

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WIRELESS NEWS: RIM: BlackBerry will not shut down their service

Daily Telecom News By Luis Galarza

Daily Telecommunication News.- Research In Motion Chairman and co-CEO James L. Balsillie said the company has a "software workaround" in place to keep BlackBerry's U.S. service running even if it is ordered to end service by the judge presiding over its patent dispute with NTP. Balsillie also said the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has signaled that it will eventually reject all of NTP's wireless e-mail patents, which are the focal point of the case. NTP co-founder Donald E. Stout said NTP's case would not be undermined even if the patent office were to rule against it, and added that the judge could still issue an injunction. As you see some patents are closing the road of development and products or services improvement, just like Amazon.com try to do before with their "One Click" Purchase tool, and now Google is joining the parade, with their intent of patenting their "RSS Ad Delivery Service". For more information go to: The Washington Post

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DAILY TELECOM NEWS: European regulators approve Ericsson-Marconi deal

Daily Telecom News By Luis Galarza

Daily Telecommunication News.- European Union regulators approved Ericsson's acquisition of Marconi's telecom equipment and international services business. Once Ericsson integrates Marconi, it plans to enter the growing market for fixed and mobile broadband services. In a plan to build a larger customer base like their main compatitor "Motorola". For more information aboout this topic go to: Reuters

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VOIP NEWS: EBay Bought Skype for $2.6 billion

Daily Telecom News By Luis Galarza

Daily VoIP News.- eBay bought VoIP provider Skype Technologies for $2.6 billion. The deal will boost eBay's efforts to reach new customers and give Skype additional cash as it expands its VoIP services. A lot of people that don't understand how business networking and joint ventures work, though that the eBays decision was stupid, because they could it start their own VoIP service for less. But, what they didn't understand is that eBay didn't just bought the company and services, they bought a direct connection to millions of Skype subscribers, that didn't use or know about eBay, plus they can make money from a hot service. For more information about this telecom topic go to: The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal

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VOIP NEWS: IconnectHere is Winning high-volume VoIP subscribers all over the World

Daily Telecom News By Luis Galarza

Daily Voip News.- IconnectHere is a VoIP company base in the US. But offers their services to more than 200 countries. Some of the services offer by IconnectHere are: Local, long distance, international, and unlimited calling bundles starting at $15.99 per month. Free unlimited in-network calling and features included with every purchase! They also big on International Broadband phone offering international numbers and shipping.

Broadband providers can capture fresh revenue streams by offering new VoIP services to high-volume telephony customers. And that's what IconnectHere is doing, plus they offer on of the best deals on VoIP service.

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DAILY IPTV NEWS: Texas alters franchise law, opens way for telco TV Over IP

Daily Telecom News By Luis Galarza

Daily IPTV News.- Telcos won a major victory last month in their efforts to launch video services in Texas when Gov. Rick Perry signed legislation replacing city-by-city franchising with a single, statewide franchise. This will help to speed up IPTV development...

Also, Texas law may speed up Verizon's plans: Verizon said the Texas franchise bill will accelerate the deployment of video services in the state and might lead to additional fiber buildouts. This is telling you that IPTV industry is going to be big and everybody wants to jump on it. For more information about this go to: American City Business Journals/Austin Business Journal, Reuters, Mediaweek, The Wall Street Journal (subscription required), Multichannel News

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P2P NEWS: Australian court rules against Kazaa a Free P2P file sharing...

Daily Telecom News By Luis Galarza

P2P News.- An Australian judge has ordered file-swapping software producer Kazaa to alter its software to hinder the easy downloading of copyrighted content, because as you already know Kazaa in one of the most popular P2P file sharing in the world. Kazaa is owned by the privately held Australian company Sharman Networks. The suit was brought by the Australian unit of Universal Music Group. For more information about this topic go to: The Washington Post/Associated Press, The New York Times

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WIRELESS NEWS: Wireless TV hits big in Europe

Daily Telecom News By Luis Galarza

Wireless & Cell Phone News.- Cell phone TV is a reality in South Korea, but in Europe it is being held back by a row over technical standards. There also is the lingering question of whether consumers really want to watch TV on small screens. That's the same questions hitting the wireless companies in the US. From a geek point of view, I say "Bring it on!", but a lot of people think is just stupid trying to watch TV on their cell phone, and for others is a good entertainment tool for long trips and waiting rooms. What do you think?. For more information about this topic go to: Reuters

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DAILY TELECOM NEWS: Cognigen.better.ws Praises Efforts of Telecom Service Providers in Katrina Aftermath. What a good job!

Daily Telecom News By Luis Galarza

Telecom Spotlight.- LD.net/?ecomdeals President and CEO Luis Galarza praised the efforts of communications service providers who are working furiously to restore service in response to Hurricane Katrina. "We applaud our member companies for their tireless commitment to restore service. The telecom industry stands firmly with those displaced by Hurricane Katrina and our telecommunication members will continue to work diligently to restore the critical communications infrastructure in the region as soon as possible."

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WIRELESS NEWS: Sprint to sponsor the 2006 Super Bowl show

Daily Telecom News By Luis Galarza

Wireless & Cell Phone News.- Sprint reportedly will sponsor the 2006 Super Bowl halftime show in Detroit, with those sponsorship rights valued at around $10 million, they really want everyone to know that now Nextel and Sprint is one company. Neither Sprint nor the NFL would confirm the deal, however we all know that with their merge with Nextel they have to market their new brand, products and services. More information about this topic at: Brandweek.

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DAILY TELECOM NEWS: Who was after the GSA contract?

Daily Telecom News By Luis Galarza

Business & Industry Watch. - Sprint Nextel, Lockheed Martin to bid on GSA contract: Sprint Nextel said it is joining forces with Lockheed Martin to bid for the General Services Administration's 10-year Networx telecommunications and IT services contract. AT&T Government Solutions and MCI also have formed teams to bid on the contract, and Qwest Communications and Verizon Communications also may get into the mix. For more info about this go to The Washington Post. Also visit the GSACOM.com.

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WIRELESS VIEWS: How many features do people want on their cell phones?

Daily Telecom News By Luis Galarza

Wireless & Cell Phone News.- Minimal interest in flashy handsets, data show: Many consumers may not be interested in buying phones with features such as music playback video, video cameras, MP3 playback, Fash storage, wireless TV, and others.

A lot of consumers think that most of this features are stupid, and it will only atract computer geeks, and fashion freaks. Personaly I'm a little bit of both. Data from research firm In-Stat shows.

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DAILY TELECOM NEWS: Analysis: Motorola's iTunes phone highlights music market

Daily Telecom News and Views By Luis Galarza

Business & Industry Watch.- Motorola's new Rokr phone should be a hot seller for Cingular Wireless, but it will face stiff competition from other MP3 handsets entering the marketplace, analysts say. Major cell phone carriers including Sprint Nextel and Verizon Wireless are planning their own music services to compete with Apple Computer's iTunes. For now keep using your regular MP3 player. More about this at: San Jose Mercury News.

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DAILY TELECOM NEWS: USA Storms puts telecoms to the test

Daily Telecom News By Luis Galarza

BellSouth estimated that 1.1 million of its lines were out in the region covering New Orleans and the Gulf Coast of Mississippi and that repairs would cost $400 million to $600 million. The carrier has made progress in restoring service since the last storm hit the state, when 1.75 million lines were dead. A major logistical challenge is a lack of electricity, plus most of the wireless antenas were destroy or damage during the storms.

Lack of power a major cause for phone networks' failure. Fixed-line and wireless communications networks broke down in the wake of Hurricane Katrina after power generators ran out of juice.

Satellite phones come through in a pinch: Satellite phones proved to be a vital mode of communication in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, USA TODAY reports.

After all, look like telecoms did a good job in providing the necesary help to the cause. For more information about this topic go to: The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, and The New York Times.

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DAILY TELECOM NEWS: Technicians take on new challenges in fiber era

By Luis Galarza

Business & Industry Watch.- The ongoing switch from copper to fiber has reduced the need to have a large number of technicians working in the field and also has raised the bar for people seeking work in the telecom industry. Many of today's telecom workers have a high degree of technical proficiency in areas such as electronics and engineering -- a trend that reflects the complexity of new technologies driving change in the industry. More about this at: The New York Times

For anybody who wants to jump on a new telecom business venture, I'll recommend to get your technicians on countries from Central and South America, their up to date with technology, they work hadder for less (a lot less), and they can get train for less at their own countries. If Microsoft get programmers from Ecuador why not you...

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DAILY NEWS: WWP raises $25.5M in funding round

By Luis Galarza

Business & Industry Watch.- World Wide Packets, a company that sells fiber-optic infrastructure to municipalities, has brought in an additional $25.5 million in VC funding. The new round brings WWP's total funding to about $140 million. For more information about this topic visit: Red Herring, Light Reading

Hope they use this funding the right way on their business...

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DAILY NEWS: NTL may buy part of Virgin Mobile

By Luis Galarza

Business & Industry Watch.- British cable operator NTL is in talks to buy Virgin Mobile's British business. The deal, which values Virgin at about $1.4 billion, could be announced this week. Virgin Mobile USA would continue operating separately. For more about this topic go to: The New Yorker, The Scotsman (Edinburgh)

Looks like the UK don't want American's to own their biggest players in the telecommunication market in that country. You can also visit Cognigen.better.ws to compare regular and prepaid cell phones, they have the best deals on the net for the US.

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DAILY NEWS: Verizon Directory Unit For Sale...

By Luis Galarza

Verizon Communications announced plans to either spin off or sell its directory unit, a strategy that indicates the company wants to focus more on its Internet and TV businesses. A sale could bring in as much as $17 billion.

I don't blame them, specialy now that their Residential and Business DSL Service include a Yahoo or MSN Plus account at no extra charge. Also, they given new residential customers a full year of DSL service for only $14.95/Month, this promotion is getting a lot of people sign up, taken market from their biggest competitor "Comcast". Click here to check who's offering the best deal on DSL, Broadband, T1, T3, or faster.

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