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Hot Topics: Telecommunication Market

It has been reported in different media that there is a telecommunications revolution in progress.

The following articles and sources will discuss the changes in the telecomm market.

Selected articles

Due to contractual arrangements, access to some articles may be restricted to the Stanford community, and subscribers of the "Library Databases" offered through the GSB Alumni's Lifelong Learning Program. Inclusion below does not imply University endorsement of the ideas expressed.

 

Retooling for a Changing Telecom Landscape. New York Times, 3/8/08
Competition is fierce in the European telecommunications industry, where companies are vying for customers by undercutting each other on prices for services like broadband while trying to keep up with new technologies.
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Telconomics – market dynamics and potential responses. Telecommunications Online, 1/29/08
In the market for telecommunications services, the price per minute of a call determines how long a caller talks — depending of course on who pays for the call. A lower price per minute most often translates into a longer call — all other variables being the same.
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Phoning from the Edge. BusinessWeek Online, 1/9/2008
Twenty years later mobile telephones are ubiquitous in the U.S. despite continuing challenges in service coverage, particularly in buildings. In many other parts of the world, these devices have replaced the old wire-line phone as the primary means of communication. What was on the edge has now become the core.
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A new old idea. Economist, 9/8/07
The article discusses free-space optics (FSO) technology. FSO uses infra-red lasers to transmit data. FSO could be used to prevent car accidents or to provide Internet service through interior lighting. Greek soldiers used heliographs to send information. Telecommunications companies may use FSO systems for cellular phone networks.
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Big guns target the unified communications market. Computerworld, 7/16/07
Microsoft and Cisco are both making serious moves into what is clearly seen as the next big thing in telecommunications: the unified communications business.
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Silicon Valley Moneymen Make a Play for Airwaves. New York Times, 4/8/07
Some of Silicon Valley's most powerful venture capitalists and technology investors have joined an investment group that is preparing to challenge cellphone carriers, cable and satellite companies for valuable radio spectrum that will be freed when television broadcasters convert to digital signals.
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Broadband Competition, Net Neutrality, Packet Inspection Debated at FTC Workshop. Telecommunications Reports, 3/1/2007
Information about a workshop on broadband connectivity that was organized by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is presented.
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It's not your father's telephone operator. FCW.com, 1/8/2007
FCW's never-ending stories: Telecommunications issues have been an ongoing subject during the past 20 years.
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Historic AT&T-BellSouth deal approved. San Francisco Chronicle, 12/30/06
Federal regulators gave final approval to the biggest merger in telecommunications history Friday after AT&T Inc. agreed to major concessions to resolve an impasse over its purchase of BellSouth Corp.
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China Largely Silent on Telecom Strategy. New York Times, 12/5/06
If the world's telecommunications executives thought that bringing their industry's biggest trade show to China would spur Chinese officials into opening their vast market, they were wrong - at least so far.
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Upward Mobility. BusinessWeek Online, 12/4/06
Ultrafast networks and whizzy features are about to turn your cellphone into-well, your right arm.
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Phone vs. Cable: Turf Wars Escalate. New York Times, 11/24/06
After decades of relative peace and separation, friction is growing as cable providers sell more phone lines and phone companies get into the video business.
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The future of the Web. PC World, 11/2006
The next-generation Internet will not just be more portable and personal. It will also harness the power of people, making it even easier to zero in on precisely what one is looking for.
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AT&T, BellSouth merger passes antitrust test. CNET News, 10/11/06
AT&T and BellSouth got the green light from U.S. antitrust authorities on Wednesday to move forward with their proposed $67 billion merger, which will create the largest phone company in the United States.
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Get Your Fix at Auction 66. BusinessWeek Online, 8/10/06
Telcos, cable and satellite TV, and intrepid speculators battle for pieces of the FCC's largest auction of wireless spectrum.
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Switching signals: TV about to go digital. CNN, 7/20/06
Since the advent of television, stations have sent their programming via analog signals. As a result of legislation passed by Congress in 2005, they will have to convert their transmission to digital signals by February 17, 2009.
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Telecom Giants in Europe Plan $30 Billion Deal. New York Times, 6/19/06
Nokia of Finland and Siemens of Germany are expected to announce today that they will merge their telecommunication network equipment businesses in a deal valued at more than $30 billion, people involved in the transaction said last night.
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Getting a Fix on Network Neutrality. Knowledge @ Wharton, 6/14/06
On June 8, the House of Representatives squashed an amendment that would prevent telecommunications companies from charging Internet content companies more to deliver enhanced services, such as high quality audio and video content.
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House rejects Net neutrality rules. CNET News, 6/8/06
The U.S. House of Representatives definitively rejected the concept of Net neutrality on Thursday, dealing a bitter blow to Internet companies like Amazon.com, eBay and Google that had engaged in a last-minute lobbying campaign to support it.
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Web inventor warns of 'dark' net. BBC News, 5/23/06
The web should remain neutral and resist attempts to fragment it into different services, web inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee has said.
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Embarq Begins Journey Into Unsure Future. San Francisco Chronicle, 5/17/06
Embarq will be the country's fifth-largest local phone provider, behind Baby Bells Verizon Communications Inc., AT&T Inc., BellSouth Corp. and Qwest Communications Inc. It will have 7.26 million access lines in 18 states and 2005 revenues of $6.7 billion.
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Investment Banking Database: Telecommunications. Investment Dealers Digest, 5/1/06
Several charts that list the investment banking database of telecommunications industry in the U.S. as of April 24, 2006 including the Global Telecommunications Underwriting Volume, Top New Issues Bookrunners, and the Recent Global Equity Deals are presented.
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Panel OKs bill to let telecom giants into cable TV. San Francisco Chronicle, 4/25/06
If the legislation becomes law, AT&T and Verizon will be allowed to gain a statewide license to offer television service, bypassing the current regulation for cable operators that requires them to obtain such access by negotiating with individual cities and counties.
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Net Neutrality Gets Short Shrift in Congress. ConsumerAffairs.Com, Mar. 29, 2006
A final draft of Congressional legislation designed to update the nation's telecommunication laws is being called a "mixed bag," as it addresses issues ranging from cities developing their own Wi-Fi networks to codifying the principles of "net neutrality" into law.
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Dial B for Buy. CNN, Mar. 6, 2006
$67 billion deal for BellSouth (Research) has investors excited -- and the telecom sector is hot on Wall Street again. Telecom stocks have been mostly in the doldrums the past few years. Investors soured on them after the dot-com bubble burst and concerns grew about slowing growth and increased competition.
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The digital revolution arrives. America's Network, Mar. 1, 2006
After years of planning and billions of dollars in investment, telecom carriers around the world have made a massive bet that the digital revolution has finally arrived.
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Tolls could dot the Internet highway. CNN, Feb. 27, 2006
On the Internet, the traffic cops are blind -- they don't look at the data they're directing, and they don't give preferential treatment.
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The Telecom Industry's Walking Wounded. Washington Post, Feb. 19, 2006
No doubt about it -- the long-awaited telecom revolution is upon us. But for companies in the vanguard of that revolution, the going can still be a bit rough.
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Spending in U.S. Telecommunications Industry Rises 8.9% in 2005 Reaching $856.9 Billion. TIA, Feb. 15, 2006
This growth was led by double-digit increases in network equipment, wireless devices, wireless services, services in support of equipment, Internet access, unified communications, videoconferencing public room services and Web conferencing.
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The teachings of the Virgin. Economist, Jan. 21, 2006
The article focuses on the telecommunications industry in Great Britain.
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Wireless comms to grab top spot in US business this year. IEE Industry News, Jan. 16, 2006
US businesses will spend more on wireless voice communications than on wired services for the first time in 2006, analysts have predicted.
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How the internet killed the phone business. Economist, Sep. 15, 2005
Almost-free internet phone calls herald the slow death of traditional telephony.
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