USTelecom dailyLead
December 11, 2006
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TODAY'S HEADLINES
NEWS OF THE DAY
* Verizon extends efforts to offer video, broadband services
BUSINESS & INDUSTRY WATCH
* AT&T boosts business in China, but regulatory barriers remain
* Media companies in talks to build online network
* Cingular rolls out big fourth-quarter ad campaign
* Samsung, Chinese telecom close to deal for wireless networks
* SK Telecom, Hanaro in position to make deal, reports say
* Vodacom seeks African expansion
* Google 2.0 offers best of media, software
USTELECOM SPOTLIGHT
* Secure Your Carrier Class Network Tomorrow, Dec. 12, 1 p.m. (ET)
HOT TOPICS
* AT&T doesn't see need for FTTH network
* Alcatel-Lucent begins next phase
* Top executives out in Yahoo! reorganization
* AT&T seeks to launch 13 FTTN markets by year's end
* Motorola, Nokia "unlock" handsets
TECHNOLOGY TRENDS
* Cisco shifts focus to media
* For mobile carriers, data driving growth
* M-commerce expected to take off in S. Korea
REGULATORY & LEGISLATIVE
* Senate passes bill making pretexting a crime
* U.K.'s Ofcom readies spectrum auction
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