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To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (42734)	10/29/2007 7:27:27 AM
From: NDBFREE	Respond to of 42804

a c&P from the SI New FC message board F.C.C. Set to End Sole Cable Deals for Apartments By STEPHEN LABATON \| October 29, 2007 WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 —The Federal Communications Commission, hoping to reduce the rising costs of cable television, is preparing to strike down thousands of contracts this week that gave individual cable companies exclusive rights to provide service to an apartment building, the agency’s chairman says. The new rule could open markets across the country to far-ranging competition. It would also be a huge victory for Verizon Communications and AT&T, which have challenged the cable industry by offering their own video services. The two companies have lobbied aggressively for the provision. They have been supported in their fight by consumer groups, satellite television companies and small rivals to the big cable providers. Continued at: nytimes.com

To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (42734)	10/31/2007 6:30:03 PM
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More on Wireless Backhaul. Now if MRVC could get 5% share. Mobile Backhaul Hits $8.2B OCTOBER 31, 2007 CAMPBELL, Calif. -- Mobile operators and backhaul transport providers are expected to spend $8.2 billion on mobile first mile backhaul equipment in 2010, with Ethernet copper and fiber equipment growing the fastest, says Infonetics Research in its latest "Mobile Backhaul Equipment, Installed Base, and Services" report. According to the report, the top 3 drivers behind the rapidly increasing numbers of mobile backhaul base stations, cell sites, base stations per cell site, and required bandwidth include: A fast-growing number of worldwide mobile subscribers, which is jumping from 2.6 billion in 2006 to 4.2 billion in 2010 Heavy competition, which is forcing operators to upgrade their equipment and network capacity to improve and add new subscriber services An explosion in mobile data and video use, which requires providers to significantly increase the bandwidth they offer, from Kbps to a few Mbps to tens of Mbps "2008 will be the year of adoption for IP/Ethernet backhaul, and 2009 will kick off the Ethernet mobile backhaul revolution," said Michael Howard, principal analyst of Infonetics Research and lead analyst on the report. "Ethernet made up just 1% of total mobile backhaul equipment revenue in 2006, but will grow to 21% of the market by 2010. The Swisscom Mobile contract that Tellabs won recently for IP, Ethernet, and pseudowire cell site backhaul is the first of many we'll see over the next 18 months."