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Kenton Group Newsletter
July, 2008 - Volume 6 Issue
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Hi again, everybody.
Is the summer going too fast for you? Try coming
to Arizona where it has been 100 plus almost
everyday and often 110 or more. That makes it
seem like its going really SLOOOW!
(But I LOVE IT!)
Not
that I have received any complaints, but I
laughed at this editorial comment in the local
newsletter - if you have ever written a
newsletter, you may get a grin also....
General Editorial Disclaimer
The
editors of this newsletter do not have degrees
in English. In fact, in one case---mine---they
darned near flunked English 101! Sooo, don't
waste the electrons sending us emails pointing
out that we didn't spell or puncuate something
correctly. We probably won't understand what
you are talking about anyway. Besides, consider
the cost of this newsletter. We haven't raised
the price since we started it.
Jim Moehnke,
Editor
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Listen to the national teleconference
- held June 5, 2008 |
Stop Trashing the
Climate
Released to coincide with the UN's World
Environment Day on June 5th, this report
documents the link between climate
change and unsustainable patterns of
consumption and wasting. The study
dispels myths about the climate benefits
of landfill gas recovery and waste
incineration, outlines policies needed
to effect change, and offers a roadmap
to significantly reduce greenhouse gas
emissions within a short period.
Co-authored by ILSR, the Global
Anti-Incinerator Alliance (GAIA) and
Eco-Cycle, Stop Trashing the Climate
concludes that reducing waste disposed
in landfills and incinerators can have
climate benefits equivalent to removing
21% of U.S. coal-fired power plants.
Press Release -
Exec Summ. -
Full Report
More at
www.stoptrashingtheclimate.org |
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Verizon Unions Mull a Strike
From
Boston Herald
Tens
of thousands of Verizon workers are now casting votes
for a possible summer strike as management and two
unions brace for what could be the largest labor
showdown in the Northeast in five years. About 70,000
members of the Communications Workers of America and the
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers are
expected to approve authorization for a strike when
votes are finally counted later this month.
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Verizon says economy not hurting its results
By Carol Wilson
In announcing second quarter results today, Verizon
officials repeatedly said the slowing U.S. economy is
not having a major impact on its financial results.
Verizon Wireless, Verizon Telecom and Verizon Business
all are performing up to expectations, according to
Verizon COO Dennis Strigl and CFO Doreen Toben. Those
comments came despite the fact that Verizon continues to
bleed local access lines and saw a net-loss of DSL
subscribers for the first time.
Read more of this story.
AT&T earnings spike makes analysts
rethink telecom
After saying telecom stocks were overvalued, analysts
are rethinking those opinions after seeing
AT&T's second-quarter earnings report this week.
Analysts and industry executives noted optimistically
that while the sputtering economy had hurt AT&T and
other carriers, the industry had remained relatively
resilient and that shares already reflected most of the
pessimism.
BusinessWeek (7/24)
Adobe turns over the keys to PDF to ISO
By David Worthington
The Portable Document Format (PDF) specification may
have already seemed like a standard, but now, it's
official.
Adobe Systems has relinquished control of PDF to ISO
International, which in turn has now formally adopted
the format as a global standard for electronic
documents.
Read More
Column: The Return of Ma Bell
Remember the days of telephone monopoly?
Soon you might not need to think back decades, because a
new (wireless) monopoly may be creeping up on us.
With the government asleep at the antitrust wheel, we're
headed for a future with only two wireless phone
companies, if all goes as Sascha Segan sees it.
Are You Acting Your Age?
People are living
longer and staying in the workforce longer. For the
first time, four unique generations are required to work
together in collaborative situations. And each of these
distinctive generations brings with it very specific
preferences and beliefs. If you're having some conflict
in your workplace, it could be rooted in the
generational differences.
more
Telecoms unite to retain customers
For the first time,
AT&T,
Verizon Communications and
Qwest are joining forces to keep residential
business in the telecom family. The three said that when
customers relocate, service agents will advise them to
go to a Web site called Movearoo.com, which has
information on telecommunications firms.
Chicago Tribune/Bloomberg (free registration)
(7/9) ,
CNNMoney.com/Dow Jones Newswires
(7/8)
"Done" with Yahoo!, Microsoft turns up
heat on Google
Insisting that he was "done" pursuing
Yahoo!,
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said Thursday that
the company would earmark at least $2.5 billion a year
to compete with
Google for online advertising because the
business is too big to turn away from. Ballmer defended
Microsoft's sizable -- and so far unsuccessful --
investments in the search business, saying, "If you
think you can be successful with patience, it's a
relatively small investment."
The Washington Post/Bloomberg
(7/25) ,
Reuters (7/25)
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TECHNOLOGY
| June 1,
2008
Digital Domain: Can Anything Replace My Old Reliable
Friend?
By RANDALL
STROSS
The sound quality of phone
calls carried digitally by phone companies through their
“triple play” bundles is now excellent but downtime
still occurs.
Telephony's Special Report - The Guide
to IPTV
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this spring '08 IPTV report, we investigate IPTV's
toughest critics -- its users -- and have them weigh in
on the good, the bad and the ugly of the television
offering. As well, editor-in-chief Carol Wilson explores
customer quality of experience issues (which has proven
to be a constant battle for IPTV providers) to find out
what kind of proactive monitoring measures can be taken
to help overcome quality challenges. Don't miss this and
much more inside this issue.
Download now.
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City vote kills FTTP plan in
Minnesota
A unanimous vote by Hibbing, Minn., council
members against contributing $15,000 to a
multicity fiber-to-the-premises plan that would
have delivered fiber to homes and businesses
sparked a consortium behind the project to
disband. "The current business model isn't
viable without Hibbing. They were 40% of the
population base of the project footprint," said
Gary Fields, a consultant on the project.
Telephony Online
(7/28)
Verizon going all-digital in
Maryland, Northern Virginia
Verizon Communications will make the
switch Monday to all-digital in its Maryland and
Northern Virginia markets, part of a deal struck
with the FCC to wind down its analog TV
services. The telecom has already completed the
move in New York, New Jersey and Massachusetts.
Multichannel News
(7/14) |
Verizon Wireless ready to launch 4G net
in 2010
Verizon Wireless will introduce 4G service in two years
using Long Term Evolution, or LTE, technology and the
700-MHz spectrum that it recently purchased, the company
said Tuesday. The carrier now operates a 3G network that
it says covers 80% of the U.S. population.
TMC Internet Telephony (7/15)
Why Qualcom Forled to Nokia
From
BusinessWeek
The
longest running, highest-stakes poker game in the
history of the mobile industry came to a surprising
conclusion July 23, when Nokia (NOK), the world's
largest mobile-handset maker, and Qualcomm (QCOM), the
largest chipmaker for cell phones, suddenly agreed to
settle their legal battles over intellectual property
and royalties, just as a pivotal court case in
Wilmington, Del., was about to begin. The accord will
have wide-ranging implications for both companies and
the future of the mobile sector.
WiMAX comes to S.D. town, seen as key to
future of rural areas
The rural town of Madison, S.D., became the first small
community in the Mount Rushmore State to gain access to
a WiMAX network, a technology that proponents assert
could narrow economic differences between rural and
urban areas by providing high-quality Internet access.
Sioux Valley Wireless launched the service Tuesday.
Argus Leader (Sioux Falls, S.D.)
(7/2)
Mobile's Virus Threat
According to AdaptiveMobile’s studies, between 2007 and
2008 there was a 1,000% increase in mobile viruses, with
the average mobile operator cleaning off 100,000 viruses
daily from its network. Gareth Maclachlan, CTO of
AdaptiveMobile, joins Associate News Editor Sarah Reedy
to discuss the implications of the viruses for mobile
operators and their customers.
READ
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For AT&T and VZW, the subs just keep on coming
By Kevin Fitchard
The US crossed the 80% mobile penetration mark last
year, which is supposed to be the indicator of a mature
market beset with low customer growth. But AT&T and
Verizon Wireless have once again recorded 1 million-plus
net subscriber quarters.
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RESOURCES |
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Buyer's Guide
White Paper & Resource Library is your best source
for white papers, case studies and more, on a wide range
of IT products and services, including
Security.
VoIP and the need for security
 The
emergence of hackers in VoIP systems just means robust
security measures are needed, industry experts say. "If
you apply traditional network security logic to VoIP you
can make it as secure as any other protocol," said
Barrie Dempster of Next Generation Security Software.
PCWorld/Network World
(7/3)
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