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Cablevision Activates WiFi Zones in Long Island
Cablevision Systems has completed an initial rollout of its Optimum WiFi service in commercial and high-traffic areas of Nassau County, in areas of Suffolk County, and on the commuter rail platforms and station parking lots across all of Long Island. The service is provided as a value-added benefit for Cablevision's Optimum Online high-speed Internet customers.
Cablevision in May announced plans to deploy WiFi in the commercial and high consumer traffic areas across its entire tri-state service area over the next two years. ...
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Nortel Cites 40G Wins with Bell Canada, Alaska Communications
Bell Canada has begun deployment of Nortel's 40G Optical Solution in its backbone network. Initial deployments are occurring within Bell's Montreal-New York, Toronto-Chicago and Toronto-Montreal traffic corridors.  The solution, which co-exists within Bell's current 10G network. is built on Nortel's Optical Multiservice Edge 6500 and runs over the Nortel Common Photonic Layer line system. Financial terms were not disclosed.
Separately, Nortel announced that Alaska Communications Systems has chosen it to provide a 40G optical network for the terrestrial portion of an undersea fiber-optic cable from Alaska to Oregon. This network will position ACS to deliver end-to-end communications solutions for enterprise and mass market customers who require reliable, high-performance connectivity between Alaska and the lower 48 states. The ACS optical network solution includes the Optical Multiservice Edge 6500 convergence platform and the Common Photonic Layer (CPL) line system. ...
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Russia's VimpleCom Launches 3G, "Beeline" Corporate Services
VimpelCom announced the commercial launch of a 3G network in certain Russian regions, including the cities of Saint Petersburg, Nizhny Novgorod, Samara and Chelyabinsk. The networks currently cover the central and some of the most densely populated districts in these cities, and VimpelCom expects that during 2008 coverage will be extended to bedroom communities.
VimpelCom is offering seven tariff plans to accommodate a wide range of users. The company said it plans to launch 3G networks in around 40 cities by the end of 2008.
In addition, VimpelCom announced the launch of its "Beeline Business" brand for the Russian corporate market. All the products and services provided to corporate clients by Golden Telecom and Corbina Telecom will be offered under the new single brand.
"The launch of ‘Beeline Business’ means that we are an integrated operator which provides its clients with a wide range of telecom solutions. Business customers will soon find it natural to receive different types of communications services from one vendor that will help to make their business more successful", said Jean-Pierre Vandromme, the Executive Vice President for Russian Operations of VimpelCom....
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Alcatel-Lucent Names Camus as Chairman and Verwaayen as CEO
Alcatel-Lucent's Board of Directors has approved the appointment of Philippe Camus as the company's non-executive Chairman as of October 1st, 2008. Ben Verwaayen is appointed as the company's chief executive officer. Ben will also join the company's Board of Directors.
Philippe Camus has previously served as the Co-CEO at European Aeronautic Defense and Space Company (EADS) and managed a large, global business in the high-tech industry. He is Co-Managing Partner of Lagardère, an international media group, and a partner of Evercore Partners, a New York based investment and advisory firm.
Ben Verwaayen served as CEO of BT from February 2002 to June 1, 2008. He was formerly vice-chairman of the management board of Lucent Technologies in the US, which he joined in September 1997. Prior to that, he worked with KPN in the Netherlands for nine years as president and managing director of its telecom subsidiary, PTT telecom. Before that, Ben worked for ITT, a predecessor of Alcatel.
Ben Verwaayen's office will be in the company's headquarters in Paris.
Philippe Camus' pay package includes a yearly fixed compensation of EUR 200,000 and a 100,000 restricted shares grant in September 2008 (to be earned upon performance criteria).
Ben Verwaayen's pay package as Alcatel-Lucent Chief Executive Officer includes a yearly fixed compensation of EUR 1,200,000, a target annual bonus of 150% of fixed salary (payout can range between 0% to 200% of that target based on agreed performance yearly criteria), and a grant of 1,000,000 share options in the first quarter of 2009. Ben Verwaayen will receive an initial option grant of 250,000 shares in September 2008. Options will vest upon performance criteria. In addition, there is a 250,000 restricted shares grant in September 2008 (to be earned upon performance criteria)....
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EU Roaming Rates to Fall
As of the end of August, it will become cheaper to make or receive calls while travelling in the European Union.
The price ceiling for roaming calls (the Eurotariff) introduced by the EU in 2007 will fall from €0.49 to €0.46 per minute (excluding VAT) for making a call and from €0.24 to €0.22 per minute (excluding VAT) for receiving a call while in another EU country.
Under the present EU Roaming Regulation prices for roaming calls will go down a last time on 30 August 2009 to €0.43 per minute for making calls and to €0.19 per minute for receiving calls while in another EU country.
The European Commission noted that these price reductions are the result of the EU Roaming Regulation, proposed by the EC in 2006 to curb the excessive roaming charges consumers had to pay for roaming calls (on average €1.15 per minute at the time.
The EU Roaming Regulation which will expire in 2010, is currently under review....
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