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Verizon Communications inked a deal to offer Internet service at up to 50 megabits per second, over its FiOS fiber-optic network, to residents of two Manhattan apartment complexes – but for now, it’s still unable to offer TV services in New York City.

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More than 13 million households worldwide subscribed to IPTV service at the end of 2007, a number expected to grow to 65 million by 2012, according to a report from IMS Research.

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Verizon is expanding its retail presence in Massachusetts with the opening of its own FiOS branded store in Newton.

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Wegener announced that Conklin-Intracom placed an order totaling more than $1.6 million for IPTV set-top boxes to be deployed by several unnamed telco operators.

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• The combined IPTV and switched digital video equipment market is forecast to reach $9.8 billion in 2011, according to Infonetics Research.

• Avail Media is working with Motorola to deliver MWAVE ("MPEG-4 Wide Area Video Entertainment"), a combination of equipment and services for IPTV service providers.

• Amino Communications demonstrated the integration of its AmiNET130 IPTV set-top box with G-cluster Global's HD games-on-demand application, which allows users to play streaming HD games via a wireless USB gamepad.