News Headlines: ITU charts broadband price drops; It's all over for Ovi; Clearwire outsources its network to Ericsson.

This week: TelecomTV goes to Alcatel-Lucent's symposium near Paris: we get an exclusive interview with CEO Ben Verwaayen; and we poke around Bell Labs and get the lowdown on upcoming 400Gbit/s services.

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Leila Makki goes to Nokia World to check out new devices amid heavy corporate reshuffling. She speaks with analysts Ben Wood and Stuart Robinson about the state of the world's largest handset manufacturer and asks where the new C6, C7 and E7 fit in today's smartphone market. Watch the video!

Participants:
Ben Wood, Research Director, CCS Insight
Stuart Robinson, Director, Handset Component Technologies, Strategy Analytics

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Saving lives and overthrowing evil corporations is no longer just a thrilling premise for television and film plots. Tim Kring, creator of TV show, Heroes is the mastermind behind Conspiracy for Good, which combines live street theatre and alternate reality gaming for social change. Leila Makki goes behind the scenes and speaks with the Hollywood director about this real-life interactive treasure hunt in London.

Participants
> Tim Kring, Creator, Heroes
> Kasey Farrar, Communications Manager, Nokia, Services

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NewsDesk: Nokia's Ovi Overload. Plus, enhancing the mobile user experience, mobile payments for the great unbanked, Broadband Forum merges with IP/MPLS and how to downgrade your phone!

Featuring Interviews with:

Razia Ahamed, Co-Founder, Touchnote.com
Aaron Rustill, 2009 MEX Innovator of the Year
Marko Balabanovic, Head of Innovation, Lastminute.com
Stephen Tan, CEO, Singapore Exhibition Services
Chris Eyles, Group CEO, interact Solutions
David Birch, Director, Consult Hyperion
Dan Armstrong, Managing Consultant, Takashi Mobile
Robin Mersh, COO, Broadband Forum

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