05.04.2011
CenturyLink's Post: AT&T/T-Mobile deal will have minimal impact on its wireless backhaul future
CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL), a wireline-centric provider, believes that it will take time to understand what effect AT&T`s (NYSE: T) proposed deal to acquire T-Mobile (XETRA: DTE.DE) will have on its growing wireless backhaul business. Like Qwest, which it just completed its merger with on Friday... |
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05.04.2011
Verizon reaches $93.5 million settlement with government over service overcharges
Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) is paying $93.5 million to settle a "whistleblower" lawsuit that alleges the telco overcharged the U.S. government on voice and data service contracts. According to the U.S. Justice Department, Verizon`s MCI Communications unit was cited for invoicing the General... |
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04.04.2011
TelePacific finishes acquisition of Covad's wireless unit
By wrapping up its acquisition of MegaPath`s NextWeb wireless subsidiary Covad Wireless, TelePacific will have yet another weapon in its product arsenal to target new and existing customers that want a pure wireless-based solution or a complementary backup element for their wireline network... |
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01.04.2011
Zayo Group secures dark fiber agreement with hosted VoIP provider T1Company
Zayo Group continues to follow the ongoing trajectory of providing wholesale services to colocation and managed service providers by securing a new contract with T1Company, a provider of dedicated access and VoIP services, for dark fiber services in the Cleveland market. For Zayo, the deal with... |
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01.04.2011
SIP trunking sees "breakout year" as VoIP services market climbs to $50 billion
Consumers` enchantment with VoIP helped the technology weather the shaky market of the past two-plus years and keep growing--to the tune of almost $50 billion in revenue for VoIP services alone, Infonetics Research says in a new report. The most significant gain was seen in the SIP trunking segment... |
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31.03.2011
tw telecom's Ethernet services enable Core NAP to expand its service reach
tw telecom (Nasdaq: TWTC) has won a multi-year contract to provide Core NAP last-mile Ethernet services that will allow the data center provider to expand their reach in the Austin, Texas market. An established data center and managed service provider to small and large businesses, what stands out... |
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28.03.2011
Verizon brings FiOS to upstate New York to challenge Time Warner Cable
Verizon (NYSE: VZ) has decided that New York`s Capital Region is a great place to take on dominant cable operator Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC-WI) with its FiOS triple play bundle. Announced last Friday at the Verizon Wireless store on 1770 Central Ave. in Colonie, N.Y., Verizon will be extending... |
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23.03.2011
Verizon becomes Massachusetts' second largest video provider
Watch out Comcast (Nasdaq: CMCSA) because Verizon (NYSE: VZ) has got your number--your video number--in Massachusetts. In 2010, Verizon became the state`s second largest video provider with over 280,000 customers despite slowing down its Fiber to the Home (FTTH) network expansion... |
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22.03.2011
Canada's CRTC eases consumer's ability to switch service providers
Canadian consumers will soon be able to switch their wireline or wireless service providers a bit more easily through new rules passed by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC). Under the new rules, service providers will need to make all of the necessary steps to... |
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18.03.2011
Pac-West Telecomm names Todd Wallace as its new COO
Pac-West Telecomm is doing some executive shuffling by promoting Todd Wallace as its new Chief Operating Officer. Wallace, who joined Pac-West last year as its Senior VP of engineering and Network operations, will continue to run network management activities development, and customer operations,... |
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