17.06.2008
Utah telecom opts for ECI Telecom's XDM platform
Utah`s South Central Communications has selected ECI Telecom`s XDMAll-Range ROADM (Reconfigurable Optical Add Drop Multiplexer) andConverged Multi-Service Transport Platform (MSTP) solution for theirfiber transport network for a rollout that will bump residential andbusiness bandwidth capacity... |
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13.06.2008
NJ lawmakers look to ease telecom regulation
New Jersey lawmakers are fast-tracking a bill aimed at blocking the state Board of Public Utilities’ oversight of cable and telco businesses, including merger, acquisitions and other telecom business. The bill grows out of last year’s imbroglio over the BPU’s attempt to impose its... |
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12.06.2008
Verizon's speedy DSL reaches 3.4 million customers
FiOS may be the core of Verizon’s long term growth strategy, but the telco hasn’t written off DSL as a money maker yet. The company yesterday said its upgraded DSL now reached some 3.4 million customers, up from just 400,000 when the 7.1 Mbps download-capable service was announced... |
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10.06.2008
de la Vega is all in with his iPhone bet
If there were any doubts AT&T was bidding its landline business adieu and embracing wireless as its savior, the announcement this week that it would subsidize Apple’s new iPhone, dropping the price tag to $199, should help even the slowest learners figure out the telco’s long-term... |
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09.06.2008
Telecom execs don't have a read on McCain, Obama
Not sure where JohnMcCain or Barack Obama stand on telecommunications issues? Join the club. A Pike & Fischer survey of communications execs found that slightly more than half were either unfamiliar or unhappy with the telecom policies of the two presidential candidates. Some 40 percent of... |
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08.06.2008
Verizon fights power inefficiency as industry standard inches along
Remember the other day when we were bemoaning--er, noting--how telecom firms other than BT were not making much of an effort to promote "green" strategies and general conservation efforts? Well, first a Canadian ISP wrote in to tell us about how it is using a hydrogen fuel cell for redundant power... |
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06.06.2008
Africa lures telecoms with promises of untapped bounty
With Europe becoming hypercompetitive (and saturated) and Asia quickly following, more telecom firms are looking to Africa to brighten bottom lines and as an opportunity to broaden networks.A relative storm of deal-making has swirled across the continent—from top to bottom—as mobile and... |
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05.06.2008
France Telecom bids $42 billion for TeliaSonera
The possible Verizon Communications/Alltel deal may be the buzz of the U.S. telecom industry today, but another long-rumored, mobile match is brewing overseas. France Telecom has launched a $42 billion bid to acquire TeliaSonera, a bid that reportedly already has been rejected by TeliaSonera.... |
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05.06.2008
Telecom Italia to cut 5,000 jobs in next two years
Telecom Italia, which is looking to cut around $370 million through an ongoing restructuring, said it will eliminate 5000 jobs by 2010 to help reach its cost-cutting goals. The carrier has been in a recovery mode since late last year, when it gained Spain`s Telefonica as a new controlling... |
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04.06.2008
VimpelCom to acquire rest of Corbina Telecom
Russian mobile giant VimpelCom, which to date has owned about 51 percent of Russian wireline carrier Corbina Telecom through a subsidiary, said it will acquire the remaining 49 percent of Corbina for about $404 million. VimpelCom is leading consolidation in the region, exemplified not only by this... |
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