21.01.2011
Venus Telephone to offer hybrid OTT/IPTV service
Pennsylvania-based rural ILEC Venus Telephone may be small, but for what it lacks in size it`s making up in its broadband video service ambitions. One of its current ambitions is to deliver a hybrid IPTV/Internet service to its rural customer base in February leveraging Skitter.TV`s Acclaim hybrid... |
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19.01.2011
Granite Telecom surpasses 1 million analog wireline connections mark
Granite Telecommunications may not carry the same name recognition of an AT&T (NYSE: T) or Verizon (NYSE: VZ), but the wholesale voice/data provider`s service growing presence in multi-site businesses helped it to reach over 1 million analog wireline connections. Serving large-scale multisite... |
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19.01.2011
Cofetel wants Telmex to reduce phone service prices further
Cofetel, Mexico`s telecom regulator, wants America Movil`s (NYSE: AMX) subsidiary Telmex to cut the price consumers pay for basic wireline phone services. Mony de Swaan, Cofetel`s president, said if Telmex can`t present an acceptable rate reduction, Cofetel itself will set the phone prices in... |
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19.01.2011
Cablevision's Optimum Business offers money-back service guarantee for SMBs
If you`re an SMB that`s a bit unsure that the local cable company can do a better job delivering service than the local telco, Cablevision (NYSE: CVC) is now offering their Optimum Business No-Risk Promise. With the No-Risk Promise, SMBs that sign up for Cablevision`s Optimum Online and Optimum... |
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17.01.2011
Italy: FTTH reaches 348,000 subscriber mark
Italy continues to make progress with Fiber to the Home (FTTH), reaching over 2.5 million homes passed and 348,000 subscribers as of the end of December 2010. Although preliminary data released by the FTTH Council Europe complied in conjunction with IDATE Consulting & Research revealed that the... |
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14.01.2011
NTT Communications reaches 400 Gbps capacity mark
NTT Communications` (NYSE: NTT) global IP transpacific network connecting Japan to the U.S. now reaches 400 Gbps of capacity. Already surpassing the 300 Gbps mark it reached in February 2010, NTT said the new growth on the network will help it to meet not only domestic MNC growth, but also that of... |
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13.01.2011
Steve Kolbeck appointed to NARUC telecommunications committee
South Dakota Public Utilities Commission Chair Steve Kolbeck has been named Co-Vice Chair of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners` Committee on Telecommunications. Kolbeck will take up the post on Jan. 17, replacing John Burke of the Vermont Public Service Board, who on Jan.... |
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13.01.2011
AT&T takes MEF Ethernet service provider of year honor
AT&T`s (NYSE: T) work as a domestic Ethernet provider has paid off as the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) has awarded the service provider its "Service Provider of the Year" award for 2010. The award is given every year by the MEF to the service provider with the highest cumulative score for all... |
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12.01.2011
Ciena eyes global channel growth by expanding its BizConnect Partner Program
Ciena (Nasdaq: CIEN) has decided to expand its global channel reach into the service provider, utilities, financial firms and other vertical by expanding and enhancing its BizConnect partner program. Among the many enhancements included in the program are new partner designations (solution... |
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11.01.2011
Skype sets 27 million simultaneous user record
Competitors like Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) and magicJack may think they have the hipper VoIP alternative service, but they continue to trail Skype, a company that`s been aggressively building up its service arsenal through its acquisition of software provider Qik and the introduction of new mobile... |
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