25.10.2010
CenturyLink, Qwest come to terms with telecom labor unions
CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) and Qwest (NYSE: Q) have struck an agreement with the telecom industry`s two most powerful unions--the Communications Workers of America (CWA) and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW)--which both agreed to drop any opposition to the pending merger... |
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02.11.2010
CENX reaches 15 million ESLs, appoints Russ Shriver as SVP of marketing
CENX has reached yet another milestone in its ongoing move into the Ethernet exchange market segment by surpassing the 15 million ESL (Ethernet Service Locations) market. Interestingly, CENX was able to reach the 15 million ESL mark only four months after announcing attainment of 10 million ESLs... |
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07.01.2008
CES: Vonage, Skype step up efforts
While Microsoft, Comcast and others made a big splash at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, VoIP service providers Vonage and Skype were not to be out-done, despite what has been a difficult preceding year for both companies.Vonage announced at the show its new V-Portal... |
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30.09.2008
CFI: Customers prefer telco bundles to cable
Research firm the CFI Group, which sprang forth from the University of Michigan to study customer satisfaction issues across multiple industries, has announced the results of its annual Telecom-Cable Industry Satisfaction Study. The survey, which consulted more than 1,200 consumer households, found... |
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15.01.2009
Charter inches closer to restructuring
Charter Communications, acting in advance of a likely restructuring and a possible bankruptcy filing, has eliminated an executive cash award plan and changed other bonus compensation programs. The St. Louis-based cable TV player took steps last month to attempt to restructure its debt, a move that... |
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28.02.2008
Charter VoIP subs up, DOCSIS 3.0 in sight
Cable TV company Charter Communications said in its fourth-quarter 2007 earnings report that it voice subscriber base had increased by more than 155,000 to surpass the 1 million customers milestone. The company also said it is aiming to test DOCSIS 3.0 during the second half of 2008. DOCSIS 3.0... |
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22.12.2008
Check Point acquires Nokia's security appliance biz
Check Point Software has agreed to take over Nokia`s security appliance business. Terms of the deal were not disclosed at this time.Over the past decade, the two companies have worked together to develop enterprise security solutions, and moving forward, Check Point will provide an "extended"... |
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26.02.2008
Chesonis urges CLECs to love one another
Giving the keynote speech at Comptel in Nashville yesterday, Paetec Holding Corp Chairman and CEO Arunas A. Chesonis told the Comptel audience that CLECs need to work together more often. Chesonis said the competitive carrier community is still too dependent on incumbent operators, perhaps a... |
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30.09.2008
Chicago CIO calls for telecom-gov't broadband cooperation
Ir wasn`t so long ago that major cities around the country were pursuing their own plans for municipal broadband, with ideas to use tools such as Wi-Fi or fiber to make broader broadband coverage a reality. Those plans put cities in competition with traditional broadband service... |
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07.01.2011
China clarifies illegal VoIP stance
When China`s Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) announced in December that it was going to crack down on illegal VoIP providers what followed was a lot of fear by VoIP industry watchers that it could block out alternative players such as Skype`s China subsidiary TOM Group, which maintains... |
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