13.12.2010
Dish Network ups telecom service game, acquires Liberty-Bell Telecom
Dish Network (Nasdaq: DISH) has made its biggest move yet in furthering its presence in the telecom industry by making a bid to acquire Liberty-Bell Telecom, a Denver-based CLEC. By acquiring Liberty-Bell Telecom, Dish would be armed with a triple-play bundle offering to more effectively compete... |
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16.02.2009
DOCSIS 3.0 yummy-yummy to cable customers, companies
Happiness for Comcast`s high-speed craving broadband customers translates to speeds of up to 50 Mbps with the roll-out of DOCSIS 3.0. The company`s Extreme 50 service has been turned up fairly smoothly and is winning over speed junkies.Gartner is predicting broadband users subscribing to 25... |
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31.05.2009
Donnelley's latest phone book opened to Ch. 11
Yellow Pages publisher R.H. Donnelley filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, following Idearc as the latest phone book publisher to seek protection from creditors. Like Idearc, Donnelley likes its chances in the directories business even though print products are going out of style and ongoing... |
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29.04.2010
DSCI puts FiberTower's wireless Ethernet into its expansion diet
While fiber is the most optimal medium to deliver advanced services (VoIP, MPLS-based VPNs, etc), Waltham, Mass.-based competitive service provider DSCI decided it needed a new alternative that could both meet its stringent quality standards and get to customers where fiber was not readily... |
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22.04.2009
DT cuts outlook on mobile, economic pressure
German telco incumbent Deutsche Telekom will not report first quarter earnings until May 7, but DT already has issued an earnings warning that primarily appears to be connected to mobile market pressures and general economic softness in some of its international markets,... |
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20.10.2008
DT to partner with competitors for fiber build
Deutsche Telecom is reportedly going to work with its competitors to build out fiber networks, rather than shouldering the costs by itself.DT fixed-infrastructure boss Timothy Höttges is apparently working out bi-lateral arrangements with several phone company competitors for infrastructure... |
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28.06.2010
DukeNet Communications gets cash infusion from Alinda Capital Partners
DukeNet Communications, the wholesale telecom arm of Charlotte, N.C.-based utility company Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK), has paved a new growth path by establishing a joint venture with Alinda Capital Partners LLC. Under the terms of the agreement, Alinda affiliate will acquire a 50 percent stake in... |
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19.08.2008
Eastern Europe telecom M&A likely to heat up
Eastern and Central Europe should continue to be busy merger and acquisition territory for telcos, as the industry looks for growth in these mature markets through consolidation, says a new report from global management consultancy Arthur D. Little.The new report, "Mergers & Acquisitions: Bust... |
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15.04.2009
eBay plans Skype IPO for next year
About one year after eBay said it would spend a year evaluating its Skype subsidiary, the Internet auctions giant announced yesterday that it is planning to spin off Skype in an initial public stock offering in the first half of 2010. The decision comes just days after Skype founders were reported... |
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24.01.2008
eBay: Skype helps earnings, CEO retiring
VoIP juggernaut Skype saw its revenue grow 76% to $115 million during 2007, and finished the year with 276 million registered users. These were all nice figures to add to eBay`s 2007 balance sheet, though the big news from eBay`s year-end earnings reports is that eBay president and CEO Meg Whitman... |
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