21.01.2009
Are telecom carriers ready to bargain?
Supposedly, we now live in a bargainer`s economy, where the price of just about everything is negotiable as retailers, banks, contractors, homeowners and everyone else seem willing to bend just to make a sale. Does that include telecom service providers? The Wall Street Journal has a story... |
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03.08.2009
Arris reaps rewards of cable's DOCSIS 3.0 drive
Buoyed by aggressive deployments by Comcast, CMTS supplier Arris said it saw an uptick in DOCSIS 3.0 network equipment shipments during the second quarter. According to an article in Cable Digital News, Bruce McClelland, president of Arris` Broadband Division, said that "greater than 60 percent" of... |
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01.10.2008
AT&T alters structure with wireless, convergence in mind
AT&T made some structural and management changes to re-align the company for a future in which wireless increasingly replaces landline, and fixed-mobile convergence capabilities and multi-screen strategies become key. The company is moving to a structure of four divisions -- consumer,... |
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03.12.2008
AT&T CEO: Obama should encourage telecom growth
AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson called on President-elect Barack Obama to foster policies in office that will encourage investments in the telecom industry and infrastructure. It`s a nice thought coming from a company that was a big contributor to John McCain`s presidential campaign, though... |
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07.01.2010
AT&T enriches its fiber-based wireless backhaul diet
AT&T may have finally completed the upgrade of its high-speed packet access (HSPA) network, but it comes with the price of adding more wireless backhaul capacity to its cell sites.A typical AT&T cell site used T1 (1.5 Mbps) circuits. And while T1s were sufficient when AT&T began rolling... |
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09.04.2009
AT&T fiber optic cable cut in California
An AT&T-owned fiber optic cable was severed in Silicon Valley Thursday, causing Internet, voice, and wireless outages, as well as compromised 911 access for thousands of customers. AT&T confirmed the outage to CNET, and said it is working to fix the issue.An AT&T spokesman said the... |
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03.03.2008
AT&T joins partners in new digital media fund
AT&T is said to be taking a minor role in a new venture fund developed by the William Morris Agency, Accel Partners and Venrock to invest in digital media companies. For AT&T, the fund can give the company a front seat at the innovation happening in the very important segment of mobile... |
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24.06.2008
AT&T launches CDN unit, $70 million bet
It may seem like a telegraphed punch to the current players in the content delivery network market, but AT&T has formally launched its CDN business, three different content distribution services and a commitment to invest $70 million this year alone in CDN technology as it seeks to... |
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07.12.2009
AT&T launches holiday U-Verse promotion
In the ongoing battle to attract new customers from going to cable companies, AT&T is offering potential U-Verse customers a $200 promotion card that can be used to purchase a new smart phone or a high definition television. Any new customer that subscribes to a U-Verse TV bundle (U200 or... |
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01.09.2009
AT&T looks for gateway into India's telecom market
AT&T is looking for a way to get back into India`s lucrative and growing telecom market and it thinks its answer might be found with Indian incumbent telco Bharat Sanchar Nigam (BSNL). A report in The Economic Times revealed that the U.S. telco has asked BSNL if it could become an investor. At... |
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