17.07.2008
BCE deal partner aiming to raise more money
Madison Dearborn Partners, one of the private equity firms involved in the pending acquisition of Bell Canada Enterprises, is attempting to raise about $10 billion for its buyout fund, but had raised just $4 billion as of mid-April, according to The Deal.com. This report and others point out that... |
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07.05.2009
BCE profit up, mobile unit makes acquisition
Bell Canada Enterprises reported first-quarter net income of $377 million, an increase of about 46 percent from its $258 million profit mark from the same quarter last year. Quarterly revenue was $4.34 billion, barely under last year`s report of $4.36 billion. The company that owns Bell Canada... |
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21.09.2009
Bell Aliant launches Fiber to the home service
Following an earlier agreement it reached with the New Brunswick to invest $60 million in a 70,000-subscriber Fiber to the Home network, Bell Aliant has officially launched its FibreOp residential service in Fredericton, New Brunswick. Bell Aliant says the new service will enable users to get 35... |
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21.05.2008
Bell Canada launches online video store
The shaky debt market environment may have put Bell Canada`s future ownership in doubt, but the carrier continues to push ahead on the new service front. Bell Canada is now the first carrier in Canada to offer video downloads for sale and for rent from its own online store. Using technology from... |
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12.08.2008
Bell Canada sends Frank & Gordon packing as new ad strategy launches
Bell Canada has been taking it on the chin lately ... a tougher-than-expected LBO that ended up in Canada`s Supreme Court, revelations and the ensuing dust up over aggressive traffic shaping, the sacking of 2,500 managers after new CEO George Cope came onboard and a decidedly lackluster second... |
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14.09.2009
Bezeq launches 50 Mbps VDSL2 service
Israel`s Bezeq has its heart set on providing a host of new IP-based residential services, and it`s going to deliver them over its existing copper network via VDSL2. Bezeq will deploy Nokia Siemens Multi Service Access Nodes (MSANs) to deliver a host of advanced services, including High Definition... |
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18.08.2009
Bharti Airtel launches global wholesale optical service
India`s Bharti Airtel has one ambition: to become a major provider of "global wholesale" services. The service provider is making good on that ambition as it recently launched a new optical wholesale service out of Singapore that will make its 200,000 km fiber network available to any international... |
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05.12.2008
Biz Week: AT&T layoffs start telecom downturn
As if we didn`t have enough bad news to worry about, Business Week asserts that cutbacks in consumer spending means that telecommunications service providers will have to do the same, causing a ripple effect that will impact equipment makers as well. We`re not so sure to blame it all on the... |
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08.01.2009
Boucher to head House Telecom Subcommittee
U.S. Rep. Rick Boucher, (D-Va.), will assume the chair of the House Telecom Subcommittee after previous chair Rep. Edward Markey, (D-Mass.), stepped down to take control of the new Energy and Environment Subcommittee. Boucher has been involved in the telecom industry for some time, and is an... |
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23.11.2008
Brasil Telecom deal gets regulatory push
It seems like spam comes in everyday from someone urging me to join the land grab in Brazil. Can`t vouch for that market opportunity, but we can tell you that Brazil`s telecom market is starting to get interesting. The Brazilian president just approved a change to the country`s telecom... |
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