04.08.2010
TDS Telecom wins $114.5 million in broadband stimulus funding
TDS Telecom (NYSE: TDS) has just racked up a sizeable broadband stimulus grant of $114.5 million to conduct broadband expansion projects in 18 states. In March, TDS submitted 46 applications for the second round of broadband stimulus funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and this... |
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26.05.2009
Teachers' plan sells BCE stake
The Ontario Teachers` Pension Plan, the Bell Canada Enterprise shareholder that worked with private equity firms on an attempted takeover of BCE that ultimately failed, reportedly has sold most of its remaining stake in the company. The 4 percent stake, more than 30 million shares, was sold for... |
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27.05.2009
Telcordia invests in Fine Point, launches CEM suite
Operational support system vendor Telcordia Technologies (remember when it was Bellcore?) has announced new OSS software focused focused on the emerging realm of customer experience management, and it also announced its investment in Fine Point Technologies, the OEM partner that developed... |
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07.05.2008
Telcos pursue $700 million Europe-India cable
AT&T and Verizon Communications were among the 16 network operators to join the Europe-India Gateway consortium this week as the EIG unveiled a plan to construct a 15,000 km., $700 million undersea cable linking Europe and India. the cable is scheduled by be completed in the second quarter of... |
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05.11.2008
Telecom awaits President Obama
We elect a president on promise, but how much of that promise can he fulfill, and how will he have to compromise lofty goals in the name of actually accomplishing change? Perhaps no one wants to think about that this morning, but we will have to think about it soon. And while President Obama may... |
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17.12.2007
Telecom awakens to M&A hangover
The cost of industry consolidation over the last few years was not just limited to the deal prices quoted to Wall Street. 2007 was the year that the telecom began to deal with the ongoing cost of consolidation, such as technological and corporate integration. The most obvious example at the carrier... |
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14.05.2008
Telecom can gain from HP's EDS acquisition
Hewlett-Packard announced this week it will acquire IT services giant EDS for about $13.9 billion, and the deal should have multiple implications for the telecom market. HP already is a major supplier of OSS and service delivery systems, as well as network signaling via its widely-deployed OpenCall... |
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31.08.2010
Telecom consumers dislike foreign customer care
U.S.-based service providers may be improving their bottom line by outsourcing their customer care capabilities offshore, but it comes with the cost of lower customer satisfaction. According to CFI Group`s latest study, call support satisfaction is only 58 percent out of 100 if the call is handled... |
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09.06.2008
Telecom execs don't have a read on McCain, Obama
Not sure where JohnMcCain or Barack Obama stand on telecommunications issues? Join the club. A Pike & Fischer survey of communications execs found that slightly more than half were either unfamiliar or unhappy with the telecom policies of the two presidential candidates. Some 40 percent of... |
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06.10.2010
Telecom Fiji shuts down unregistered wireless/wireline subscribers
If you live in Fiji and haven`t registered your wireline or your mobile phone under the government`s newly minted Telephone Services Decree, you might find out you can`t make any calls. This week Telecom Fiji began disconnecting those subscribers that did not register their wireline POTS or mobile... |
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