
Biography for Sean Buckley
Sean Buckley is the senior editor of FierceTelecom. He joined the FierceTelecom staff in July 2009 and is responsible for covering news and trends in the wireline section of the telecom industry. Before joining the FierceTelecom staff, Sean most recently served as the Editor-in-Chief for Telecom Engine from 2006 to 2009 overseeing both the former print publication Telecommunications Magazine Americas and its transition to a web-based publication. Sean returned to Telecommunications in July 2006 after a brief one-year stint covering the public sector IT and mobile network infrastructure trends as a senior analyst at Current Analysis. In addition to writing about wireline industry trends, Sean enjoys playing with his two sons, reading history books, watching the Celtics, and listening to Grateful Dead concerts on Sirius Satellite Radio. Sean works out of his home office Dracut, Mass., and can be reached at sbuckley@fiercemarkets.com. Follow @FierceTelecom on Twitter and find him on LinkedIn.
Articles by Sean Buckley
While most of the service provider attention around Smart Grids has centered on wireless and
wireline telcos, the cable industry is just as keen on cashing in on the opportunity. Among the nearly 80
Saying that the company's board does not need "to have an activist on the Board of Yahoo," outspoken financier Carl Icahn made it official that he has resigned from Yahoo!'s board. By resigning from
While not much of a surprise to anyone watching the telecom industry, FairPoint Communications made it official today that it has filed for Chapter 11 reorganization under in the U.S. Bankruptcy Code
Service providers and their business customers may have embraced Ethernet as the next-gen enterprise networking technology, but the one issue that holds it back is service and geographic
To expand broadband opportunities, cities and towns are going to need assistance from local service providers, argued Chicago's CIO Hardik Bhatt during the Friday morning keynote speech at the
Amidst great protest from major traditional service providers, the FCC voted to support an open Internet rule that will prevent service providers from throttling down or blocking specific content
Outgoing Ericsson CEO Carl-Henric Svanberg (he will step down in January to become the chairman of BP) says that while he's seeing some signs of life in many of the largest telecom markets, it will
New Zealand may have high
aspirations with its proposed ultra-fast broadband plan, but it's being realistic on how it will carry it from the drawing board to the field. Now, the service provider is
Level 3 may not be a stranger to wireless backhaul (it's been providing services to wireless carriers for over ten years), but now the wholesale operator is launching a new service that can
Given all of the operational issues that both FairPoint and Hawaii Telecom had after they bought unwanted lines from Verizon, it's not surprising to see that labor unions that work for