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USF problems snowball toward 2009

December 1, 2008 | By
Universal Service Fund reform is looking like an even bigger issue for the next iteration of the Federal Communications Commission to deal with, along with a White House administration and Congress

ADTRAN gets Real

November 21, 2008 | By
Having a good product is one thing. Being able to effectively communicate you have a good product is another. Recognizing you have challenges with the latter and need to fix it is what ADTRAN is all

Voice could hop to Ribbit's rhythm

November 17, 2008 | By
Last week, we talked about one possible future direction for telcos' voice endeavors. But, outsourcing voice or wireline operations doesn't necessarily mean that telcos should completely remove

An increasingly cloudy outlook

November 14, 2008 | By
You're going to hear a lot more about cloud computing, but the marketing people seem to be determined to - ahem - fog up what cloud computing is and what it means for businesses large and small. More

The next step for AT&T, Verizon

November 10, 2008 | By
It is no secret that the fortunes of the two largest telcos in the U.S. are now more tethered to wireless than anythingelse. Of course, you could say that about a number of other telcos as well. But,

Recovery Friday and the VoIP Fierce 15

November 7, 2008 | By
It's been a busy week for the Telecom and Digital Media (TDM - Ha!) Group. We've moved FierceOnlineVideo from Fridays to Wednesdays. Sent out our preview edition for TelcoTV on Thursday - Dan O'Shea

Time to be budget-wise, consumer-friendly

November 3, 2008 | By
The third quarter of 2008 so far has not been as scary as many of us might have anticipated, but while telcos and their competitors continue to add broadband and TV subscribers and paint cautiously

The strategic power of fiber

October 30, 2008 | By
When Verizon took the right decision to deploy fiber to the home, analysts flayed the company. "Too expensive," they whined. "Not worth the money." As recently as this summer, one analyst argued

Dissecting the CenturyTel-Embarq deal

October 27, 2008 | By
CenturyTel's bid to acquire Embarq is surprising on at least a few levels. The companies may make a good network match, as CenturyTel's mostly rural market networks are combined with Embarq's

Remembering Al Gore and government's tech role

October 23, 2008 | By
Before he set out to save the planet, Al Gore played a key role in cultivating the Internet that is often forgotten today. With the Presidential election less than two weeks away, it is instructive
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