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Service providers find new opportunities in the data center

August 20, 2012 | By

For the most part, the look of the data center has not changed much over the past ten years. But data centers have taken the central role of the mechanism to deliver cloud services to both large enterprises and SMBs.

Business: The other 'underserved' broadband market

August 3, 2012 | By

There has been no shortage of efforts to bring broadband to more consumers--including the FCC's CAF-I initiative and Google's community FTTH project in Kansas City. While these initiatives are both promising, neither addresses another obvious problem: the lack of affordable high-speed broadband services for businesses.

Honoring women wireline executives

July 12, 2012 | By

For the third year in a row, we at FierceTelecom are recognizing and honoring women who hold senior management and executive positions in wireline service providers across the United States.

No issue on Wednesday

July 3, 2012 | By
Just wanted to wish you all a happy and safe fourth of July holiday. Due to the holiday, FierceTelecom will not publish on Wednesday, but we'll be back in your inbox Thursday morning. Thanks for...

Will Verizon's new speed tiers, bundled options make cable jump?

June 25, 2012 | By

Verizon finally revealed the pricing for its new 300 Mbps FiOS speed tier and the increase of its existing speed tiers via its Quantum Fiber to the Premises (FTTP) brand. How will cable respond?

TDS' Vital Support Systems purchase is about building solutions, not just collecting assets

June 15, 2012 | By

TDS advanced its managed service vision by making a move to purchase Des Moines, Iowa-based Vital Support Systems, a sign that it wants to be more responsive to their business customers' desire to work with a third party to help manage their IT service functions.  

FierceTelecom gets a new look

June 14, 2012 | By

As a frequent visitor to FierceTelecom, you may have noticed the new site design we rolled out today. The new site was designed so you can more easily see the top news stories of the day, as well as find the compelling features, analysis, and special reports that FierceTelecom delivers to readers daily.

IPv6: Are we ready? Let's go

June 5, 2012 | By
Last year, World IPv6 Day got lots of attention from industry folks and consumers alike. The last block of IPv4 addresses had been distributed a few weeks earlier, and there was plenty of concern...

No issue on Monday

May 25, 2012 | By
Just wanted to wish you all a happy and safe Memorial Day weekend. Due to the holiday, FierceTelecom will not publish Monday, but we'll be back in your inbox Tuesday morning. Also, I wanted to take

AT&T's Digital Life could make its wireline broadband base even stickier

May 15, 2012 | By
AT&T's (NYSE: T) recent launch of its Digital Life home control and monitoring service illustrates the telco's need to generate new wireline and wireless revenue streams. As noted by
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