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Samantha Bookman
Michael Kennedy
Anna-Maria Kovacs
A. Michael NollCable & Wireless grows internationally
Cable & Wireless reported third-quarter earnings, and though the company has a long way to go on the come back trail, it saw lower costs and growth from its new focus on large customers in
Service providers re-direct typos
Verizon Communications has defended its practice of re-directing misspelled Internet addresses to its own search page. The company recently was criticized for doing so, but several ISPs do the same
Innovation of the Week: PoE goes green
What: Power over Ethernet Why you should care: The technology to allow power distribution over Ethernet, cabling, supported by the IEEE 802.3af standard, has been around for a while. But, the new
SPOTLIGHT: EU adopts Reding proposal
the European Union formally heard and quickly adopted EU Telecom Commissioner Viviane Reding's proposal for a pan-continental telecom regulatory body authorized to enforce structural separation of
ALSO NOTED: Hammerhead combines MPLS, PBT; Revenue up at Paetec; and much more...
> Vendor Hammerhead Systems targets multi-point services in MPLS, PBT networks. Article > CLEC Paetec reports loss, but
Re-assessing WiMAX
Publisher's Note: Â If you're someone based in Europe or who follows the European wireless market, I have some good news: Today we launched a new, Europe-focused edition of FierceWireless. The new
Will FCC crack whip against cable?
Reports over the weekend suggested the Federal Communications Commission is about to revise cable TV regulation to reflect what it says is the cable TV industry crossing of the "70/70"
Nacchio prosecutors stay the course
The prosecutors who saw to former Qwest CEO Joe Nacchio's conviction on insider trading charges filed an 83-page brief on Friday stating why that conviction should withstand a pending appeal. Unlike
RLEC M&A inclinations fluctuate
Not long ago Windstream Communications CEO Jeff Gardner said the credit crunch and other financial concerns might scare off a budding trend toward consolidation in the independent telco sector, even
Telefoncia net income up 39%
Spain's Telefonica reported a 39% jump in third-quarter profit to just over $5.8 billion. Some of that income surge is due directly to the company's sale of TV content firm Endemol, but the Spanish
Level 3, Verizon share $1.8 bil. GSA deal
Verizon Communications and Level 3 Communications each won part of the General Services Administration's Washington Interagency Telecommunications Systems 3 contract, worth a total of $1.8 billion
SPOTLIGHT: BCE counters bondholder accusations
Bell Canada Enterprises, while awaiting the closing of the company's $51.7 billion sale to the Ontario Teachers Pension Plan and two U.S. private equity firms, is fighting back against a lawsuit
What happened to Google’s other telecom obsession?
There has been so much coverage lately of Google’s open mobile phone consortium that its other reported telecom obsession, a proposal to support several telecom carriers in the building of the
Google chasing new fiber plan?
There has been so much coverage lately of Google's open mobile phone consortium that its other reported telecom obsession, a proposal to support several telecom carriers in the building of the Unity
Windstream: Revenue up, profit down
Little Rock, Ark.-based independent telco Windstream Communications reported third-quarter revenue that was about 7% increase to $823 million from the same quarter last year, mostly due to broadband
Cablevision, Charter see losses grow
Cable TV companies Cablevision and Charter Communications both reported third-quarter net losses that were larger than the same quarter last year. Cablevision, whose investors recently rejected a bid
Sprint, Clearwire cancel WiMAX pairing
Sprint and Clearwire have ended a partnership they cultivated just a few months ago under which they intended to join their WiMAX efforts in a national roaming infrastructure. As Sprint looks for a
FiOS finds 1 mil. in NJ, draws lawsuit in Philly
Verizon Communications said its FiOS broadband network now passes about 1 million homes in New Jersey, and that the company is looking to pass another 400,000 homes there during the next year.
Senators postpone telco immunity ruling
The Senate Judiciary Committee postponed a vote on whether or not to include blanket telco immunity as part of new surveillance legislation, though reports of the postponement are offering few
