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A. Michael NollHawaiian Telecom's broadband, TV gains drive Q1 revenues to $96 million
Hawaiian Telcom saw in the first quarter that its focus on growing broadband and IPTV helped drive up Q1 2013 revenues 2 percent to $96 million.
The 15 highest paid CEOs in wireline in 2013
Who are the highest paid CEOs in the wireline segment of the telecom industry? FierceTelecom examines the salary and compensation rates of chief executives at 15 publicly traded service providers. (Image source: iStockPhoto)
Shentel revenue up 10.4 percent to $76 million on stable wireline, cable results
Shenandoah Telecommunications reported that first-quarter 2013 revenues jumped 10.4 percent to $76 million with increases in both wireline DSL subscribers and cable RGU counts.
TDS Telecom's IPTV, hosted services drive Q1 revenues to $217 million
TDS Telecom, the wireline subsidiary of Telephone and Data Systems, reported that first-quarter 2013 results rose to $217 million as it expanded its TDS TV service to more residential customers and new sales of its managedIP products to business customers.
CenturyLink to carry Universal Sports content in 9 IPTV markets
CenturyLink is catering to the sports fanatics who subscribe to its Prism IPTV offering by signing a multiyear carriage agreement with Universal Sports that will enable the carrier to offer new sports content in nine markets, including Las Vegas, Phoenix, central North Carolina and southwest Florida.
Lumos Networks' enterprise, FTTT gains drive up revenue to $52.5 million
Lumos Networks' continued expansion into IP-based business and wholesale services, particularly fiber to the tower services for wireless operators, drove up Q1 2013 revenues year-over-year to $52.5 million.
Week in research: Data centers play it safe; Ethernet switch market set for turbulence
Fibre Channel is still the technology of choice for data center operators, despite the emergence of Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE), an Infonetics Research report says.
Google Fiber takes on AT&T, Verizon in Shawnee, Kan.
Google Fiber on Thursday said that it is extending its fiber to the home service into Shawnee, Kan., where it will take on established telcos AT&T and Verizon.
EarthLink business services focus helps beat analyst expectations with $320 million in revenue
EarthLink's movement into the business market was evident in the first quarter of 2013 as the CLEC's business services growth helped it hold revenue at $320 million.
Experiencing the Nielsen ratings process firsthand
How does Nielsen generate its ratings reports for TV shows? FierceCable editor Steve Donohue took a deeper look into the process by participating in a ratings survey himself.
Windstream voice outages mostly resolved; technology upgrade blamed
Windstream reported Wednesday evening that the majority of the network outages that left business customers across as many as 23 states without voice service have been fixed, though isolated issues remain.
AT&T, CWA West ratify new wireline union agreement
AT&T's Western division has ratified a four-year agreement with the Communications Workers of America District 9 covering more than 17,000 wireline employees in California and Nevada.
AT&T evolves small cell, VoLTE, WebRTC in drive for broadband ubiquity
If one word could sum up the top priority at AT&T it would be broadband, from both a wireline and wireless perspective, according to Chuck Kalamek, vice president of research for AT&T Labs.
Bell Aliant's FTTH growth helps drive Q1 operating revenue to $679 million
Bell Aliant's growing FibreOP fiber to the home service was a factor in the telco's Q1 revenue mix, contributing 0.3 percent, or $1.98 million to its total of $679 million in operating revenues.
CenturyLink's Beal to carriers: Transform or perish
CenturyLink CTO Matt Beal delivered a blunt challenge to his fellow telco service providers at GENBAND's Perspectives13 conference in Orlando. They can transform the way they do business to the point that Alexander Graham Bell would be unable to recognize it, or perish at the hands of those inside or outside the industry who will.
Tracking the telecom industry's evolution at Perspectives13
A number of high level telecom industry executives, including Tony Melone, CTO of Verizon, have come together in Orlando at the GENBAND Perspectives13 conference to talk about the evolving trends in the telecom industry.
CenturyLink launches 1 Gbps fiber pilot in Omaha
CenturyLink is providing its own answer to Google Fiber's last-mile fiber vision by launching a 1 Gbps-capable fiber to the premises pilot deployment that will serve 48,000 homes and businesses in Omaha, Neb.
Social networks present quality of service challenge for service providers
Social networks can threaten communications service providers that don't adapt to a new market, members of a panel at GENBAND's Perspectives13 conference said. Further, customers more interested in social networking apps than in a quality, reliable experience can present a problem to established providers.
HickoryTech's Q1 revenue climbs to $48.8 million on strong fiber, data sales
HickoryTech's ongoing expansion into the business and wholesale services space was a major contributor to the 4 percent year-over-year rise in Q1 revenue to $44.8 million.
GTT buys Inteliquent data business for $54.5 million, enhances Ethernet interconnectivity
GTT, a virtual network operator, has enhanced its Ethernet and IP transit capabilities by purchasing Inteliquent's global data services business for $54 million, a move that immediately bolsters its Ethernet interconnectivity capabilities.
