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NewsWindstream's Q1 profit, revenues up; outlook bright
Windstream Corp today said a jump in Internet users helped push it to a 24 percent increase in profits for the first quarter despite slower growth in its residential landline business. Sound Read more...
Cablevision adding subs, offering Wi-Fi, losing money
Cablevision will spend more than $300 million on rolling out Wi-Fi technology in the New York metro area and on Long Island over the next two years as it intensifies its battle with Verizon for Read more...
Aussie telco ups ante in nationwide broadband bid
The battle to hang wire for Australia's $4.7 billion national broadband network just got a tad more serious after Australian operator Telstra put up the $5 million bidder's bond required of Read more...
Comcast eyes bandwidth cap, overage charges
Comcast reportedly is considering implementing a broadband service structure with a bandwidth usage cap. According to BroadbandReports.com, Comcast may offer a service with a 250 gigabyte usage cap Read more...
Vonage lowers loss, will sell DSL via Covad
VoIP service provider Vonage reported first-quarter earnings today that were marked by higher revenue, a lower net loss and moderating growth in customer additions, but the real news today regarding Read more...
France Telecom stays on IPTV growth track
France Telecom said in its first-quarter earnings report that it had added 167,000 IPTV customers during the quarter, for a total of 1.41 million IPTV customers across all of its markets. Most of Read more...
Surewest increase revenue, barely profits
Independent telco SureWest Communications reported a 20 percent increase in revenue for the first quarter to about $51.6 million, but the company was barely in positive net income territory, with a Read more...
Broadweave to acquire embattled iProvo
Fiber network operator Broadweave is acquiring iProvo, the initially much ballyhooed but not very successful municipal fiber network in Provo, Utah. The network supplying triple play services to Read more...
Telcos pursue $700 million Europe-India cable
AT&T and Verizon Communications were among the 16 network operators to join the Europe-India Gateway consortium this week as the EIG unveiled a plan to construct a 15,000 km., $700 million Read more...
XO expands Ethernet, offers higher speeds
XO Communications is expanding availability of Ethernet services to cover more than 500,000 business customer locations in 75 markets. XO's Ethernet reach is built on a mix of fiber, copper and Read more...
| Press ReleasesVonage and Covad Communications Announce Strategic Relationship to Deliver Vonage BroadbandHOLMDEL, N.J. and SAN JOSE, Calif., May 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
Vonage, a leading provider of digital phone services, and Covad
Communications Company, a leading national provider of integrated Read more... ARUBA NETWORKS RELEASES WHITE PAPER ON DELIVERING BROADBAND SERVICES TO FIXED AND MOBILE CLIENTS USING WIMAX AND WI-FI WiMAX Is Well Suited For Wide Area Networks, Wi-Fi Is Cost-Effective For a Wide Range of Local Clients SUNNYVALE, California, March 20, 2008 – Aruba Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARUN), a global leader Read more... New survey finds gaps in U.S. broadband Industry professionals dissatisfied with broadband availability and definition Naperville, Ill. — Sixty-five million Americans depend on broadband services for work, education, entertainment and Read more... FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION RELEASES DATA ON HIGH-SPEED SERVICES FOR INTERNET ACCESS Washington, D.C. – The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today released new data on high-speed connections to the Internet in the United States. Twice a year, all facilities-based Read more... TV White Space Holds the Key for Broadband Wireless Internet Access for Millions of People Still Living without Broadband12/13/07 - A coalition of technology innovators, public interest advocates, think tanks, and higher education organizations today launched a campaign to make wireless broadband in the United States a Read more... |