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Google: Regulatory reform will drive more broadband deployments

Google ( Nasdaq: GOOG ) believes that if the U.S. and other countries want broadband rollouts to flourish, their respective governments will have to adopt a regulatory regime that encourages growth.

UPDATED: FairPoint lays off 400 in latest cost-cutting measure

FairPoint Communications ( Nasdaq: FRP ), in its ongoing quest to turn its financial fortunes, will lay off about 400 employees over the next several months. Management notified employees that about

Vodafone NZ becomes Pacific Fibre's largest New Zealand customer

Pacific Fibre, an emerging submarine cable operator, has signed up Vodafone New Zealand as one of its first foundation customers. Russell Stanners, Vodafone New Zealand's CEO, said that the emergence

Cox re-ups with traffic partner Level 3

Level 3 Communications ( Nasdaq: LVLT ) has been a thorn in the side of one giant cable TV operator, but that hasn't hampered its ability to work with others in the sector. The transport network

Sonic.net has no plans for usage based billing

Sonic.net, a competitive broadband service provider that has set an ambitious plan to deliver 1 Gbps Fiber to the Home (FTTH) services in California , has no plans on implementing data caps on its

Washington State breaks ground on its NoaNet middle mile expansion project

Washington State is moving ahead with the expansion of its Northwest Open Access Network (NoaNet) middle mile network. Set on delivering services to communities that don't currently have broadband

Motorola: Wireline networks will continue to be main media delivery platform

Sanjay Jha, CEO of Motorola Mobility Holdings ( NYSE: MMI ), made a somewhat surprising yet not all that surprising statement at this week's The Cable Show that the wireline network--in this case

Rural telco HickoryTech reaches 20,000 DSL subscriber milestone

HickoryTech ( Nasdaq: HTCO ), an independent ILEC serving rural areas in Minnesota may not be the largest carrier, but reaching its 20,000 DSL subscriber milestone shows that smaller communities'

FCC approves CenturyLink-Qwest merger with conditions

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) as expected granted its approval of CenturyLink's ( NYSE: CTL ) merger with Qwest Communications ( NYSE: Q ). Of course, the FCC has granted the approval of

Telmex (NYSE: TMX) Q4 net profit dips with higher tax bill

Telefonos de Mexico (NYSE: TMX ) took a 32 percent net profit hit in Q4, a factor it attributes to lower revenue and higher taxes. During the quarter, Telmex reported net profit of 3.39 billion pesos