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Windstream closes half its brick-and-mortar stores
Independent rural telco Windstream appears to be making a major shift away from its brick-and-mortar retail strategy, as it announced the closing of about 30 Windstream retail stores across 11 states.
Sonic.net sheds wireless unit to focus on fiber
Sonic.net, a San Francisco Bay Area-based network operator that has been nudging its much larger rivals in its markets by its aggressive fiber-broadband expansion, has announced the sale of its
Windstream closes PAETEC purchase
Independent telco Windstream ( Nasdaq: WIN ) said it has completed its acquisition of CLEC PAETEC Holding Corp., an announcement that was expected following the approval of the deal by the Federal
ABI Research: Telco TV revenue up in Q3 2010
Telcos may continue to trail cable in terms of video subscribers for years to come, but they are making progress, reports ABI Research in its quarterly "Pay-TV ARPU and Revenues Market Data" report.
HickoryTech hits the 10,000 IPTV subscriber mark
HickoryTech, a Minnesota-based independent telco, now supplies its Digital TV service to 10,000 customers. Similar to other independent telcos, HickoryTech has been integrating new services such as
Mammoth Networks cuts Baca Valley Telephone's out of region costs
Baca Valley Telephone Company, a Des Moines, N.M.-based independent ILEC, needed an alternative means to reach out of its own network footprint and it found it in Mammoth Networks' Layer 2 DSL
Sovernet gets grant to build Vermont-based middle mile network
Sovernet, the Vermont-based subsidiary of Atlantic Tele-Network (NASDAQ: ATNI ), is getting $33.4 million broadband courtesy of the National Telecommunications and Information Administrations (NTIA)
Hargray Communications is up for sale
Just when you think the M&A wave has settled, it looks like Hargray Communications could be heading to the auction block with a price tag of $400 million. According to an article in the Wall
Big Three indie telcos strive for identity
Independent ILECs are in a state of transition. Unlike their larger RBOC counterparts that have battled dwindling traditional PSTN subscribership by expanding their wireless and, more recently, TV
FTTH Council statistics show fiber is more than a Verizon phenomenon
A Fiber-to-the-Home Council report indicates that deep fiber is alive and flourishing among small independent telcos, broadband service providers, municipalities and cable companies despite the well
