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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...
Tags: M&A   Telco   Earnings   VoIP   Broadband  

All-star team re-ignites national WiMAX venture

Sprint Nextel, Clearwire, Comcast, Google, Time Warner Cable, Intel, Bright House Networks--'nuff said. Those firms--proven telecom industry giants, with the exception of Clearwire (okay, maybe 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...
Tags: Broadband   M&A   triple play   MuniFi  

Why European telcos are looking to make deals

News yesterday that Deutsche Telekom was giving Sprint the once over shouldn't come as any surprise. European telcos-battling tough competition and getting hammered by landline losses-have been Read more...

Current Communications sells Dallas BPL network

Current Communications, the company that has been operating a broadband over power line network in Dallas, has agreed to sell the network to local utility company Oncor for about $90 million. Oncor Read more...

3Com names China-based CEO, U.S. COO

3Com has named a new CEO who will be based in China and a new COO who will be based in the U.S. This intriguing development comes not long after 3Com withdrew from U.S regulatory consideration an Read more...
Tags: M&A   3Com   Private Equity  

Oi to acquire Brasil Telecom for $3.5 billion

Brazil telco Oi has agreed to acquire fellow regional player Brasil Telecom in a deal valued at about $3.5 billion. The announcement comes after months of speculation, but reportedly will require Read more...
Tags: M&A   Telco  

AT&T looks toward growth in India

AT&T, which this week reported more landline losses but huge wireless gains in the first quarter-its wireless revenue shot up almost 50% to $2.9 billion--looks like it's planning to tap into Read more...
Tags: M&A   Cell Phone Service   Telco  

NuLink newest cable TV market entrant

Private equity firm Halyard Capital and cable TV industry veteran John Brooks have partnered to acquire the cable TV assets of Georgia's Newman Utilities for about $70 million. Brooks is currently in Read more...

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Dialogic Corporation Acquires OpenMediaLabs’ Business

Parsippany, NJ, March 4, 2008 – Dialogic Corporation ("Dialogic"), a global provider of world-class products and technologies for media and signal processing, today announced that it has Read more...

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