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NewsSPOTLIGHT: Qwest faces opposition in Arizona over forbearance request
Qwest, actively been seeking to slip out from under certain tenants of the 1996 Telecommunications Act with a series of forbearance petitions, has run into a windstorm--albeit, a tiny one, of Read more...
Qwest slams Sprint; jumps to Verizon
Sprint Nextel, already struggling this year with a declining customer base and falling revenues, was dealt another blow yesterday as Qwest Communications (see its earning report, item #4 below) Read more...
Qwest earnings drop as landline losses swell
Qwest lost 195,000 home landline users to cable and mobile operators in the first quarter--some 2.6 percent of its residential customer base--on its way to posting a 35 percent drop in profits, the Read more...
XO lays it on Qwest as dereg battle continues in West
As Qwest and AT&T continue to collect FCC approval of Bell forbearance petitions, XO Communications has Read more...
Will Pivot's demise be a boon for telcos?
Some interesting follow ups to Pivot's plunge to obscurity ... A new survey from Compete says consumers would be very interested in buying their wireless service from their existing telco or cable Read more...
Cox to pay Qwest $2.2 million for Arizona flap
Cox Communications will pay Qwest Communications about $2.2 million and could be further fined by the Arizona Corporation Commission after Cox's alleged unauthorized use of Qwest customer landline Read more...
ALSO NOTED: Time Warner to spin off cable unit; Qwest to settle over-charging complaint; and much more...
> In an expected move, Time Warner will spin off Time Warner Cable. Read more...
Provo committee gets 'brutal' with iProvo
A Provo city council committee ripped the city's mayor for his management of Provo-owned fiber-optic network, iProvo, which has lost $7.5 million since 2003 and stands to lose another $2 million this Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: Qwest's Poll on PBT, VDSL2, hair dryers
Telephony has published the second part of its two-part interview with Qwest Communications CTO Pieter Poll, following an initial installment in which Poll talked about fixed-mobile convergence, Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: Talk about going the extra mile for a customer …
Minot, N.D.-based SRT Telecom is a diverse carrier offering its 48,000 customers everything from basic POTS to DSL to wireless in service areas that range from city to remote. The telco is looking Read more...
| Press ReleasesQwest to Deliver Verizon Wireless Products and Services to Its CustomersQwest Communications International
Inc. (NYSE: Q) and Verizon Wireless announced today they have signed a
5-year agreement for Qwest to market and sell Verizon Wireless service
beginning this Read more... Qwest Reports First Quarter 2008 ResultsDENVER, May 6, 2008 — Qwest Communications International Inc. (NYSE: Q) reported steady operating results for the first quarter of 2008. Adjusted EBITDA totaled $1.14 billion with adjusted EBITDA Read more... Qwest Launches Two New, Super High-Speed Fiber-Optic Internet Services
DENVER, April 24, 2008 — Qwest Communications International Inc. (NYSE: Q) today launched a new generation of fiber-optic Internet services that provide unprecedented speed, value and Read more... Qwest® Makes Voip Upgrades, Enhances Oneflex® Product Suite Business Customers Benefit From Simplified, Integrated Solutions DENVER, March 4, 2008 —Qwest Communications International Inc. (NYSE: Q) today announced several Voice over IP enhancements Read more... |