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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...
SPOTLIGHT: Verizon face challenges with NYC MDUs
As Verizon Communications accelerates its fiber push into the multi-dwelling unit market in New York City, it is facing all the challenges inherent to NYC apartment buildings--old construction, 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...
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...
Report: Telcos looking for their share of VoIP
VoIP traffic has increased 35% in the past year and carriers are continuing to spend money to grab their share of the market, says a new report from iLocus. Among the iLocus findings:All major 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...
It's Verizon vs. Google Part Deux
In a move seemingly inspired by those 'True Love Waits' abstinence pledges, Google is petitioning the FCC to obtain a guarantee from Verizon Wireless promising the operator will honor its commitment Read more...
ALSO NOTED: Verizon's Petri retires; BigBand cuts 25 jobs; and much more...
> Daniel Petri, group president-International, at Verizon will retire Aug. 1 after 37 years with the telco. Report > Video 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...
Verizon says it'll raise FiOS prices again
Verizon's FiOS users can expect to pay a little more, the company said during its earnings call yesterday. FiOS broadband has seen steady Read more...