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Embarq to end wireless partnership with Sprint

admin — Thu, 15 May 2008 06:59:56 -0400

Independent telco and Sprint Nextel spin-off Embarq confirmed that it will end its wireless resale partnership with its former parent company next year. It is a sad situation, being jilted by one's Read more...

AT&T brings U-verse to small business sector

admin — Wed, 14 May 2008 06:59:57 -0400

AT&T is rolling out a U-verse small business broadband package in 40 markets. The offering will give businesses with up to 32 Internet connections 10 Mbps downstream bandwidth. Those business Read more...

SPOTLIGHT: Qwest faces opposition in Arizona over forbearance request

admin — Fri, 09 May 2008 06:59:52 -0400

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

admin — Tue, 06 May 2008 06:59:57 -0400

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

admin — Tue, 06 May 2008 06:59:54 -0400

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

admin — Fri, 02 May 2008 06:59:57 -0400

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?

admin — Fri, 02 May 2008 06:59:54 -0400

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

admin — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 06:59:53 -0400

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...

admin — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 06:59:51 -0400

> In an expected move, Time Warner will spin off Time Warner Cable. Read more...

Provo committee gets 'brutal' with iProvo

admin — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 06:59:56 -0400

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...