Telco

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...

DT, Greek government reach OTE agreement

admin — Thu, 15 May 2008 06:59:55 -0400

Germany's Deutsche Telekom finally got the deal it had been seeking with the Greek government, agreeing to acquire another 3 percent of Greek telco OTE on top of the 20 percent it already had agreed Read more...

Telefonica posts Q1 IPTV, net income gains

admin — Thu, 15 May 2008 06:59:54 -0400

Spain's Telefoncia reported a 22.4 percent increase in first quarter net income to $2.38 billion, and posted a big rise in IPTV subscribers. The telco landed 43,000 new IPTV customers in the first 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...

Telecom can gain from HP's EDS acquisition

admin — Wed, 14 May 2008 06:59:56 -0400

Hewlett-Packard announced this week it will acquire IT services giant EDS for about $13.9 billion, and the deal should have multiple implications for the telecom market. HP already is a major Read more...

Paetec posts 85% revenue increase for Q1

admin — Wed, 14 May 2008 06:59:55 -0400

Revenue at Paetec Holding Corp was up 85 percent to about $358.8 million in the first quarter, growth that could be attributed to the acquisitions of McLeodUSA and U.S. LEC last year. The company had Read more...

EarthLink to darken, dis-assemble Philly net

admin — Wed, 14 May 2008 06:59:54 -0400

EarthLink, the ISP that campaigned to own the municipal WiFi market and later withdrew from it in the span of a single year, is shutting down its once-controversial, much-hyped municipal Wi-Fi Read more...

Clearwire gets bigger; so does its Q1 losses

admin — Tue, 13 May 2008 06:59:57 -0400

Clearwire Corp. may be on the cusp of a planned WiMAX revolution with Sprint in the future but, like its primary partner in its new joint venture, is struggling in the here and now. After market Read more...

Bell Canada's DPI raises privacy concerns

admin — Tue, 13 May 2008 06:59:56 -0400

A Canadian public interest watchdog is raising a fuss over deep packet inspections by ISPs, calling the procedure an invasion of privacy and complaining to Canada's privacy commissioner. The brouhaha Read more...

Tiscali losses narrow; short list of bidders emerges

admin — Tue, 13 May 2008 06:59:54 -0400

Italian telecom Tiscali said it lost $58.5 million in the first quarter, down 12 percent from $66.3 million a year ago, on sales that topped $431 million, up 43 percent from $301 million. Tiscali Read more...