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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...

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...

Telcos line up to take Dish Network's lunch money

admin — Tue, 13 May 2008 06:59:53 -0400

Telcos are continuing to make inroads as TV providers, beefing up their revenues (or at least trimming their losses) at the expense of cable operators and satellite services. This week's victim is Read more...

Newsday deal unlikely to start telecom trend

admin — Mon, 12 May 2008 06:59:58 -0400

Cable TV player Cablevision Systems announced today that it is acquiring Newsday for $650 million. For those outside Long Island and New York City, Newsday is that most archaic of information Read more...

Comcast eyes bandwidth cap, overage charges

admin — Thu, 08 May 2008 06:59:57 -0400

Comcast reportedly is considering implementing a broadband service structure with a bandwidth usage cap. According to BroadbandReports.com, Comcast may offer a service with a 250 gigabyte usage cap Read more...

Current Communications sells Dallas BPL network

admin — Mon, 05 May 2008 06:59:53 -0400

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...

AT&T denies bandwidth throttling scenario

admin — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 06:59:55 -0400

AT&T is denying that it throttles Internet bandwidth following a study by online video distributor Vuze that suggested several of the largest U.S. broadband service providers were doing exactly Read more...

Desktone, Verizon team up on virtual desktop

admin — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 06:59:55 -0400

Add desktop virtualization to list of services that carriers are looking to sell into the business market and corporate enterprises. Information Week reports that start-up vendor Desktone has Read more...

Blue Coat acquires Packeteer for $268 million

admin — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 06:59:54 -0400

Blue Coat Systems is acquiring fellow WAN optimization technology vendor Packeteer for $268 million. The deal follows Packeteer's rebuffing of an acquisition bid by Elliott Associates just weeks ago. Read more...

More OSS M&A: Finland's Comptel buys Axiom

admin — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 06:59:53 -0400

Finland-based OSS company Comptel Corp is acquiring U.K.-based OSS firm Axiom Systems for $13.8 million. The deal provides more evidence that OSS market consolidation is ongoing, as it comes just a Read more...