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| AT&T Extends Free Directory Assistance Service to Texas
10/10/2007
America’s biggest telecom carrier, AT&T Inc., has extended the availability of its free directory assistance service to the state of Texas, after launching the ad-supported business lookup line in California and eight southeastern states earlier this year.The 1-800-YellowPages service allows callers to gain free access to local business listings anywhere in the U.S., if they dial from... |
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| Verizon Seeks to Stem Fixed-Line Losses by Bundling Landline with Wireless
03/10/2007
U.S. telecom giant, Verizon Communications, has introduced a new service that integrates landline and cell phone services, amid growing competition from cable companies and other wireless carriers.Verizon’s new bundle of fixed and mobile services comes with unlimited local and long distance calling on a home phone, plus 200 wireless minutes, free home-to-mobile calls, and free cell phone... |
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| VoIPAdvisor.org: A Reference Tool for the VoIP Newbie
27/09/2007
Most consumers have heard of Voice over IP these days, but only a small percentage use it for their primary phone line.When average consumers research VoIP on the internet, they are often daunted by the confusing myriad of startup companies offering various types of IP telephony and digital phone services. Sure, these services seem like a great deal, especially for long distance calls, but... |
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| Vonage Introduces New International Calling Packages
26/09/2007
Broadband phone provider, Vonage, has launched a number of new international calling plans for new and existing residential subscribers in the U.S.The new plans are available to Premium Unlimited customers for an additional monthly fee of $6 to $15 per month. The Premium Unlimited service costs $24.99 per month, and comes with built-in unlimited calling within the United States, Canada, Puerto... |
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| Paetec Acquires McLeodUSA for $492 Million
19/09/2007
Fairport, New York-based corporate phone provider, Paetec Holding Corp., has agreed to purchase the troubled competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC), McLeodUSA, for $492 million.The acquisition of McLeodUSA, which offers telephone and high-speed internet services in Detroit, Denver, Phoenix, and numerous other U.S. cities, will increase Paetec’s customer base by almost a third, and give... |
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| Deregulation Has Made Phone Market Fair, Says Bell Aliant CEO
17/09/2007
The federal government’s telecom deregulation policies are bringing more fairness and competition to Canada’s local telephone market, said the CEO of Bell Aliant Regional Communications at last week’s BMO Capital Markets Media and Telecom conference.“We can attack now on every front. We couldn’t before,” commented Stephen Wetmore, whose company lost more than... |
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| AT&T Extends 1-800-YellowPages to Former BellSouth Territory
13/09/2007
America’s leading telecom provider, AT&T Inc., has expanded its free business directory assistance service to eight additional states formerly served by BellSouth Corp., which AT&T acquired at the end of last year.The 1-800-YellowPages (1-800-935-5697) service was first launched throughout California in July. It allows callers to request contact information of a specific business,... |
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| Embarq Thrives as Sprint Nextel Flounders
12/09/2007
When two of America’s leading cell phone carriers, Sprint and Nextel, merged two years ago, analysts and investors had such high hopes for the combined company that many failed to pay attention to the subsequent spin-off of Sprint’s landline telephone division, Embarq.Sprint chose to dump its tried and proven local phone business to focus all of its attention on wireless. Sixteen... |
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| Pirelli Chairman Sets Deadline for Pending Sale of Telecom Italia Stake
11/09/2007
Pirelli & C SpA Chairman, Marco Tronchetti Provera, has set a November 15 deadline for the sale of his company’s stake in Telecom Italia to a consortium of investors led by Spain’s Telefonica.Pirelli agreed in April to sell off an 18% stake in the Italian telephone incumbent to a holding company owned by Telefonica, Assicurazioni Generali, Intesa Sanpaolo, Mediobanca, and... |
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| California Regulators Reduce Universal Service Fees on Telephone Bills
08/09/2007
California’s Public Utilities Commission has reduced a telephone surcharge aimed at subsidizing telecom infrastructure in rural areas, on the grounds that growing urbanization and technological advances have reduced the need for such subsidies.Regulators reduced the tax, which applies to all local and long distance telephone bills in California, from 1.3% to 0.5%. This change will be... |
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