| Telstra Calls Off Fiber Optic Broadband Plans
08/08/2006
Australia`s incumbent telephone operator, Telstra, has cancelled its ambitious plans to build a fiber-optic broadband network spanning the small continent.Telstra executive, Phil Burgess, defends the decision, saying that excessive regulations imposed by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) would have made the $4 billion deployment financially impossible.Burgess said that... |
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| AT&T Makes Plans to Re-Brand BellSouth and Cingular
07/08/2006
As AT&T seeks to improve its enhance and expand its wireless coverage, while breaking into the television market, and offering competitively priced bundled services, the U.S. telephone giant is counting on the strength of its century-old brand name to appeal to customers old and new.After it completes its merger with BellSouth Corp. (probably by the end of this year), the company will... |
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| Cable-Telecom Competition is “Intense,” Says Comcast Marketing Exec
02/08/2006
Comcast marketing president, Marvin Davis, agrees with the industry consensus that competition will continue to intensify between cable and telephone providers.When asked how the communication market`s competitive landscape has changed in the past year, Davis commented that competition continues to intensify between his company and telecom carriers such as Verizon and AT&T.The [telephone... |
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| Rogers and MTS AllStream Settle Long Distance Telecom Dispute
28/07/2006
MTS AllStream has reached a temporary settlement in its legal dispute with cable and digital phone provider, Rogers Communications.The Manitoba-based telecom sued Rogers last October, over a decision to transfer some of its long distance business to Call-Net Enterprises Inc., which Rogers purchased last summer.The new agreement will last until the end of this year, and stipulates that Rogers is... |
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| Regulators Plan to Introduce Competition into Mexican Telecom Market
27/07/2006
Federal regulators in Mexico have announced plans to allow cable providers into the country`s telecom market, which up until now has been virtually monopolized by Telmex.An official with the Mexican Communications and Transportation Secretariat said earlier this week that the agency is currently working on a new set of regulations that would let the country`s 200 cable operators in on the... |
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| Atlantic Equities Expresses Confidence in AT&T and Cingular
26/07/2006
America`s top telephone provider, AT&T, has posted better-than-expected financial results for the second-quarter, helped along by strong growth in broadband and wireless.AT&T reported total earnings of $0.58/share, compared to just $0.35 in the same period last year. This easily exceeded the $0.53/share predicted by a Reuters survey of analysts.Profit margins were also up, with the... |
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| Federal Judge Refuses to Throw Out Internet Privacy Lawsuit
21/07/2006
U.S. federal judge, Vaughn Walker, has refused the government’s request to dismiss a well-publicized lawsuit concering the National Security Agency`s unauthorized wiretapping program.The lawsuit was initiated by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, on behalf of all AT&T telephone customers, and seeks damages for the telecom giant`s role in the illegal spying program. Government... |
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| AT&T Begins Marketing Homezone Television and Broadband Service
20/07/2006
AT&T Inc. has officially started marketing its much-hyped Homezone service, which is designed to improve converged home networking by offering satellite television and high-speed internet access through a single set-top box.Homezone includes a number of popular media features including Video On Demand, Digital Video Recording, photo- and music-sharing, and remote programming over the web.... |
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| Cablevision’s Digital Phone Service Signs-Up Millionth Subscriber
19/07/2006
America`s number five cable company, Cablevision Systems, revealed yesterday that more than 1 million customers have subscribed to its digital telephone service.This represents about one-third of Cablevision`s 3 million cable TV subscribers, and half of its 2 million high-speed internet users.Customers are being encouraged to sign-up for the New York-based cable carrier`s triple play bundle,... |
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| Alltel Completes Spin-off of Landline Telephone Division
18/07/2006
Arkansas-based telecommunications provider, Alltel, has completed a $4.9 billion deal to merge its landline telephone division with Valor Communications Group, to create a new company called Windstream Corporation.Windstream will is set to start trading as an independent company later today on the New York Stock Exchange. It will serve a total of 3 million households in 16 states.The CEO of... |
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