Verizon Withdraws Controversial Forbearance Request, Giving CLECs Breathing Room
Phone+ News, USA Verizon has withdrawn the controversial forbearance petition that could have given the operator regulatory relief in six major metro areas, a move that gives CLECs some breathing room. Topics: telecommunications, Verizon, USA, telecom, CLEC
US Signal Expands in 3 Midwestern States
Phone+ News, USA Grand Rapids, Mich.-based US Signal, a data service provider in the Midwest, is significantly expanding its long-haul fiber network in St. Louis, southern and central Illinois, and southern Indiana. Topics: US Signal, telecom, telecommunications, USA
AT&T, Connecticut Workers Finally Strike a Deal
Phone+ News, USA A year-and-a-half-long fight between AT&T and the Communications Workers of America union in Connecticut appears to be over. The two sides have come to a tentative agreement after tense talks that seemed to go on forever. Topics: telecommunications, USA, Communications Workers of America, CWA, telecom, AT&T
Google Denies Net-Neutrality Pact With Verizon
Phone+ News, USA Google vociferously denied a Wednesday report that said it had reached a pact with Verizon. The agreement supposedly said that Verizon had agreed not to selectively slow Internet content on its DSL and fiber networks. Topics: telecommunications, telecom, USA, Google, Verizon
Qwest Profit, Sales Down While Pending Buyer CenturyLink Reports Higher Numbers
Phone+ News, USA The loss of more home-phone subscribers pushed Qwest Communications International Inc.’s profit down by 25 percent in the second quarter, even as the carrier tried to compensate for those defections with more broadband connections. Net income fell to $158 million, down from $212 million in the year-ago period, Qwest said on Wednesday. [...]
Verizon Loses $198M on Layoffs, Asset Sales
Phone+ News, USA Employee layoffs and asset divestitures cost Verizon Communications Inc. big in the second quarter, pushing earnings to a $198 million loss. Topics: layoffs, Verizon, USA, telecommunications
Verizon Tackles Droid X Shortage Concerns… Sort Of
Phone+ News, USA Not long after Sprint acknowledged shortages of the HTC Evo, one of the hottest new smartphones on the market, Verizon Wireless sounds only somewhat confident that the same fate won’t befall its latest Android phone, the Droid X, which goes on sale Thursday. Topics: telecommunications, Google, Droid, Verizon, USA, telecom, wireless
Lightyear Buys Thousands of Rural Customers in SouthEast Telephone Deal
Phone+ News, USA Kentucky-based CLEC Lightyear Networks Solutions, taking on its second acquisition this year, is buying bankrupt SouthEast Telephone Inc. in a deal that adds about 33,000 rural customers to its rosters. Topics: telecom, telecommunications, USA. Lightyear, telephone
AT&T Now Can Ratchet Up Special Access Prices
Phone+ News, USA AT&T Inc. isn’t saying when or by how much it will raise its special-access prices and it’s unclear whether the FCC will come to CLECs’ rescue any time soon. Topics: AT&T, telecommunications, telecom, CLEC, USA
Court Says Verizon Wireless Owes Customers $21M
Phone+ News, USA Attorneys for Verizon Wireless tried to get a $21 million refund the company owed its customers reduced, but it was to no avail. An appeals court in California says Verizon has to pay the entire settlement. Topics: Verizon, telecommunications, USA, telecom, wireless
Lightyear Network Solutions Names New President
TMCnet News Lightyear Network Solutions, Inc., a provider of telecommunication services to large, medium and small businesses, as well as residential consumers across the United States, announced that Stephen Lochmueller, industry veteran and former member of the senior management teams at Leap Wireless and Nextel Partners, has been promoted to President at Lightyear Network Solutions. [...]
XO Losses Skyrocket, Revenue Flags in Q1
Phone+ News, USA XO Holdings Inc. (XOHO.OB) losses skyrocketed in the first quarter, compared to the year-ago period, and revenue fell 2 percent as the economy continued its weak recovery. Topics: CLEC, Virginia, telecom, telecommunications, USA
Verizon Moves Security Into the Cloud
Phone+ News, USA Detailing its strategy for pushing network security more fully into the cloud, Verizon Business (VZ) unveiled what it called “a new global, cloud-based security-as-a-service portfolio that offers enterprises the ability to quickly and easily add robust security services – with just the click of a mouse.” Topics: USA, telecommunications, telecom, cloud computing, [...]
Telarus Releases GeoScan for Multilocation Deals
Phone+ News, USA Master agency Telarus Inc. announced Tuesday the launch of GeoScan, a new carrier research tool to address the needs of agents who specialize in large and complex deals. The GeoScan tool, located in the Telarus agent back office, allows agents to identify the most qualified carriers for specific projects based primarily on [...]
Ernest Rolls Out Dynamic T1 to Partners
Phone+ News, USA Reseller Ernest Communications rolled out a Dynamic T1 offering to its indirect sales partners this week. The service, which allows voice and data to dynamically share a T1’s 24 channels, is available nationwide, utilizing a variety of underlying networks to provide route diversity for the multilocation clients common to the retail, financial [...]
