PNG Searching for Acquisitions in 2010
Phone+ News, USA
Following its January restructuring to focus on commercial business, PowerNet Global (PNG), a privately-held service provider based in Cincinnati, announced Thursday that it plans to acquire complementary businesses in 2010 with a goal of sustained annual growth of 25 percent.
Topics: PNG, telecommunications, PowerNet Global, telecom, USA
New AT&T, CWA Contract a Cushy Deal in Weak Economy
Phone+ News, USA
When AT&T Inc. (T) and its Communications Workers of America (CWA) wireline union members in the Southeast agreed to a new contract last week, they did so after making some changes to a tentative deal that was voted down on Jan. 29. And those adjustments still come off as cushy when you compare [...]
Stimulus Fund Tax Status May Delay Broadband Builds
Phone+ News, USA
Broadband stimulus funds have started trickling into the industry. But if the government doesn’t clarify whether the grants are considered taxable income, onlookers fear recipients won’t use the money any time soon – defeating the purpose of the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
Topics: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, telecommunications, broadband, telecom, [...]
CWA Union Settles With AT&T In The Southeast
Phone+ News, USA
ATT Inc.’s (T) wireline union workers in the southeastern United States have consented to a new three-year agreement with the service provider. The news came late Friday. The contract was voted in after Communications Workers of America (CWA) members in February turned down a tentative deal. AT&T said the settlement reached …
Topics: USA, [...]
Helio Users Must Switch to Sprint in May Or Lose Service
Phone+ News, USA
Virgin Mobile USA is cutting off its postpaid Helio users on May 25, according to multiple reports. Virgin Mobile, now owned by Sprint Nextel Corp., will give Helio customers $50 toward the purchase of a Sprint postpaid handset with a new two-year agreement, MobileCrunch reported. Otherwise, those subscribers will lose their service since [...]
Qwest May Relocate Headquarters
Phone+ News, USA
Qwest Communications International Inc. will not renew the lease on its Denver, Colorado headquarters in a move that should help the struggling carrier save about $12 million per year.
Topics: carrier, Qwest, telecom, USA, telecommunications
Level 3 Shares Nosedive On Word of Q4 Losses
Phone+ News, USA
Level 3 Communications Inc. (LVLT) followed up its giant third-quarter 2009 losses with an even bigger one in the fourth quarter, more than Wall Street had predicted. The Broomfield-Colo.-based service provider lost $182 million in the three months ending Dec. 31 – that’s compared to a year-earlier profit of $43 million.
Topics: telecom, Level3, [...]
That Verizon Service Tech Might Be a Burglar
Phone+ News, USA
Authorities on Florida’s Gulf Coast are warning residents to be on the lookout for men who are posing as Verizon or Bright House Networks service techs in order to burglarize residences there.
Topics: Verizon, USA, telecommunications, telecom
FairPoint To Pay Rebates to Customers in Maine
Phone+ News, USA
Bankrupt FairPoint Communications Inc. will pay rebates to customers in Maine who received sub-par service from the rural voice and data service provider. A federal judge on Tuesday said FairPoint can start making the payments, although the exact amounts were not disclosed.
Topics: Maine, telecommunications, 3G, USA, telecom, Fairpoint
Sprint Charging It’s Agents for Support
Phone+ News, USA
Beginning Feb. 1, Sprint Nextel has imposed charges on its Business Indirect Partners and Business Solutions Partners for access to business indirect channel support managers, channel support managers and the programs they support. While optional, the charge has gotten mixed reviews from some of the carrier’s agents as well as elicited concerns that [...]
Investors Launch Lawsuit at Nokia
Phone+ News, USA
Mobile phone maker Nokia, facing a class-action lawsuit in the United States, vows to “vigorously” defend itself against claims that it hid information about price cuts and production delays.. The filing says Nokia did not tell shareholders that it had slashed average retail prices to keep market share.
Topics: United States, fraud, lawsuit, [...]
Former FCC Commissioner Hired by Frontier
Phone+ News, USA
Frontier Communications Corp. (FTR), on the verge of becoming the largest rural telco in the United States, has hired a former FCC commissioner as its new chief legal officer and executive vice president of regulatory and government affairs Kathleen Abernathy, who served on the FCC from 2001 to 2005.
Topics: United States, USA, Kathleen [...]
8×8 Recovers After Service Outage
TMC Net
It was business as usual today for 8×8, Inc., a Voice over Internet Protocol provider, following a service outage on Tuesday for some of the company’s customers.
Topics: DSL, 8×8, voip, telecom, telecommunications, Packet8, outage
Google: Nexus One Support Issues to Be Resolved ‘Quickly’
Phone+ News, USA
Trouble with getting support from Google Inc. for that Nexus One handset? Never fear, Google said on Wednesday. It’s working to make sure issues will be resolved “quickly.” It’s unclear if consumers will buy that promise. Google has had a rough first week since the launch of its Nexus One …
Topics: handset, [...]
FBI: ISP Tried to Scam $15M Out of AT&T, XO, Others
Phone+ News, USA
The FBI has arrested and charged the owner of Core IP Networks, a Dallas-based ISP, with conspiracy to commit fraud.The feds say Matthew Simpson, 25, of Red Oak, Texas, was part of a 19-person ring that planned to scam ATT Inc., Verizon Communications Inc., XO Communications and other carriers out …
Topics: ISP, [...]
