How Verizon Wireless Hopes to Gain Prepaid Share without Jeopardizing Pricing
TMC Net Verizon Wireless has been quite cautious about the prepaid services market, in large part because of the potential negative impact on average revenues per user. If you are the market share leader, and you are billing yourself as a “premium” provider, the concern is real. Topics: prepaid, wireless, voip, Verizon, telecom
Time Warner Cable Losing US VoIP Share
TMC Net While the U.S. VoIP market should hold promise for a number of companies, Time Warner (News – Alert) is not enjoying a windfall. In fact, despite the fact that revenues in the U.S. VoIP market continue to grow, Time Warner Cable is losing share, according to a recent piece featured on The Street. [...]
iiNet to Axe AAPT Unlimited Plans
TMCnet News The Australian-listed iiNet says if its bid succeeds, it may use AAPT’s billing system. However, it would not proceed with AAPT’s plans to offer unlimited broadband. Topics: telecom, United States, voip, broadband
Communities To Lose Free Intranet
TMCnet News The communities of Bath, Copley and Richfield have never had to pay for the so-called I-Net service — a fiber-optic connection — that linked computers and phones inside various schools and government buildings. The intranet connections were free thanks to franchise agreements penned with cable services in the 1980s. Topics: voip, broadband, United [...]
FBI Urges FCC to Protect Its Ability To Wiretap
Washington Post The FBI told the Federal Communications Commission that no matter how the battle for authority over Internet access ends up, the agency should not change law enforcement’s ability to wiretap. In comments due Thursday to the FCC on a proposal to move broadband access services into the same category as phone services, the [...]
MainOne Fibre Optic Cable Launched
TMCnet News Chairman of the of the company, Mr. Fola Adeola, said the submarine cables were laid from Portugal to Lagos covering a distance of about 7,200 kilometres. Adeola, who is the former Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Guaranty Trust Bank Plc, added that the firm currently has a solid base in London, [...]
Tyco Electric Buys ADC Communications For $1.24B
TMCnet News Tyco Electronics Ltd. says it’s acquiring ADC Communications in a deal valued at $1.24 billion. Tyco says the acquisition will help it provide broadband access to networks around the world. The deal is expected to boost Tyco’s per-share profit by 14 cents in the first full year. That figure excludes acquisition costs. Topics: [...]
Business As Usual for Alltel Customers
TMCnet News Customers of one Upstate cellular provider will do business as usual despite the company changing hands. Alltel customers in 13 counties in northwest South Carolina — including Union County — will see no change in their service or who provides their cellular coverage even though the Alltel assets in those counties have been [...]
Windstream Adding Jobs, Staying in Little Rock
TMCnet News Windstream Corp. announced Tuesday that it will keep its headquarters in Little Rock and add more than 200 positions, an important announcement for a city that lost a major telecommunications headquarters when Alltel Corp. was bought out by Verizon. Topics: Windstream, broadband, United States, landline, voip, telecom
Verizon Seeks Bill’s Demise: Sponsors Looking to Protect Consumers, In The Event Of A Sale
TMCnet News Verizon Communications Inc. is working hard at the Capitol in Albany to kill legislation that would require it to share the proceeds from the sale of its telephone lines with its customers. Topics: United States, telecom, Verizon, voip
SMEs in Malaysia: Tough Market For Service Providers
TMCnet News SMEs in Malaysia are highly price sensitive but will continue to invest in telecoms to support their business. They will be keen to move to more opex-based models and seek greater efficiencies in proven and mature services. Topics: wireless, voip, telecom, broadband
FCC: 21 Million VoIP Users And Growing
BroadbandReports.com According to new data released by the FCC (pdf), there’s now more than 21 million people subscribed to VoIP service from a cable, phone or independent VoIP operator. Of those 21 million, 81% subscribe to some kind of bundle, and 92% get their VoIP service through a cable provider. Topics: telecom, FCC, broadband, voip
Mobile Towers Being Taken Over by the “Mafia” In India
Times of India This shocking revelation has come to the fore in the recent probe by the IG. It is enough to show that companies engaged in installing towers of cellular mobile service providers are worried over the increasing influence of miscreants and mafia in their projects. Topics: voip, telecom, India, cellular
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. [...]
Submarine Firm Completes Installation of Cable System
TMCnet News Main One Cable Company, a submarine cable company offering open access, wholesale broadband capacity in West Africa, and its system supplier, Tyco Electronics Subsea Communications SubCom, have completed the installation of the first phase of its cable system on schedule. The installation of the terminal equipment is said to have been completed in [...]
