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We’ve been nudged by a reliable source with supporting evidence who tells us Verizon will be raising the speed of several of their FiOS broadband tiers very soon. According to the source, Verizon’s symmetrical 25 Mbps tier will soon be changed to 50 Mb…
Dave Schaeffer, CEO and chairman of Cogent Communications (Nasdaq: CCOI), isn’t afraid of scaling his business through a mix of acquisitions, but right now he’s not seeing deals that would add value to his company’s bottom line.
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Verizon (NYSE: VZ) plans to implement price increases for its FiOS service to offset content costs and increase profitability, a senior executive said this week.
Shammo
Speaking at the 40th Annual J.P. Morgan Global Technology, Media a…
Verizon (NYSE: VZ) plans to implement price increases for its FiOS service to offset content costs and increase profitability, a senior executive said this week.
Shammo
Speaking at the 40th Annual J.P. Morgan Global Technology, Media a…
As we noted yesterday, Verizon says they’re cuing up a number of new price hikes for their FiOS service — because they can. Users in our forums note that one of the increases is already here: a $2 set top hike that is set to go into effect starting Ju…
TIM Brasil, Telecom Italia’s Brazil telecom subsidiary, will market its Fiber to the Curb/Fiber to the Building (FTTC/FTTB) service under its new “Live” brand name.
Aiming to acquire 1 million subscribers by 2017, the service provider plans to launch i…
The Apple co-founder and longtime friend of Jobs will serve a technical “tutor” on computers and will also offer insight on the iconic chief himself.
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Frontier Communications (NYSE: FTR), like many of its ILEC counterparts, is trying to find ways to offset the inevitable declines in its residential business revenues, but one thing it won’t do is build out an IPTV service.
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As service providers look to transition to an all-packet based network, the Packet Optical Transport System (P-OTS) has emerged as the mechanism that can support packet transport services such as Ethernet and MPLS over optical networks.
From a vendor p…
In addition to announcing new shared data plans and the death of unlimited wireless, Verizon CFO Fran Shammo this week also announced that FiOS customers can expect a new slate of price hikes soon. Speaking at the JP Morgan investor conference this wee…