Archive for July, 2010
IP Telephony needs a hero: Hosted IP continues to face challenges, particularly in gaining the loyalty of the masses. A recent Research and Markets report points out that “Despite the promises of lower capital expenditures, ease of use, and flexibility, hosted IP telephony has failed to gain mass adoption so far.” News release. Cable gains [...]
Solid earnings in Alcatel-Lucent’s (NYSE: ALU) IP and wireless segments and strong growth in North America helped to partially offset a decline in fixed access revenues for the second quarter of 2010, the operator reports. Alcatel-Lucent’s overall revenues were down 2.4 percent compared to last year, at EUR3.8 billion. However, CEO Ben Verwaayen maintained the [...]
Technicolor (NYSE: TCH) may enter the U.S. broadband market soon with a deal to provide routers for Verizon’s (NYSE: VZ) FiOS service. The companies are negotiating a three-year strategic agreement and signed a memorandum of understanding this week. If the deal goes through, Technicolor broadband routers would be deployed within the FiOS subscriber footprint beginning [...]
SureWest Communications (Nasdaq: SURW) took advantage of its established broadband networks to continue reducing capital expenditures in the second quarter of 2010, a factor that president and CEO Steve Oldham cited in reporting a 7 percent year-over-year growth in its broadband segment. The carrier’s telecom segment did not fare so well, falling 17 percent compared [...]
Vermont already wasn’t exactly a great state for broadband, given the largely rural state is a ROI nightmare for large ISP bean counters. Their broadband fortunes were recently made substantially worse by Fairpoint Communications, who acquired Verizon’s unwanted New England DSL network, then subsequently imploded under the not so watchful eye of Vermont regulators. Vermont’s [...]
Things are tough all over for telecoms as the economic slump continues, but BT (NYSE: BT) saw some bright glimmers of hope in the first quarter of fiscal 2010 that ended June 30. While the company’s revenues decreased 4 percent year over year, a focus on tightening the operating budget and knocking down its net [...]
Bell Aliant (Toronto: BA-UN.TO) once again is feeling the industry-wide impact of landline loss in the second quarter, but the service provider remains confident that its ongoing investments in Fiber to the Home (FTTH) and IP will pay off. During the quarter, Bell Aliant’s operating revenues declined $31 million compared to Q2 2009. The service [...]
Turner Broadcasting and Verizon have announced that the two companies have expanded Verizon’s “TV Anywhere” Internet video ambitions by providing FiOS TV customers with access to TBS and TNT content. According to the companies, users will now have access to show from these channels 24 hours after they air on regular TV. Users can access [...]
Pacnet and Pacific Fibre have teamed up to build the Pacific Fibre submarine cable system that will connect Australia, New Zealand and the U.S.–the latest in a string of new submarine cable systems. Estimated to cost $400 million, the Pacific Fibre Cable will consist of two fiber pairs that will carry 64 wavelengths. Initially, the [...]
Frontier’s (NYSE: FTR) mandate that union employees in its West Virginia have to work an average 70 hours work week to resolve lingering network and service issues is likely a move by the service provider to avoid the pitfalls that both Fairpoint (Other OTC: FRCMQ.PK) and Hawaiian Telecom faced after they purchased Verizon’s (NYSE:VZ) lines. West [...]