Cogent’s Schaeffer: We have not found any acquisition opportunities that make sense

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 confirms plans to raise FiOS rates

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

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Verizon confirms plans to raise FiOS rates

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…

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Verizon Raises DVR Prices By $2 Per Month – DVR Service Will Now Cost $17 a Month

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…

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TIM Brasil to offer its FTTX service under the ‘Live’ brand

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…

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The Woz hired as an adviser on Sony’s Steve Jobs biopic

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 has no plans to offer IPTV to offset residential declines

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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In detail: Following the Packet Optical Transport Systems (P-OTS) evolution

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…

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Verizon Says FiOS Rate Hikes Coming – High Satisfaction Rankings Mean Crappier Pricing?

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…

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Zayo bolsters its wireless backhaul capabilities in Phoenix

Zayo is capitalizing on the growth of wireless backhaul services by adding 123 new towers and 165 route miles to its network in Phoenix.
The build out, which is a 60 percent increase over its existing network, will establish network service presence in…

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