BT’s cost-cutting, broadband service drive 3% earnings rise in fiscal Q4

BT’s (NYSE: BT) focus on reducing costs and growing its broadband base put the UK incumbent provider on steady ground in its fiscal fourth quarter of 2011.
For Q4, the service provider reported that earnings–before interest, tax, depreciation and amor…

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Sidera Networks announces Xtreme Ultra-Low Latency Network expansion

Fiber-optic network services provider Sidera Networks says it can now offer low-latency connections via its Xtreme Ultra-Low Latency Network from the New York Metro market to Toronto and London. The new low-latency routes offer diversity from Sidera’…

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Maine’s GWI extends broadband, voice service to Dover-Foxcroft and Calais

GWI, a Biddeford, Maine-based competitive service provider, is once again taking on the state’s incumbent operator FairPoint (Nasdaq: FRP) with the completion of its network expansion in Calais and Dover-Foxcroft, Maine.

GWI’s new service are…

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AT&T takes U-verse service to Ottawa, Kan., to challenge cable incumbent Allegiance

AT&T (NYSE: T) is taking on local cable video incumbent Allegiance Communications by launching its U-verse video, voice and data service suite in Ottawa, Kan.
The Sunflower State has been another growth market for U-verse service. Since entering…

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China Telecom sets 1M FTTH subscriber goal for Shanghai

China Telecom (NYSE: CHA) is confident it can deliver Fiber to the Home (FTTH) services to 1 million subscribers by the end of 2012, reaching a total of 2.3 million subscribers.
As of the end of 2011, the telco’s FTTH network passed 4.5 million homes i…

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Broadband Bytes for 2012-05-12

Comcast is doing everything it can to kill over-the-top video. http://t.co/b7T8rMFC # You're not getting the full potential of your Internet connection. http://t.co/qcA6uIxP # The Internet has a fever, and the only prescription is more fiber. http://t.co/arFId6Pe # CenturyLink's earnings drop yet again. http://t.co/1jbxkudS # Dish pushing commercial-free prime time shows. http://t.co/nFUeBXGl # Powered by [...]

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Hawaiian Telcom Q1 2012 results benefit from 5.4% rise in business revenues

Hawaiian Telcom (Nasdaq: HCOM) reported first-quarter 2012 revenue of $97.6 million, down 1 percent from $98.5 million year-over-year, as continued growth in video, business data and consumer broadband offset the impact of expected access line loss.
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Week in research: Carrier WiFi on growth track; Japan ranks 3rd for broadband

Carrier WiFi equipment hits its stride: BelAir Networks, Cisco (Nasdaq: CSCO) and Ruckus Wireless accounted for more than two-thirds of carrier WiFi equipment revenue in 2011, Infonetics Research said, in a year that saw global revenue grow 35 percent….

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New Zealand ISP’s Regional Video Ban Dodge Lasts 48 Hours – Hollywood Lawyers Likely Didn’t Like the Idea…

A New Zealand ISP this week made headlines by being the first to offer subscribers the ability to beat geographic restrictions on video content, giving them access to the full slate of streaming video offerings made available to U.S. or UK consumers (N…

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Terremark ups data center presence in Brazil

Terremark, Verizon’s (NYSE: VZ) data center and cloud services subsidiary, has expanded the capacity of its data center in São Paulo, illustrating its bullish outlook on the Latin American market.

Terremark’s Latin America data ce…

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