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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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) this week unveiled a $300 million fund to extend broadband to as many as 400,000 previously unserved homes, businesses and anchor institutions.
Created by the regulator last October, FCC Chairman Ju…
LIME, Cable & Wireless Communications’ Caribbean unit, has begun offering a broadband-based IPTV service in Barbados. Subscribers will be able to access up to 130 video channels and on demand content in their living room set top box or connected de…
Hymson
Michelle Hymson, Assistant Vice President for Wholesale Sales, FairPoint Communications (Nasdaq: FRP), is in an interesting position as the service provider sets a path of new growth in wholesale services.
Hymson has plenty of exper…
Broadcom agreed to acquire BroadLight, a closely held provider of fiber access passive optical network processors, for about $195 million as it continues to expand its networking and broadband businesses.
Hawaiian Telcom (Nasdaq: HCOM) continues to find itself on solid ground as gains in broadband, business and wholesale drove the bulk of its $98.9 million in fourth-quarter 2011 revenue.
However, ongoing access line loss drove revenue down $1.2 million …
HickoryTech (Nasdaq: HTCO), a regional independent telco, on Friday completed its acquisition of fiber-based CLEC IdeaOne, a move that immediately enhances its fiber network reach to serve new business and broadband customers in the nearby Fargo, N.D. …
Time Warner Cable suffered a PR disaster back in 2009 when they tried to impose incredibly low caps and high overages on their customers, arguing at the time that flat rate pricing simply wasn’t economically viable — and that they simply had to starti…
Fiber to the Home (FTTH) may not be the universal last mile access service yet, but according to Idate, fiber-based broadband subscribers increased 54 percent to nearly 67 million worldwide by the middle of 2011.
During the six month period, …
At this week’s BICSI Winter Conference in Orlando, FL, EXFO Inc. (NASDAQ: EXFO) (TSX: EXF) announced that it will add its intelligent Optical Link Manager (iOLM) technology to the FTB-720 LAN/WAN Access test module. The new FTB-720 iOLM will accelera…