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

Published on May 11, 2012 By Don

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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FCC opens $300M fund to boost rural broadband access

Published on April 27, 2012 By Don

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…

Cable & Wireless Communications’ LIME brings IPTV to Barbados

Published on April 24, 2012 By Don

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…

Michelle Hymson, FairPoint Communications

Published on April 16, 2012 By Don

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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 to Buy Fiber Access Chip Maker BroadLight for $195M

Published on March 21, 2012 By Don

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’s Q4 2011 gains in business, broadband and wholesale offset landline revenue declines

Published on March 15, 2012 By Don

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 completes acquisition of IdeaOne

Published on March 2, 2012 By Don

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 Returns to (Optional, For Now) Metered Billing – Save $5 on Slower Tiers if You Agree to 5 GB Cap

Published on February 28, 2012 By Don

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…

FTTH/B subscribership rose to 54 million by the middle of 2011

Published on February 14, 2012 By Don

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, …

EXFO offers OTDR-based iOLM module for access, LAN/WAN, data center testing

Published on February 14, 2012 By Don

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…