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		<title>France Telecom strikes FTTH network pact with Bouygues Telecom</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:57:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[France Telecom-Orange (NYSE: FTE) is enhancing its Fiber to the Home (FTTH) network expansion efforts via a new relationship with competitive provider Bouygues Telecom.
Targeting the country's 148 most densely populated areas, the incumbent telco will ...]]></description>
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		<title>Australia&#8217;s NBN reaches 4,000 connections, but critics question its financial viability</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 14:18:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[NBN Co., the operator of Australia's ambitious open access broadband network program, reported that it reached 4,000 customers as of the end of 2011 and plans to extend the network to towns and suburbs covering a further half million premises in 2012. ...]]></description>
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		<title>Grading the top 11 ILECs in Q3 2011</title>
		<link>http://fibertothewhatever.com/wp/news/grading-the-top-11-ilecs-in-q3-2011</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 16:48:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[hawaiian telcom]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following table provides a quick roundup of how the top 11 largest U.S. ILECs (incumbent local exchange carriers) performed in the third quarter 2011 according to access line loss, broadband and video growth. It also lists ongoing activity such as ...]]></description>
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		<title>Hawaiian Telcom revenues decline to $97M; broadband, business gain</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 16:29:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hawaiian Telcom's (Nasdaq: HCOM) former troubles continue to be nothing more than a footnote in its history, but ongoing landline losses drove down Q3 revenues to $97 million, down from $101.5 million in Q3 2010.
Despite the decline, the service provid...]]></description>
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		<title>TelePacific wraps up Tel West acquisition, gains instant presence in Texas</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 15:10:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[TelePacific has officially added Texas to its serving territory by completing its acquisition of Austin, Texas-based Tel West.

 

 
 


Jalkut
 
 
 

By adding Tel West to its fold, TelePacific gains three benefits: access to one of the fastest growin...]]></description>
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		<title>EarthLink adds new fiber routes and access points to target business services</title>
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		<comments>http://fibertothewhatever.com/wp/news/earthlink-adds-new-fiber-routes-and-access-points-to-target-business-services#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 14:40:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[EarthLink (Nasdaq: ELNK) is complementing its aggressive M&#38;A strategy to build its business service presence by lighting up a number of new network routes that simultaneously support new services and ensure network diversity.
Among the many upgrade...]]></description>
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		<title>Level 3 extends wireless backhaul reach via 52Eighty partnership</title>
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		<comments>http://fibertothewhatever.com/wp/news/level-3-extends-wireless-backhaul-reach-via-52eighty-partnership#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 15:48:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Level 3 Communications (Nasdaq: LVLT) has established an agreement with 52Eighty, a wireless tower infrastructure company, to create 200 new wireless tower access sites that will be situated near its Extended On-Net (EON) sites.
The EON service was lau...]]></description>
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		<title>Google: Regulatory reform will drive more broadband deployments</title>
		<link>http://fibertothewhatever.com/wp/news/google-regulatory-reform-will-drive-more-broadband-deployments</link>
		<comments>http://fibertothewhatever.com/wp/news/google-regulatory-reform-will-drive-more-broadband-deployments#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 16:29:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) believes that if the U.S. and other countries want broadband rollouts to flourish, their respective governments will have to adopt a regulatory regime that encourages growth.
Speaking at this week's Broadband World Forum, Kevin Lo...]]></description>
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		<title>Does Windstream’s Acquisition of PAETEC Spell ILEC Wars?</title>
		<link>http://fibertothewhatever.com/wp/news/does-windstream%e2%80%99s-acquisition-of-paetec-spell-ilec-wars</link>
		<comments>http://fibertothewhatever.com/wp/news/does-windstream%e2%80%99s-acquisition-of-paetec-spell-ilec-wars#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2011 19:30:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A week and a half ago, ILEC Windstream Communications announced that it would be acquiring business telecommunications company PAETEC, a current UTOPIA provider. As of yet, nothing has been said as to if that arrangement on the network will continue. As you may recall, AT&#038;T had planned to join UTOPIA as the flagship provider until [...]]]></description>
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		<title>France&#8217;s IPTV subscribers rise 20 percent in Q1</title>
		<link>http://fibertothewhatever.com/wp/news/frances-iptv-subscribers-rise-20-percent-in-q1</link>
		<comments>http://fibertothewhatever.com/wp/news/frances-iptv-subscribers-rise-20-percent-in-q1#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2011 11:25:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[French consumers are increasingly tuning into IPTV as their new TV medium.
A new report released by Arcep, France's telecom regulator, revealed that service providers overall added 2.1 million new IPTV subscriptions in France as of the end of March, re...]]></description>
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