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Verizon expands Private IP network service presence in Africa and Middle East

Published on January 26, 2012 By Don

Verizon (NYSE: VZ) is extending its Private IP network services to more regions in Africa and the Middle East to better respond to the greater demand from businesses establishing locations in these emerging markets.
Multinational corporation customers …

Verizon considers entering the already crowded video streaming business

Published on December 8, 2011 By Don

Netflix (Nasdaq: NFLX) may see HBO as its main threat, but now it may be facing another challenger in Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ), which is rumored to be mulling its own online video service.
As Verizon continues to wind down its Fiber to the Hom…

HickoryTech acquires IdeaOne Telecom, bulks up broadband, business holdings

Published on December 6, 2011 By Don

HickoryTech (Nasdaq: HTCO), a growing Minnesota-based independent ILEC, has moved to acquire Fargo, N.D.-based IdeaOne Telecom Group for $28 million.

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Having extended its fiber network to Fargo last year, John Finke, HickoryTech’s…

Allstream lights up 100G network with Ciena

Published on November 28, 2011 By Don

Allstream, the business arm of MTS Allstream (Toronto: MBT.TO), is responding to its customers’ needs for higher bandwidth by implementing 100G capabilities on its national network.
To reach the 100G goal, Allstream is deploying Ciena’s (Nasdaq: CIEN) …

UPDATED: AT&T, America Movil establish partnership to serve global MNC customers

Published on November 22, 2011 By Don

America Movil (NYSE: AMX) and AT&T (NYSE: T) are both keen on finding more ways to serve their respective global multinational corporation customers in both Latin America and other emerging regions, and their latest agreement reflects that desire.

Hawaiian Telcom revenues decline to $97M; broadband, business gain

Published on November 14, 2011 By Don

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…

Tackling payment fraud through telco technology: Dan Dooley, TNS

Published on November 10, 2011 By Don

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Dan Dooley, President and General Manager, TNS Telecommunications Division
After serving over 14 years at Sprint (NYSE: S), a tenure that most recently included a stint as president of its wholesale division, Dan Dooley decided…

Ethernet is gaining traction as the preferred high speed access method to IP/VPNs

Published on November 8, 2011 By Don

When it comes to accessing dedicated IP/MPLS, Ethernet access (E-Access) is gaining ground on traditional legacy circuit technology.
According to new research conducted by Vertical Systems Group, E-Access services now connect 36 percent of th…

Frontier: Customer decreases, Verizon integration take toll on Q3 results

Published on November 4, 2011 By Don

Frontier Communications (NYSE: FTR) reported that Q3 net income was $20.4 million or $0.02 per share, down from $29.0 million in Q3 2010, a factor it attributes to the result of reduced operating income, partially offset by the benefit of lower income …

Do Data Caps Make Good Business Sense for ISPs? -

Published on November 4, 2011 By Don

Of the 75 million broadband subscribers in the US around 42 million, or 56%, have some form of data cap in place from their internet service provider (ISP) according to data from Leichtman Research Group. However, despite all the negative publicity dat…