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Telmex to up Mexico’s broadband speeds to stay competitive with cable

Published on September 2, 2010 By Don

With Carlos Slim’s consolidation of his Telmex Internacional (NYSE: TII) and America Movil (NYSE: AMX) holdings now complete, Telmex is going to turn its attention to upgrading its wireline broadband network with up to 20 Mbps speed capabilities to more effectively compete with cable competitors. To make this speed jump, Telmex will leverage the majority of its 2010 [...]

Newsflash: Cable/Telcos Write Telecom Law – But it’s a rare politician that’s proud of that fact…

Published on August 27, 2010 By Don

Three times now, AT&T and Time Warner Cable have tried and failed to pass laws aimed at stopping towns in North Carolina from building fiber networks. Such networks offer symmetrical fiber at higher speeds and lower prices than either company’s willing to offer. The politicians that pass these carrier-written laws (without even understanding them) pretend [...]

Verizon, Time Warner Bicker Over NYC HD Channel Counts – TWC has 150 to Verizon’s 133…

Published on August 26, 2010 By Don

Time Warner Cable hasn’t exactly set land speed records with their deployment of DOCSIS 3.0 technology, only deploying faster services “tactically,” in markets where the company competes with Verizon FiOS. In New York City, where Time Warner Cable competes with FiOS, they have upgraded — and are now bragging that they have 150 HD channels [...]

Cord Cutters Still Rare – And cable industry hopes to keep it that way

Published on August 23, 2010 By Don

The New York Times is running an article with a popular theme: namely that broadband video is over-hyped as a threat to traditional cable TV. Many people cut the cord only to find out that can’t gain access to the content they want anywhere if they don’t have a cable TV connection — something the [...]

Report: 30% of consumers cut their landline voice cord

Published on August 20, 2010 By Don

If you take a look at second quarter earnings statements of the top six U.S. or even the large Canadian telcos–Bell Aliant (Toronto: BA-UN.TO), Bell Canada (NYSE: BCE), MTS Allstream (Toronto: MBT.TO) and Telus (Toronto: T.TO)– you’ll see that landline voice loss once again reared its head as consumers ditch their telco landline connection for [...]

AT&T, Verizon and ITI hash out net neutrality proposal

Published on August 19, 2010 By Don

Once again, the bigwig leaders in the service provider and vendor community are gathering behind closed doors this week at the Information Technology Industry Council, a Washington-based lobbying group, to see if they can come up with yet another net neutrality plan. A Wall Street Journal article confirmed that a number of large telcos including [...]

Cable, TelcoTV Operators Eye Tablet Video – Verizon, Cablevision, Comcast all have projects underway

Published on August 13, 2010 By Don

We’ve already noted that Verizon is working with Motorola on an Android-based tablet that will be integrated with FiOSTV content and services. Time Warner Cable this week also indicated the company was working on a video streaming application for the iPad, something Comcast and Cablevision are also investigating. This is of course part of a [...]

GTA TeleGuam expands its IPTV channel lineup

Published on August 11, 2010 By Don

GTA TeleGuam is enhancing its Guam Digital Television (GUdTV) service lineup with the addition of nine new digital and HDTV channels. Included in the new mix are two new digital, one international radio channel and six HD channels. To date, GUdTV offers over 270 digital channels including about 60 premium channels, 30 HD channels, and [...]

Telus Q2: Cost cutting, video service growth offsets line loss

Published on August 9, 2010 By Don

Telus’ (Toronto: T.TO) dedication to cutting costs, while never an easy proposition for any service provider, worked in the Canadian service provider’s favor in Q2. The service provider reported that net profit increased from $260 million in Q2 2009 to $288 million in Q2 2010. Of course, there were various wins and losses in the [...]

Opelika, Alabama Voting On Fiber Network – So Charter tries to argue fiber is less reliable…

Published on August 9, 2010 By Don

The 27,000-person town of Opelika, Alabama will be voting this week on whether or not to get into the broadband business. The town hopes to build a $33 million fiber network funded with revenue bonds, using a core fiber ring from the local power utility as its heart. Broadband operator Knology is providing some of [...]