Though it doesn’t get talked about much, we’ve explored in the past how AT&T and Verizon have slowed (in Verizon’s case all-but stopped) next-generation broadband deployment. Dave Burstein digs through the numbers to note that Verizon cut wireline capital spending by about two billion so far this year, and has cut back investment by about [...]
I used to have a contact at Nuvont, but he went unresponsive about a year ago leading me to think that maybe he’s no longer with the company. I figured the company went through some downsizing after the sale of their customers on iProvo, but this link that popped up in my Google Alerts doesn’t [...]
A tipster writes in to note that “I heard through the grapevine that Surewest in CA is laying off 7 % of their staff.” An announcement to the company’s website would certainly appear to confirm that news, the company announcing that they’re launching a “restructuring initiative” aimed at reducing the company’s workforce by approximately 60 [...]
Last summer we skeptically directed your attention to a carrier by the name of Zero1, which was promising users unlimited voice and data on smart phones for $69.95/month, without a contract. The service claimed to use a VoIP application to route all calls. According to the founders, the service tunneled over GSM networks, though Zero1 [...]
According to an announcement by T-Mobile, the company has expanded the availability of their faster HSPA+ wireless broadband upgrades. The faster service is theoretically capable of speeds up to 21 Mbps, though of course users in real-world settings are seeing substantially less. Still, T-Mobile’s confident enough in the speeds they’re delivering to claim they’re now [...]
Mike Apgar (formerly of Speakeasy) and the folks over at Speedtest.net this week decided to open up their speed test data for public, government and private research. According to a company statement, that data includes over 1.5 billion tests so far (about a million a day). Academics will have access to the data for free, [...]
A company by the name of Allied Fiber today announced they have begun construction on a nationwide “neutral” dark fiber and co-location network. The network, which according to the company’s website will be constructed in five phases, will ultimately cover some 11,548 miles. The company’s aggressive plan targets data centers, rural ISPs, wireless companies and [...]
While Verizon runs fiber to the home, inside the home they still (unless you request Cat-5 runs, which sometimes can be difficult to coordinate with the company) — they’re still using coaxial and MOCA for home networking. Meanwhile, unlike AT&T’s U-Verse, FiOS TV isn’t technically IPTV — it’s RF video delivered over a coaxial connection [...]
Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ALU) may have had another tough quarter, but that’s not dampening the spirits of company CEO Ben Verwaayen who believes that service providers are going to start spending again to fulfill enterprise and consumer bandwidth demands. Verwaayen believes that an uptick in carrier spending will help it break its earnings slump. Since the [...]
(Editor’s Note: This article is part of FierceTelecom’s latest eBook Latin America’s Next Generation Networks. Download a copy of the eBook by clicking this link where you can read this article and others on the burgeoning Latin American Telecom market.) by Tony Danby, special to FierceTelecom Latin America’s largest country, Brazil, has seen a wave of mergers [...]