Frontier’s (NYSE: FTR) mandate that union employees in its West Virginia have to work an average 70 hours work week to resolve lingering network and service issues is likely a move by the service provider to avoid the pitfalls that both Fairpoint (Other OTC: FRCMQ.PK) and Hawaiian Telecom faced after they purchased Verizon’s (NYSE:VZ) lines. West [...]
West Virginia will not only be the first market Frontier (NYSE: FTR) will transfer onto its own systems from its purchase of Verizon’s (NYSE: VZ) rural phone lines. The state will also be the target of a $310 million network investment. During a press conference at the state capitol in Charleston, West Va., Governor [...]
Frontier (NYSE: FTR) can now cross another item off its checklist in its pending acquisition of Verizon’s (NYSE: VZ) rural lines as it got unanimous approval of the deal from the Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC). Illinois is the eighth state to bless the deal, joining Oregon, Arizona, Ohio, Nevada, South Carolina, California and just last [...]