For more than a year we’ve noted that with the exception of markets that have signed franchise obligations (New York, Washington DC, Philadelphia), Verizon’s fiber to the home FiOS build is essentially over. The company had previously stated that they …
With the AT&T deal shelved, consumer advocates are now turning their attention to Verizon’s recently announced $3.6 billion alliance with the cable industry. The deal gives Verizon a significant spectrum boost in addition to an exclusive partnership t…
Deal size: $319 million
Why it’s relevant? With its $319 million acquisition of 360networks, Zayo instantly increases its fiber and service footprint with more than 44,000 route miles and nearly two million fiber miles.
In making this purchase, Zayo ad…
Deal sizes: Undisclosed
Why are these deals relevant? TelePacific’s three summertime acquisitions were geared not just to help it grow in the currently trending data center and managed services space, but also to maintain competitiveness against the in…
Deal Size: $2.3 billion
Why it’s relevant? Windstream (Nasdaq: WIN), unlike its fellow Tier 2 ILECs, may have not pulled off ambitious deals like its fellows CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) or Frontier Communications (NYSE: FTR) did with their respective purch…
We’ve been noting for years that DSL is essentially dead to Verizon, even though more than 50% of their footprint still resides on the technology. Verizon’s been offloading aging DSL and landline networks to companies like Fairpoint and Frontier, with …
BT (NYSE: BT) has made it official that 40G and 100G are going to be part of its 21st Century Network (21CN) core network.
Ciena 6500 packet-optical platform
To make these plans reality, BT is employing Ciena’s (Nasdaq: CIEN)…
Earlier this week the FCC issued an order that clearly laid out the reasons for the FCC’s opposition to the AT&T T-Mobile deal. The full report (pdf) mirrors what we’ve been noting for months: AT&T’s merger benefit claims are false. The deal does not c…
Last summer the CWA, having just got done admonishing Verizon for being a corporate bully, decided to breathlessly support the AT&T T-Mobile deal despite the deal’s likely negative impact on price, competition, and employment. Why? The CWA simply wants…
Earlier this year Frontier Communications began talking about a “Second Connect” option for some DSL users, which doesn’t provide actually bonded DSL — but simply an additional line for the home at a supposedly discounted rate. Telecompetitor directs …