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BT’s cost cutting helps offset fiscal Q3 revenue decline

Published on February 3, 2012 By Don

BT (NYSE: BT) saw its revenue fall 5 percent to £4.77 billion ($7.55 billion) in fiscal Q3 2011 due to declines in its global services, retail and wholesale divisions, but its ongoing cost cutting effort drove up operating profit by 22 percent to…

Frontier Still Pretending They’re Interested in FiOS TV – Blames Customer Uncertainty on Comcast

Published on February 2, 2012 By Don

Frontier Communications has been rather ungracefully trying to offload or otherwise scare away the 100,000 FiOS TV customers it acquired in its deal with Verizon because of high programming costs. First the company imposed a huge 50% price hike and bot…

Zayo’s fiber to the tower network reaches 2,000 towers

Published on February 1, 2012 By Don

Zayo’s aggressive deployment continues to resonate with the wireless service provider community looking for alternative backhaul solutions; the wholesaler’s fiber to the tower (FTT) network now reaches 2,000 cell towers.
Offering over 100G in overall b…

BT targets MDUs in its latest FTTP trial

Published on January 30, 2012 By Don

BT (NYSE: BT) Openreach has made MDUs, particularly apartment complexes, the latest focus of its ongoing Fiber to the Premises (FTTP) buildout plan. Targeting areas located in the path of its existing fiber footprint, the service provider has asked 1,0…

Allstream adds nearly 300 fiber-fed buildings to network in Q4 2011

Published on January 26, 2012 By Don

MTS Allstream (Toronto: MBT.TO) continued make good on its aggressive fiber buildout throughout 2011 and into 2012 as a way to attract more business customers.
In 2011, the service provider added 299 buildings to its network, including 75 in Q4, bringi…

Austria’s H3G takes the 100G optical plunge

Published on January 25, 2012 By Don

H3G, an Austrian wireless operator, has become the latest service provider to incorporate 100G optical technology on its optical backhaul network to support the consumer’s demand for wireless data.
The wireless operator, which says it handles the large…

Xfone lights up FTTP customers in Slaton, Texas

Published on January 20, 2012 By Don

Xfone, a competitive broadband provider, has brought its first Fiber to the Premises (FTTP) customer in Slaton, Texas online as part of the ongoing buildout of its PRIDE network.
Upon completion, Xfone’s FTTP network will reach 19 new communities, pass…

Google’s FTTH aspirations run into utility pole snag in Kansas City

Published on January 19, 2012 By Don

Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) may have high aspirations for its 1 Gbps Fiber to the Home (FTTH) network in Kansas City, Kan., but those dreams have turned into somewhat of a nightmare as it’s in the midst of a dispute with the local utility company on where it…

Windstream breaks ground on Oklahoma broadband stimulus project

Published on January 19, 2012 By Don

Stilwell, Okla. is the latest town that will benefit from Windstream’s (Nasdaq: WIN) broadband stimulus program, as the ILEC has begun building out necessary network facilities in the area to deliver broadband services to area residential and business …

France Telecom strikes FTTH network pact with Bouygues Telecom

Published on January 17, 2012 By Don

France Telecom-Orange (NYSE: FTE) is enhancing its Fiber to the Home (FTTH) network expansion efforts via a new relationship with competitive provider Bouygues Telecom.
Targeting the country’s 148 most densely populated areas, the incumbent telco will …