Frontier (Nasdaq: FTR) has closed a major chapter in the rural lines it acquired from Verizon in July 2010 with all of the wireline systems in 14 states now converted over to its own legacy systems.
The service provider said that the conversion,…
NBN Co, the organization responsible for the deployment of Australia’s National Broadband Network (NBN), has announced the first stage of its fiber deployment plans. Stage 1 calls for fiber deployment to be underway or completed in areas containing 3…
The North Florida Broadband Authority’s (NFBA) middle mile project, which had broadband its stimulus funds restored, is now back on track and set to go live at the end of March.
When it completes the construction of its core network, it will provide se…
Colorado’s proposed telecom reform bill (SB-157) is already drawing criticism from CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL), the state’s largest telco.
CenturyLink, which established its presence in Colorado via its acquisition of Qwest last April, believes that the pr…
Colorado lawmakers are proposing a new measure that will lower broadband service costs for consumers who live in the rural segments of the state.
Under the new SB 12-157 bill, the legislature wants to “modernize” telecom laws that were put in place whe…
Telebras, Brazil’s state-owned telecom provider, is taking off the covers of a new submarine cable network that will connect Brazil to the United States, Europe, Africa and South America’s Atlantic coast.
Paulo Eduardo Kapp said during the recent Capac…
FairPoint (Nasdaq: FRP) has reached an agreement with the Vermont Public Service Board to redirect the penalties it accrued following its acquisition of Verizon’s (NYSE: VZ) New England telephone lines in 2008 into expanding its broadband network in th…
The state of Ohio has decided to upgrade its own network to support 100G speeds in an effort to create what it believes will be new research and employment opportunities in high tech areas including medical research, higher education, manufacturing, en…
Frontier Communications (Nasdaq: FTR) may have recently championed its support for FiOS, but unions believe its move to cut 31 service technician positions in Fort Wayne, Ind. will do more harm than good.
Local union leaders think that customers will h…
Oregon’s Clackamas County is the latest region to face a challenge in getting their broadband stimulus middle mile project off the ground due to a disagreement over franchise fees in Oregon City.
As reported in The Oregonian, Clackamas County broke gro…