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Optimum Lightpath ignites 5,000 business buildings with fiber

Published on December 19, 2011 By Don

Optimum Lightpath, a competitive service provider serving predominantly New York metro-based businesses, now has a fiber network that is connected to over 5,000 buildings.
On top of its fiber network, the service provider has continued to evolve its pr…

Sonic.net eyes San Francisco as next stop for its FTTH build

Published on December 14, 2011 By Don

Sonic.net, a competitive provider known for its low priced broadband and voice services, has set San Francisco as the next stop in its own ambitious Fiber to the Home (FTTH) buildout plan.
Making this move won’t come without its challenges as seen by p…

Integra Telecom extends hosted voice across its entire network

Published on December 7, 2011 By Don

Integra Telecom is giving its business customers a new option for their telephony service by making its Managed PBX and Hosted PBX services available across all of its network.
Since no two businesses are the same, businesses have the option to purchas…

EATEL makes entry into wireless business via LightSquared resale relationship

Published on November 28, 2011 By Don

EATEL, a Gonzales, La.-based independent ILEC, is the latest wireline-centric service provider to craft a deal with a wireless operator to extend wireless services to its respective customer base.
Through this new wholesale agreement, EATEL will be abl…

Bell Canada’s TV service growth helps drive Q3 revenues to $4.83B

Published on November 8, 2011 By Don

Bell Canada’s (NYSE: BCE) bet on delivering TV service to its residential customers paid off in Q3 as net profit jumped to CAD 642 million (USD 631.7 million), up from CAD 454 million (USD 446.7 million) in Q3 2010.

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CenturyLink Q3: Doubles operating revenues, increases broadband subscribers

Published on November 3, 2011 By Don

CenturyLink’s (NYSE: CTL) plan to transform itself from a small town landline telco and into a major national and international player via acquisitions showed signs of paying off in Q3 2011 as operating revenues more than doubled to $10.7 billion from …

Bell Aliant’s wireline voice losses drag down revenues to $698M

Published on November 2, 2011 By Don

Bell Aliant (Toronto: BA-UN.TO) may be making a concerted effort to establish a larger portfolio of next-gen fiber and IP-based services, but wireline voice losses drove down company earnings to CAD 700 million (USD 698 million), down from CA…

Brian Crotty, Chief Operating Officer, Broadview Networks

Published on November 2, 2011 By Don

Crotty

Bringing more than 15 years of solid senior management experience to the unified communications realm can provide a real advantage in what is still somewhat a Wild West-type frontier, with VoIP providers popping up left and right, a…

SureWest Q3: Revenue increases to $63M, but net income declines

Published on October 28, 2011 By Don

SureWest (Nasdaq: SURW) had what might be described a lumpy Q3 2011 as revenue rose, but income declined.
During the quarter, SureWest reported revenue of $63 million in the quarter, up from $61.1 million a year ago, while net income was $643,000, down…

Verizon launches online portal for business customers

Published on October 7, 2011 By Don

By upgrading its online portal, Verizon (NYSE: VZ) believes it can give business customers–both enterprise and SMBs–the ability to “command and control” their service experience.

Screenshot of Verizon’s enterprise portal

Launched dur…