As we say goodbye to 2011, a year that was certainly another time of change and transition in the wireline segment of the telecom industry, we wanted to take the time to look back on some of the major story lines of the past year.
During 2011, we beli…
Two studies illustrate the hazards of Web surfing with more than 1 million sites infected with malware and more than 40 percent of sites in one study always vulnerable to attacks.
China Telecom is going to go full guns with FTTH by installing a network that can handle 18 million lines this year with 100 Mbps capabilities in major cities. Before the end of 2010, China Telecom plans to extend FTTH to 70 percent of users in towns and cities with 12 Mbps speeds. This aggressive [...]
Back in February a tipster informed Broadband Reports that Comcast would be shaking up their speed tiers slightly sometime this year as part of Comcast’s “Xfinity” rebranding. Comcast’s current lineup is 12/2, 16/2, 22/5, 50/10 (and 100 Mbps business-only service in Minneapolis). The new tiers? The same prices, but 12/2, 20/4, 50/10 and the new [...]
What a difference a year has made for BT (NYSE: BT). Buoyed by operational improvements and cost cutting, BT bounced back with $308.4 million in net profit in three months to March 31. This is a stark contrast to last year’s financial blow from the poor performance of its global services unit with a restated $1.48 billion [...]
40G is getting its due this year as service providers scramble to meet “skyrocketing” traffic requirements, a new report from Infonetics Research finds. The 2010 10G/40G/100G Networking Ports market size and forecast report, updated biannually, shows that uptake of high-speed Ethernet and optical ports on enterprise and service provider equipment remained steady in 2009 despite [...]
When BT (BT.L) releases its 2009 annual results this week, one fact that will come out is that it has surpassed its workforce reduction target by about 5,000. According to a Sunday Telegraph report, BT would lay off 15,000 employees in the year to April in addition to the 15,000 employees it laid off in [...]
Colin Crowell, a major architect of the FCC’s broadband plan, will hand in his office keys in June to pursue life outside the public sector. His resignation, which was formally announced by the FCC on Monday, comes less than a year after taking the position of senior counselor to FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski. Although [...]