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As we head into the Q3 2011 earnings season, Jim O'Neill, editor of FierceIPTV, examines how the telco's IPTV gain is cable's video loss as part of a series looking at the cable vs. telco broadband
Level 3's Bandwidth Optimizer offers CDN, IP service bundle for gaming providers
Level 3 (Nasdaq: LVLT) is hoping to eliminate gaming providers' need to go to multiple sources by offering a bundled Content Delivery Network (CDN) and High Speed IP (HSIP) service called Bandwidth
Report: Windstream could face bidding war for PAETEC
Windstream's (Nasdaq: WIN) desire to complete its pending acquisition of PAETEC, a deal that will instantly double its business service holdings, may now face a competing offer from Level 3
Will low-cost service attract more people to broadband?
Telcos and cable operators like CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) and Comcast (Nasdaq: CMCSA) are making efforts to extend broadband to lower income residents that up till now have not been able to afford any
The FCC finally revealed its much anticipated Universal Service Fund (USF) reform plans to redirect funds towards extending broadband service to underserved and unserved communities. Right now, the
Frontier extends metro Ethernet footprint into 55 markets
Frontier Communications (NYSE: FTR) is responding to its mid-sized and large business customers' "bandwidth heavy needs" by expanding its metro Ethernet service to over 55 markets stretched across 10
Level 3's Global Crossing integration will result in U.S. layoffs
As Level 3 Communications (Nasdaq: LVLT) begins to integrate Global Crossing into its fold, the service provider expects to hand out hundreds of pink slips in its U.S. territory.
XO employs Sprint as wireless component of its FMC service offering
XO Communications (OTC BB: XOHO) is playing into its customer's needs for wireless/wireline converged service space by establishing a Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) relationship with Sprint
Windstream taps into the burgeoning hybrid cloud opportunity
Windstream's (Nasdaq: WIN) Hosted Solutions unit is stepping up its cloud service capabilities with its second-generation platform. Of course, Windstream isn't going it alone in driving its cloud
Level 3 wraps up its Global Crossing acquisition
Only days after the DOJ and the FCC gave their regulatory blessing, Level 3 Communications (Nasdaq: LVLT) put the final nail in its acquisition of Global Crossing, a deal that was initially met with
CenturyLink makes good on Qwest acquisition provision with $10 broadband service
CenturyLink's (NYSE: CTL) move to offer a $10 a month broadband service to lower income residents is on the surface an effort to increase broadband subscribership. But it's really being driven by a
FairPoint brings wholesale E-Line service to northern New England
FairPoint Communications (Nasdaq: FRP) is offering up its suite of wholesale Carrier Ethernet E-Line services for Northern New England-based service providers. Leveraging its fiber-based VantagePoint
MegaPath Wholesale extends Ethernet reach via Telx, sheds Covad Wholesale name
Orlando, Fla.--With its former Covad namesake now a memory, the new rebranded MegaPath Wholesale is taking advantage of its recent plans to build out a nationwide Ethernet over Copper (EoC) network to extend its service to even more possible carrier customers by establishing a connection in Telx's Ethernet exchange.
Integra puts $11M into network in Midwest, Western regions
Integra Telecom continues to be aggressive with building out its network to serve both SMBs and increasingly larger business customers and its latest $11 million investment in Colorado, Minnesota, Nevada and Washington is a continuation of that trend.
CenturyLink, Comcast, Cisco consider involvement in Gig.U broadband project
A number of U.S.-based incumbent telcos, cable operators and vendors, including the likes of CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL), Comcast (Nasdaq: CMCSA) and Cisco (Nasdaq: CSCO), are thinking about bringing
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