Last 20 posts tagged "Broadband"
AT&T is Sitting Pretty with iPhone and U-verse
Source: gigaom.com
AT&T reported a slight boost in profits this morning, and the carrier has quite a bit to boast about, especially on the wireless side. iPhone activations reached 2.4 million during the third …
Verizon Says Shame Will Keep Your Web Data Private
Source: gigaom.com
Today on the Verizon Policy blog Link Hoewing writes about the results of an academic research paper that looks at the effectiveness of “shaming” corporations into behaving properly. The …
Cisco Lays Off Texas Broadband Telephony Employees
Source: gigaom.com
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AT&T Turns to Retail Channels for U-Verse
Source: gigaom.com
AT&T plans to sell its triple-play U-verse services through more than 600 Circuit City and Wal-Mart retail stores beginning this month. There are a few things about this plan that just …
Mystery Mobile VoIP Technology Available Next Month?
Source: gigaom.com
An almost decade-long effort to bring an unknown wireless broadband technology to the U.S. is set to bear fruit next month in Florida after XG Technology Inc. scored a $375 million infrastructure …
BT’s 21 Century Network Is So…Last Century
Source: gigaom.com
Ready for a little Friday humor? Well there’s this British carrier called BT that’s spending £10 billion ($17 billion) to build out an all-IP network that would handle the massive influx …
Qwest Brings Land Lines into the 21st Century
Source: gigaom.com
Today, Qwest Communications launches an Internet portal that allows users to access and see what’s happening on their home phones. Dubbed qHome, the service allows users to see who’s calling …
AT&T Reorg Could Be the First Step Toward Layoffs
Source: gigaom.com
AT&T’s move to reorganize itself into four business units is likely a precursor to layoffs, according to sources within the company who asked not to be named. The reorg comes as AT&T …
Survey Says…Cable Sucks
Source: gigaom.com
Cable providers rate poorly on both customer service and pricing, but thanks to their speedy broadband service, they have so far managed to score more customers than the phone companies, according …
VoIP Like You Give a Damn
Source: gigaom.com
When I checked out Google’s blog post Tuesday about its Free the Airwaves project, which aims to convince the FCC to approve the use of the white spaces between the spectrum vacated by analog …
Alcatel-Lucent CEO and Chairman Out
Source: gigaom.com
During its second- quarter earnings call earlier this morning, telco gear maker Alcatel-Lucent said its chairman, Serge Tchuruk, and its CEO, Patricia Russo, would step down. Both said they …
Published on July 29th, 2008
under Alcatel-Lucent, ALU, Broadband, Infrastructure, Ptricia Russo, Serge Tchuruk, Vodafone, Voice
FCC Rules Against a Baby Bell
Source: gigaom.com
FCC Rules Against a Baby Bell —
Not only did the FCC decide on Friday to berate Comcast for messing with P2P traffic, but apparently it showed no love to Qwest, either, denying Qwest’s …
Is Cable Voice Getting a Sore Throat?
Source: gigaom.com
The economic downturn, in particular the housing market slump, that has been pressuring U.S. telecom operators now seems to be extending to cable operators as well. After enjoying nearly eight …
Published on July 9th, 2008
under ARRIS, AT&T, Broadband, cable VoIP, cablevision, Comcast, Qwest, Time Warner, Voice
AT&T May Drop Dish, But Still Has U-verse
Source: gigaom.com
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In Ohio, AT&T U-verse Is Having Problems
For AT&T, U-Verse Is Picking Up Steam
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AT&T Offers The Whole Enchilada- Broadband Internet That Flexs Depending on Where You Are and What You Are Doing
Source: alanweinkrantz.typepad.com
Being based in San Antonio, we think in terms of Mexican food. I used to see former AT&T Chairman Ed Whitacre dine at LaFogatta, one of my personal faves. When you get the whole enchilada, …
Broadband Wanted In The Air
Source: andyabramson.blogs.com
If this doesn’t tell you that Boeing blew it by being premature and pulling out of the flying WiFi space over a year ago, nothing proves it better.
A survey by BarclayCard shows that over …
The Need For Speed: AT&T Nears Completion of 3G Wireless Technology Deployment That Delivers Broadband Wireless Speeds - for Downloads and Uploads
Source: alanweinkrantz.typepad.com
Summer is just around the corner, and by June the phone company as we no longer know it, will deploy High Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA) technology in the six remaining markets across AT&T’s …
Now Vonage Will Also Sell Broadband
Source: gigaom.com
After a really rough 2007, Vonage (VG), the independent voice-over-IP service provider, seems to be having a better 2008. This morning the company reported its first-quarter 2008 financial results, …
Kimpton Hotel’s Palomar Hotel in San Francisco Has Pitiful Broadband
Source: andyabramson.blogs.com
The other day Jonathan Greene posted about the lousy performance when it came to Broadband that he had at the Hotel Monaco in Seattle. The Monaco, like the Palomar here in San Francisco where …
San Diego Airport Broadband Part Two
Source: andyabramson.blogs.com
I’m on my way to the Bay Area for a week’s worth of meetings, meet up
and to also assist winemaker friend Sylvain Fadat of Domaine d’Aupilhac
on Monday at the annual Kermit …
