Category: Telecommunications

February 7, 2018

AT&T is exploring an initial public offering for its Latin American DirecTV assets in the first half of the year, the company announced. The division was acquired in the $48.5 billion purchase of DirecTV in 2015. It includes satellite TV […]

September 6, 2017

Already a competitive threat to Comcast in the area of business services in Detroit, upstart local operator Rocket Fiber is looking to take the battle into the residential realm. The company told Crain’s Detroit Business that it is testing a […]

August 17, 2017

Though AT&T and FirstNet remain the default choice for public safety officials pursuing the next generation of emergency communications, Verizon is looking to give them a run for their money. Verizon announced Wednesday plans to build and operate a dedicated network […]

August 14, 2017

AT&T, CenturyLink and Verizon got a victory this week as the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals denied a motion to stay the effect of the FCC’s reform of its rules governing business data services (BDS), but competitive providers say they […]

July 31, 2017

Comcast and Charter, two of the largest cable operators, continue to make progress in the business services segment, reporting the addition of a total of 81,000 new business customers in the second quarter. As the nation’s largest cable operator, Comcast […]

July 27, 2017

Small cell deployments may still have a long road ahead until they reach a critical mass, but Unite Private Networks (UPN) says interest in backhaul and turnkey installation services is growing among the top five wireless operators. As wireless carrier small […]

July 11, 2017

AT&T executives maintain that the company will continue to support traditional POTS voice lines in Illinois for those consumers who want them regardless of a new state law. Just last week, the Illinois Legislature voted to allow AT&T to disconnect […]

June 29, 2017

Mediacom continued its quest to become the first U.S. cable operator to convert its HFC-based network entirely to DOCSIS 3.1 by the end of 2017, setting up 1 Gbps services in its 20-county Indiana footprint. Mediacom isn’t the first operator […]

June 13, 2017

As AT&T pursues more managed service opportunities that leverage its growing software network infrastructure model, it is finding that business customers are desiring a “hybrid” managed service model. Under this model, a customer will manage part of the service while […]

June 12, 2017

Louisville, Kentucky’s, latest proposal to improve broadband availability—a citywide fiber network built via a public-private partnership—has to weather a local lobbyist group’s protest first. While Louisville city leaders would like to see a citywide broadband network on the basis that […]