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    1. PSTN Sunset has to be Done Carefully, say Verizon, AT&T

      Explore FierceTelecom (May 15 2012)

      AT&T and Verizon know the all-IP network is coming, but the transition has to be managed carefully.

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      Mentions:   AT&T   Vonage   Tony Melone

    2. FCC announces plans to re-examine regulatory fees

      Explore FierceTelecom (May 10 2012)

      The Federal Communications Commission announced plans to re-examine its regulatory fee structure, citing the "rapid transformation" the telecommunication industry has undergone since 1994, when the FCC first began collecting assessments. Mandated by Congress, the FCC's regulatory fees are collected to offset the agency's costs associated with industry enforcement, policy writing, rulemaking, among other administrative functions. In a May 4 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FCC 12-48), the five-member independent regulatory agency announced it will ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Itsp   Nprm   Federal Communication Commission

    3. Size matters as Verizon FiOS tops Consumer Reports survey

      Explore FierceTelecom (May 9 2012) Applications

      It pays to be the biggest even if you may not necessarily be the best. That's one way of looking at a Consumer Reports' survey that hedged a bit before naming Verizon FiOS (NYSE: VZ) as "highly rated" among providers offering a triple play of voice, video and data services, the magazine says in its June issue. Throw out big and regional telecom provider WOW (WideOpenWest), which "was also top rated," the magazine said ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   KPN   Cablevision   AT&T

    4. Auditors to examine West Virginia's broadband stimulus spending

      Explore FierceTelecom (May 9 2012)

      West Virginia officials may have "made some mistakes" in how they've gone about spending $126 million in federal economic stimulus funds to expand the state's high-speed Internet, state Commerce Secretary Keith Burdette concedes, adding that if that's the case "we need to take lemons and make lemonade." Burdette Among other things, the state supposedly spent $22,600 apiece on routers intended for major research universities, medical centers and large corporations and deployed ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   KPN   Windstream   Commerce

    5. Frontier shares drop along with first quarter earnings

      Explore FierceTelecom (May 8 2012) Applications

      News that Frontier Communications' (Nasdaq: FTR) first-quarter 2012 earnings were only about 50 percent of what they'd been during the same period in 2011 ($26.8 million versus $54.7 million) led to a 7 percent decline in the value of the company's stock, which dropped 29 cents to $3.60 in Monday trading. The earnings decline was pretty much laid at the feet of Frontier's ongoing integration of Verizon Communications' (NYSE ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Frontier   Atis   Frontier Communications

    6. Dark fiber providers may see $986M market as broadband data demand rises

      Explore FierceTelecom (May 7 2012) Applications , Business Models

      The never-ending hunger for higher speed broadband wireline- and wireless-based data services is driving new dark fiber services revenue. New data from IBISWorld revealed that by the end of 2012 dark fiber revenues will grow at an average annual rate of 3.7 percent, to reach $986.2 million. "As the amount of data and broadband use has grown, demand for networks that support communication has increased as well, thus supporting industry revenue growth," said ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Qwest

    7. Cincinnati Bell's 21% data center growth drives plans for CyrusOne IPO

      Explore FierceTelecom (May 7 2012)

      Cincinnati Bell (NYSE: CBB) is so confident about the growth prospects of its CyrusOne data center business that it's planning to take the unit public sometime later this year. Any proceeds it gets from the impending IPO will be used to not only grow its data center capabilities, but also pay down debt in its traditional wireline telecom business. Jack Cassidy, the CEO of Cincinnati Bell, said that the telco plans to "keep a ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   IPO   U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission   Cincinnati Bell

    8. Lumos Networks sees 16% rise in wholesale, data service revenues in Q1 2012

      Explore FierceTelecom (May 7 2012) Business Models , Marketing

      Lumos Networks (Nasdaq: LMOS) reported its first-quarter 2012 revenue rose slightly to $51.4 million, up from $51.1 million in Q4 2011, but down year-over-year, from $52.6 million, as competitive wholesale and data products offset declines in legacy voice revenues. Data and wholesale product revenue in the ILEC's competitive segment rose 16 percent over Q1 2011, a trend it said helped them to slightly exceed the high ends of its Q1 revenue ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   ET By Sean Buckley Free

    9. TDS Telecom: One More Bit of Evidence About Where Growth Comes From

      Explore FierceTelecom (May 6 2012) Applications , Marketing

      TDS Telecom, the wireline ILEC division of Telephone & Data Systems, saw growth drivers from triple-play bundles and business data services. In Q1 2012, ILEC triple play penetration increased to 30 percent, up from 26 percent. Likewise, managedIP connections, while still a small part of their business, grew 88 percent, to 64,500, from 34,400 in both its ILEC and CLEC business units. "TDS Telecom's first quarter performance was highlighted by the growth in ...

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      Mentions:   AT&T   New York Stock Exchange   Clec

    10. Consolidated Communications broadband and backhaul initiatives help minimize Q1 voice service declines

      Explore FierceTelecom (May 4 2012) Applications , Business Models

      Consolidated Communications (Nasdaq: CNSL), which is in the process of acquiring fellow ILEC SureWest (Nasdaq: SURW), saw its share of IP service growing pains as it reported first-quarter 2012 revenues of $93.4 million, down 1.4 percent year-over-year, from $95.4 million in Q1 2011. Excluding a $0.7 million settlement from the National Exchange Carrier Association (NECA) in Q1 2011, the service provider's revenue declined by $1.3 million, or 1.4 ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Consolidated Communications   Clec   National Exchange Carrier Association

    11. Cincinnati Bell puts cloud services into the hands of the SMB customer

      Explore FierceTelecom (May 1 2012) Applications

      Cincinnati Bell (NYSE: CBB) has responded to the idea that SMBs should have the same access to cloud services as larger enterprises, with the launch of its cloud-based Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) Communication and Collaboration Solutions. Delivered through a partnership with both hosted business services provider Apptix and Parallels, the a cloud service delivery software provider,Cincinnati Bell said that in addition to targeting SMBs, it will be able to also target key area vertical segments ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Microsoft   AT&T   Cincinnati Bell

    12. Strategy Analytics: Verizon FiOS poised for continued growth in 2012

      Explore FierceTelecom (May 1 2012) Applications

      Verizon (NYSE: VZ) may have begun to wind down its FiOS rollout, but in the first quarter of 2012 the service provider saw an uptick in both subscribers and its average revenue per user (ARPU). During Q1 2012, Verizon added a total of 104,000 broadband subscribers, reaching almost 8.8 million in the quarter. It also added 108,000 new FiOS TV customers, ending the quarter with a total of 4.35 million subscribers ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   AT&T   América Móvil   Comcast Business Services

    13. AT&T next-gen business services represent $6.2B wireline revenue stream

      Explore FierceTelecom (Apr 26 2012) Applications , Marketing

      While AT&T's (NYSE: T) wireline segment continues to suffer the expected growing pains of declining POTS voice revenue and legacy business services, IP-based business communications continues to rise, a trend that was evident in its Q1 2012 financial results.During the quarter, business service revenues declined 0.3 percent year-over-year, narrower than the 4.4 percent in Q1 2011, a factor that's attributable to declines in legacy products like Frame Relay and ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   AT&T   DSL   Comcast Business Services

    14. Who are the highest paid CEOs in wireline?

      Explore FierceTelecom (Apr 25 2012)

      Who are the highest paid CEOs in wireline? As we enter the second quarter earnings season, FierceTelecom takes a look at the highest paid CEOs in the wireline segment of the telecom industry. In our new feature, The 15 highest-paid CEOs in wireline,we examine the salary and compensation rates of chief executives at 15 publicly traded service providers. One of the interesting points in conducting this report was that there were some dramatic changes in the compensation rates of both Verizon (NYSE ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Verizon Communications   AT&T   Windstream

    15. MegaPath entices SMBs, enterprises to the cloud with new storage, data backup service

      Explore FierceTelecom (Apr 24 2012) Applications

      MegaPath is tapping into the potentially lucrative cloud services market with its latest Hosted Data Backup and Storage offering for SMBs and enterprises. Coming on the heels of the debut of its recent Hosted Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) Exchange and Hosted Microsoft SharePoint offering, the Hosted Data Backup and Storage services enable businesses to remotely backup data on their respective services and PCs, and restore their data following a loss. While many SMBs and enterprises still ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Microsoft   DSL   MegaPath

    16. AT&T wireline rises 2.4% with strong gains in next-gen consumer, business services

      Explore FierceTelecom (Apr 24 2012) Applications , Business Models

      The saving grace for AT&T's (NYSE: T) wireline unit in Q1 2012 continues to be its IP-based consumer U-verse service and next-gen businesses services, the company's Tuesday morning report shows. Click here for selected slides from AT&T's investor presentation. AT&T's wireline operating income was $1.8 billion, up 2.4 percent over Q1 2011, yet down 1.2 percent from Q4 2011. Likewise, total Q1 wireline revenues were ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   AT&T   DSL   New York Stock Exchange

    17. USTelecom: Service providers invested $66B in broadband in 2011

      Explore FierceTelecom (Apr 23 2012) Applications

      U.S.-based service wireline service providers are making good on their broadband promise, investing almost $66 billion in new network infrastructure last year, reports USTelecom in a new research brief. Source: USTelecom Broadband providers, a group that includes traditional wireline telcos, cable and wireless operators, have invested approximately $1.2 trillion in network infrastructure from 1996 through 2011. Wireline telcos, in particular, invested $27 billion in broadband infrastructure in 2011 and about $640 billion ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   AT&T   Comcast Business Services   AT&T Labs

    18. States mull eliminating landline voice mandates

      Explore FierceTelecom (Apr 18 2012)

      An increasing number of state legislatures around the United States are responding favorably to lobbying push by telcos to repeal mandates requiring them to offer landline voice telephone service. Last year, when Wisconsin lawmakers passed revised telecom regulation that loosened the requirement for telcos to provide voice service to every household, the move was largely seen as not only a victory for companies like AT&T and TDS Telecom, but also a manipulation of the ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   AT&T   TDS Telecom

    19. Infonetics: SBC market jumps with SIP trunking boom

      Explore FierceTelecom (Apr 18 2012) Marketing , Unified communications

      The market for enterprise session border controllers grew about 60 percent in 2011, primarily due to an even bigger jump of 88 percent in the market for SIP trunking services being offered by carriers, indicates a report released this week by Infonetics Research. SBCs play key roles in SIP trunking services, mapping and transcoding of legacy network traffic on the enterprise side of the connection to the carrier SIP, as well as assisting in security ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Cisco Systems   Windstream   Infonetics

    20. Maine's new telecom regulatory structure allows FairPoint to respond to competition

      Explore FierceTelecom (Apr 13 2012) Applications , Marketing

      Maine's Governor Paul LePage signed a new law this week that will effectively update the state's telecommunications industry regulations for the first time in almost 100 years. Image source: FairPoint "This legislation reduces red tape and regulation, and puts all telecommunication providers under the same set of rules," LePage said, adding that the new law modernizes regulation, while continuing to provide the necessary protections such as Provider of Last Resort (POLR) to Maine ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   FairPoint

    21. BT Openreach goes live with 80 Mbps FTTC service

      Explore FierceTelecom (Apr 11 2012)

      BT (NYSE: BT) will begin this week offering its 80 Mbps Fibre to the Cabinet (FTTC)-based service for both existing and new consumers. Any new customer that signs up for BT Infinity service 2 will be able to get up to 76 Mbps downstream speeds, doubling the 38 Mbps speeds that were previously available. Likewise, the new speed tier will also increase the upstream speed to up to 19 Mbps. Customers that opt for ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Fttc   Cabinet   BT Infinity

    22. North American FTTH deployments grow 13%, drive economic growth

      Explore FierceTelecom (Apr 10 2012) Applications

      While Fiber to the Home (FTTH) is far from ubiquitous, a new report from the FTTH Council Americas showed that service providers made decent progress in 2011, growing their networks 13 percent. The council's report, which was put together in partnership with market analyst firm RVA, revealed that 900,000 homes throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean were upgraded to FTTH service since April 2011 with the total number of North ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Bell Canada   FTTH Council   Bell Aliant

    23. Report: CenturyLink to deliver 100 Mbps VDSL2 service

      Explore FierceTelecom (Apr 10 2012) Applications , Marketing

      CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) may not have plans to take the aggressive road of its fellow ILEC Verizon (NYSE: VZ) to wire up every home with a Fiber to the Premises (FTTP) connection, but it appears that it wants to serve up a 100 Mbps service over that existing copper line. Although some of CenturyLink's DSL customers can get their higher speed 25 and 40 Mbps speeds, which are provided only in select CenturyLink and ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Qwest   AT&T   DSL

    24. Verizon to stop selling 'dry loop' DSL to consumers

      Explore FierceTelecom (Apr 9 2012) Applications , Marketing

      Verizon  (NYSE: VZ) may once again strike the ire of broadband consumers with plans to stop offering "naked" or standalone DSL services (aka dry loop DSL), meaning that new users will have to buy a wireline POTS even if they don't want it. Beginning on May 6, Verizon's DSL service will be sold only as part of a bundle that also includes a wireline phone connection.Any existing dry loop DSL customers who ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   DSL   Fttp