Ackerman paints picture of cautious aggression
By Carol Wilson
BellSouth Chairman Duane Ackerman walked a very careful line in presenting his company’s future to those assembled at the 15th Annual Smith Barney Citigroup...
Update: Comcast’s Roberts looks for converts
By Carol Wilson
Monday afternoon, Comcast CEO Brian Roberts took on his toughest challengers--the Wall Street skeptics. Armed with facts, figures and aggressive plans...
Level 3, France Telecom forge new fiber pact
by Carol Wilson
France Telecom has joined the industry movement away from leasing dark fiber and has reached an agreement with Level 3 Communications to buy “lit” circuits...
Report: CLECs holding steady
By Carol Wilson
It may be a cliché, but where competitive local exchange carriers are concerned, there is still good news and bad, according to two longstanding industry...
AT&T gets $1 billion Treasury deal
By Dan O’Shea
In a deal potentially worth up to $1 billion, the U.S. Department of the Treasury has tapped AT&T Government Solutions and a team of sub-contractors to...
CC Communications opts for Wave7
By Vince Vittore
CC Communications, a 13,000-line telco in Fallon, Nev., announced that it will use Wave7 Optics’ Last Mile Link fiber-to-the-premises equipment broadband...
Tellabs digests AFC
By Ed Gubbins
With Tellabs’ acquisition of Advanced Fibre Communications officially closed as of last night, Tellabs executive vice president and chief financial officer...
