MegaPath extends reach of managed voice, data, security
By: By Carol Wilson
Managed service provider MegaPath today announced it is expanding the reach of its “Duet” service, a managed IP data, voice and security offering targeting small to mid-sized businesses, initially targeting the Northeast U.S. but planning expansion nationwide...
Notebaert to retire
By: By Carol Wilson
Qwest Chairman and CEO Richard Notebaert took the industry by surprise this morning, announcing his retirement...
Verizon to offer certified e-mail service
By: By Carol Wilson
Verizon Online said today it will help its customers identify spam and phishing attempts by offering a free service that identifies e-mail from valid commercial and nonprofit volume senders. ...
AT&T offers accelerated Web apps
By: By Carol Wilson
AT&T is now offering a managed service that allows enterprises to speed up the performance and responsiveness of Web-based applications. ...
Telecom Italia takes Critical Path
By: By Dan O'Shea
Messaging software and service vendor Critical Path today announced that Telecom Italia will be using the vendor’s Memova Mobile consumer mobile e-mail platform....
MegaPath adds Juniper to SSL offering
By: By Carol Wilson
Managed services provider MegaPath today announced it is extending its suite of security services to include Juniper’s Secure Access SSL VPN product family for Secure Socket Layer-based remote access...
Five win share of second GSA contract
By: By Carol Wilson
The U.S. General Services Administration decided to spread the wealth further in awarding the second of its two Networx contracts, worth up to $20 billion over the next 10 years, naming AT&T, Level 3 Communications, Qwest Communications, Sprint and Verizon Business as winners...
Covad lives up to ADSL2+ promise
By: By Carol Wilson
As promised last year, Covad Communications is now offering ADSL2+ to small businesses in 11 metropolitan markets, featuring data service at speeds up to 15 Mb/s downstream...
Broadband subscriber base to double by 2011
By: By Ed Gubbins
The number of broadband subscribers worldwide will nearly double over the next five years to more than half a billion, according to research analysis firm In-Stat...
In the spotlight: Global Crossing’s Gary Breauninger
By: By Carol Wilson
Gary Breauninger became executive vice president and chief marketing officer of Global Crossing in April, when his predecessor, Anthony Christie, moved to London to become managing director of Global Crossing’s United Kingdom and European operations. Breauninger previously oversaw Global Crossing’s financial operations as senior vice president for planning and business finance, with a particular focus on the operations aspect. Breauninger spoke with Editor-at-Large Carol Wilson...
NextLink taps Ceragon for broadband wireless
By: By Kevin Fitchard
Ceragon Networks scored a massive win for its wireless point-to-point solution this week, announcing that NextLink, XO Communications’ broadband wireless division, is deploying its FibeAir high-capacity links in 75 U.S. markets...
Philly OKs Wi-Fi expansion
By: By Carol Wilson
EarthLink Municipal Networks today got the go-ahead from Philadelphia officials to build out the planned 135-mile Wi-Fi network in that city following approval of its 15-square-mile proof-of-concept trial network...
U-verse comes to Michigan
By: By Carol Wilson
AT&T today said it is introducing its U-verse IPTV service in Detroit and Ann Arbor, Mich., where it is taking on cable provider Comcast...
Orange teams with Microsoft
By: By Carol Wilson
Orange Business has teamed with Microsoft to create a unified communications service aimed at the top multi-national corporations. “Business Together with Microsoft” combines Orange services and expertise with Microsoft business software to enable businesses to move more quickly into more cost-effective and productive employee communications...
AT&T ups branding ante
By: By Carol Wilson
If you thought the AT&T logo was already ubiquitous, you ain’t seen nothing yet. The telecom giant announced today it is ramping up its branding campaign in anticipation of the late June launch of the Apple iPhone, for which AT&T is the exclusive wireless carrier...
Occam lets slip details of new gear
By: By Ed Gubbins
Details of a new, unannounced product appeared temporarily this week on the Web site of Occam Networks...
Citigroup Analyst upgrades Verizon
By: By Carol Wilson
Veteran telecom analyst Michael Rollins of Citigroup has changed his rating on Verizon’s stock to “Buy” and also boosted his stock price target from $33 to $48, in what he called “a significant change” in his outlook on the company...
BT results include NA expansion
By: By Carol Wilson
Most of the focus on the financial results announced earlier today by BT was understandably on the company’s 16 percent increase in annual earnings and a broadband surge that re-established the company as the U.K.’s largest broadband provider...
ABI: Gaming consoles to lead Net-video-to-TV market
By: By Ed Gubbins
The market for allowing consumers to play Internet-delivered video over their televisions will yield $1.5 billion in service revenue by 2012, according to a new report from ABI Research...
Verizon Business buys Cybertrust
By: By Carol Wilson
Continuing its push into managed security services, Verizon Business today announced its acquisition of Cybertrust, a privately held company which provided security services on a global basis, for an undisclosed amount of money...
Juniper execs say axe about to fall
By: By Ed Gubbins
Some Juniper Networks executives are anticipating a significant reorganization of the company’s ranks to occur next week...
IPTV lessons from China
By: By Carol Wilson
On the surface--and even several layers down--there appears to be very little about the Chinese IPTV market that applies to the U.S. After all, the Chinese companies that are delivering IPTV are all government-owned...
Who needs IPTV? Not Windstream
By: By Tim McElligott
In addition to approximately 59,000 new net broadband customers, Windstream added approximately 35,000 net digital TV customers in its first quarter ending March 31, both records for the company...
NCTA: Comcast more interested in next-gen mobile
By: By Carol Wilson
LAS VEGAS--Comcast is more interested in using the AWS spectrum it purchased to explore what’s coming next in mobility and wireless than in offering “just another cell phone,” Chairman and CEO Brian Roberts said Tuesday...
NCTA: Media execs fear government, not Google
By: By Carol Wilson
LAS VEGAS--Major media executives expressed more impassioned concern over unnecessary government regulation than encroachment on their turf by new media companies such as Yahoo! and Google...
