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Frontier and Carbondale, Ill. to build $1.5M 1 Gbps broadband network 27 Aug 2013 | 02:04 am
The city of Carbondale, Ill., has hatched a plan to deliver a 1 Gbps fiber to the premises-based broadband service via the state's Gigabit Communities Challenge.
BT to shut down dial-up service on Sept. 1 26 Aug 2013 | 09:20 pm
When BT officially shuts down its dial-up Internet service on Sept. 1, it will leave thousands of people who live in rural areas without Internet access because they can't get a broadband connection t...
Sprint debuts 10, 40, 100G Ethernet wavelength service 26 Aug 2013 | 08:57 pm
Sprint has introduced a new line of Ethernet wavelength services supporting 10 Gigabit Ethernet (GigE), 40GigE and 100GigE speeds under its new Ethernet Wave Service line.
AT&T extends 45 Mbps U-verse option to 40 additional markets 26 Aug 2013 | 07:58 pm
AT&T is bringing its 45/6 Mbps bandwidth U-verse Power Internet service option to an additional 40 markets across 15 states. The service is now available in a number of states in the East, Midwest and...
Shentel realigns management team around key operational segments 26 Aug 2013 | 07:01 pm
Shentel has realigned its management team into three business lines--wireless, cable and wireline--as a way to sharpen its focus and meet its customer needs.
AT&T, Verizon, third parties drive wireless DAS market growth 26 Aug 2013 | 06:47 pm
AT&T, Verizon Wireless and a growing group of third-party players have brought distributed antenna systems (DAS) onto the center stage with systems being deployed at major sports venues such as Cowboy...
Inteliquent's CFO David Zwick steps down 26 Aug 2013 | 05:39 pm
David Zwick, Inteliquent's CFO, is the latest in a string of executives to leave the troubled wholesale voice tandem provider.
CyrusOne to open 1M square foot data center in Houston supporting oil, gas industry 23 Aug 2013 | 09:11 pm
CyrusOne is capitalizing on the demand for cloud and data center services by oil and gas companies that reside in Texas' Energy Corridor, announcing plans to construct a third data center at its Houst...
Huawei, Alcatel-Lucent, ZTE see Q2 benefits from increased GPON, EPON spending 23 Aug 2013 | 08:43 pm
An uptick in second quarter service provider spending on GPON and EPON fiber to the premises network equipment to serve residential and businesses benefited three of the largest vendors: Huawei, Alcat...
Week in research: VDSL rules in Europe; Carrier IP telephony revenues fall to $1.4B 23 Aug 2013 | 07:58 pm
What will the European high-speed broadband landscape look like in 2020? Mostly copper, according to Point Topic, which said that despite the push for FTTH, most providers will rely on VDSL to meet Eu...
