Copyright 2006 TheStreet.com, Inc. TheStreet.comJanuary 26, 2006 Thursday 7:45 AM Eastern TimeBy TSC Staff From LexisNexis Verizon (VZ:NYSE) hit fourth-quarter targets as its Verizon Wireless unit continues to add users at a record clip. The New York telco made $1.66 billion, or 59 cents a share, for the quarter ended Dec. 31, down from the […]
IP Capsule E-Newsletter, January 19, 2006
IP Capsule Newsletter-011206 www.cedmagazine.com | CED Broadband Direct | Current Issue | Subscriptions January 19, 2006 A look inside the ‘OTI’ Now that the dust has settled from the Comcast-Cisco-Nortel Open Transport Initiative (OTI), the three companies are rolling up their sleeves and getting down to work. Since the Dec. 12 announcement, five study groups […]
RCN’snetworkseenasbuyerbait;Firmaheadoffiber-opticcurve
Copyright 2006 News World Communications, Inc. The Washington TimesJanuary 17, 2006 TuesdayBy Tom RamstackFrom LexisNexis RCN Corp. has emerged from bankruptcy with less debt, new management and a fast fiber-optic network that makes it a tempting takeover target, analysts say. Since the Herndon company was founded in 1997, RCN has invested about $3 billion to […]
RCN’s network seen as buyer bait; Firm ahead of fiber-optic curve
Copyright 2006 News World Communications, Inc. The Washington TimesJanuary 17, 2006 TuesdayBy Tom RamstackFrom LexisNexis RCN Corp. has emerged from bankruptcy with less debt, new management and a fast fiber-optic network that makes it a tempting takeover target, analysts say. Since the Herndon company was founded in 1997, RCN has invested about $3 billion to […]
IP Capsule E-Newsletter, January 12, 2006
IP Capsule Newsletter-011206 www.cedmagazine.com | CED Broadband Direct | Current Issue | Subscriptions January 12, 2006 Looking for Trends Everyone wants to know about trends. Where we’re headed, why and how they’ll affect us personally and professionally. In the IP space, looking for trends can be dicey. Nevertheless, a gaggle of top executives from a […]
xOD Capsule Newsletter – January 10, 2006
www.cedmagazine.com | CED Broadband Direct | Current Issue | Subscriptions January 10, 2006 Here comes Google TVAlthough the massive range of cool gadgets and gizmos were the star of the Consumer Electronics Show in Vegas, it was clear by the end of the week that content remains king following a big announcement from Google Inc. […]
Comcast adds 200,000 digital-voice subscribers in 2005
Copyright 2006 AFX News Limited AFX International FocusJanuary 9, 2006 Monday 11:26 PM GMTFrom LexisNexis CHICAGO (AFX) — Comcast Corp. added more than 200,000 digital-voice subscribers in 2005 and expects to sign up more than 1 million additional customers this year, the largest U.S. cable-television operator said Monday. Philadelphia-based Comcast made the announcement ahead of […]
IP Capsule E-Newsletter, December 22, 2005
IP Capsule Newsletter-120705 www.cedmagazine.com | CED Broadband Direct | Current Issue | Subscriptions December 22, 2005 Holding off on IPTV Verizon Communications Inc.’s FiOS TV, the company’s video service now deployed in parts of Florida, Texas and Virginia, and SeaChange International’s IP Video Systems are combining to bring thousands of hours of on demand movies […]
XOD Capsule – December 20, 2005
www.cedmagazine.com | CED Broadband Direct | Current Issue | Subscriptions December 20, 2005 Hitting a moving targetBack when he ran the day-to-day at Starz, John Sie first would contend that cable operators could use his range of themed digital movie multiplexes to siphon money from video stores with a "virtual" video store of their own. […]
IP Capsule E-Newsletter, December 14, 2005
IP Capsule Newsletter-120705 www.cedmagazine.com | CED Broadband Direct | Current Issue | Subscriptions December 14, 2005 Removing the myth IPTV is no longer the “mythical technology” reserved solely for the telcos. At least that’s what panelists were extolling at CED‘s recent Cable TV and Broadband Expo panel discussion on the subject. Executives from Microsoft TV, […]