Copyright 2004 TheStreet.com July 21, 2004 Wednesday From Lexis Nexis Tellabs rose Wednesday after posting strong gains in second-quarter earnings and revenue. For the quarter ended June 30, the Naperville, Ill., maker of phone networking gear posted a profit of $50 million, or 12 cents a share. That reverses the year-ago loss of $111 million, […]
Verizon asks that broadband over fiber be treated the same as cable modems
Copyright 2004 Warren Publishing, Inc. TELECOM A.M. July 1, 2004, Thursday From Lexis Nexis With the FCC considering several proceedings on broadband services, Verizon asked the Commission to treat broadband offered over fiber-to-the-premises the same as a cable modem service. Verizon said the FCC had yet to decide on the appropriate regulatory treatment of telephone […]
Comcast’s Scott Snody wins Cable-Tec games
Scott Snody of Comcast Cable Communications took home the overall title at the 2004 SCTE National Cable-Tec Games, held yesterday, June 17 at the Cable-Tec Expo in Orlando, Fla. Snody, a communications technician for Comcast, placed in the top five in four of the games’ five events, including first place in coax splicing. Second place […]
Report: AFC investor trying to block Tellabs deal
An investor in Advanced Fibre Communications (AFC) is suing to block Tellabs Inc. ‘s proposed deal to acquire AFC, complaining that value placed on the agreement is “grossly inadequate.” Under terms of the original agreement announced last month, Tellabs agreed to put up $1.9 billion in cash and stock to buy AFC, which has grown […]
Rogers trumpets delivery of cable
The Toronto Star May 28, 2004 Friday It’s all about the big fat pipe. Cable baron Ted Rogers took the opportunity at Rogers Communications Inc.’s annual meeting yesterday to boast about his ability — and telephone rivals’ inability — to pump a combination of high-definition movies, TV programs, digital music, on-demand video, and phone calls […]
Verizon outlines fiber-optic plan
May 20, 2004 Thursday SECOND EDITION The Dallas Morning News From Lexis Nexis By summer’s end, some North Texas residents and businesses will have plenty of access to fiber optics. Verizon Communications Inc. formally announced Wednesday that Keller is the first of eight Texas towns that will have a high-speed fiber-optic network. The company has […]
Rural broadband loans approved
Copyright 2004 Dolan Media Newswires The Journal Record (Oklahoma City, OK) May 5, 2004 Wednesday The U.S. Department of Agriculture has approved $10.5 million in low-interest-rate loans to make broadband Internet access more available to rural Oklahomans. These loans will be used to bring farmers, rural residents and businesses greater access to improved telecommunication technology, […]
Home Town Cable adds fiber to diet
Home Town Cable Plus has deployed ADC’s OmniReach fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) platform to pipe voice, video and data services to residential and business customers in Port St. Lucie, Fla. The package includes local and long-distance voice, 217 channels of switched digital video and Gigabit Ethernet data.
NAB news roundup
Other breaking news from the National Association of Broadcasters confab happening this week in Las Vegas: • Sinclair Broadcast Group is using Harmonic Inc.‘s DiviCom MV 450 low-bit rate encoder to deliver high-definition television. Sinclair operates 62 stations in 39 markets – equal to about 25 percent of all U.S. households. The technology enables TV […]
SCTE reveals election results
The Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers has announced results from the 2004 board of directors elections. The newly-elected board directors are: Keith Grunberg of Charter Communications, representing Alaska, Idaho, Mont., Ore. and Wash., who defeated Daniel Heller of BendBroadband and Frank Park of Bresnan Communications; Mark Clark of Comcast, representing Okla. and Texas, who beat […]