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Microsoft cuts Mediaroom server demands 

Microsoft today announced new server virtualization capabilities for its Mediaroom IPTV platform...

AT&T: G.hn holds promise of self-installed triple play 

AT&T says G.hn, the HomeGrid network technology, could eliminate triple-play truck rolls...

Avail Media, TVN merge for linear, VOD combo 

Linear content aggregator Avail Media merges with VOD provider TVN to offer operators a complete IPTV package...

FTTH buildouts: Clearfield sees uptake 

After a brief slowdown in February and March, April was a good month for FTTH buildouts, according to Clearfield, which manufactures fiber distribution systems for fiber-to-the-home...

Verizon, Frontier face regulatory squeeze 

Verizon and Frontier will likely get their asset deal, analysts say, but regulators could take a toll...

Frontier's financial plan for Verizon's assets 

Frontier must raise $3.2B but will reduce its debt profile...

Verizon: With Frontier deal, FiOS footprint could reach 80% coverage 

Verizon Communications' divestiture of 4.8 million mostly-rural access lines gives it a greater density of FTTP coverage and could allow the carrier to increase that density even further, perhaps reaching 80% of its total local service territory...

SureWest investment in back-office automation pays off 

A no-touch fulfillment capability helps SureWest bridge IT and telecom skills more seamlessly and has other benefits as well...

Windstream CEO: D&E deal a sign of market rebound  

Windstream’s acquisition of D&E Communications may be one more sign that credit markets are warming to telecom providers in recent months...

DISH looks to rural telcos, stays away from AT&T  

As Dish Networks continues to lose subscriber in Q1, it is looking to rural telcos to recover, keep out of AT&T’s way...

Bad economy may be slowing RLEC line loss 

Many rural carriers reported positive trends in access line loss in the first quarter, suggesting some stabilization in what has been a persistent problem for telecom carriers...

US Cellular accelerates EV-DO push, weighing LTE trial 

US Cellular rolls out its 3G network, but holds off on any LTE decisions, as subscriber growth slows in the first quarter...

Fairpoint reports progress 

Fairpoint Communications (NYSE: FRP) reported continued progress in restoring normal operations following the company’s February cutover of the former Verizon network in three states to its own back-office systems...

Telecom underestimating need for IP training 

Technicians unskilled in basics for next-gen networks and risk waste of time, resources and customers...

PBB-TE: What Now? 

In summer 2006, as Nortel Networks was announcing its new metro Ethernet division, new executives at the time working to quickly redefine the vendor's...

The WiMAX power players 

WiMAX has been deployed or trialed by almost 400 operators around the world, as WiMAX proponents are fond of saying when touting the scale of their technology....

Interactive TV Tries Again 

Enter the words interactive TV into the Telephony search engine and you are as likely to find a story from 1999 or 2003 as one from 2008. The idea of...

Rural broadband growth better than urban 

Rural telcos losing access lines at slower pace as well...

CenturyTel expanding IPTV, broadband bonding 

CenturyTel (NYSE: CTL) will expand its IPTV service in select markets within its historical service territory this year as it continues to evaluate a possible rollout of IPTV in the acquired Embarq footprin...

Qwest trialing VDSL2, expects broadband video revenue 

Qwest Communications expects to find new revenues in broadband-based video services, and will trial VDSL2 technology later this year to enable its fiber-to-the-node (FTTN) network to deliver more bandwidth for video...

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