FairPoint awaits Maine decision after Vermont rejects Verizon sale
FairPoint Communications continues to battle resistance in its bid to acquire 1.6 million access lines in the New England area from Verizon Communications. Regulators from Maine’s Public Utility Commission delayed a scheduled hearing today until some time next year. ...
NTCA throws support behind Adelstein
President Bush announced on Friday he would re-nominate Democratic commissioner Jonathan Adelstein for another five-year term at the Federal Communications Commission. Representatives for rural telecom providers are all smiles...
Embarq uses ‘naked DSL’ to slow line loss
Embarq began offering so-called “naked DSL” service this month as a tool to retain customers who no longer want landline voice service...
Small telcos feel merger pressure
In the wake of major-carrier consolidation, merger activity among small and regional telcos is escalating and should continue next year...
Targeted advertising could offer new value
The traditional model of advertising is slowly beginning to give way to addressable ads that viewers want to see...
Falling prices tempt RLEC consolidators
While integrating its acquisition of CT Communications, executives of Windstream Communications reiterated the case for future acquisitions this week, and some analysts say recent changes in the market could encourage further consolidation among rural carriers...
Faraway eyes
Asentria aims to help Indies monitor their remote equipment sites...
Independents pioneer PBT
Leave it to the Independent rural carriers once again to blaze the trail of a new technology...
Broadband at low frequencies
CTC is using former TV spectrum for broadband and VoIP, and more could follow its lead next year...
Defending rural wireless
The NTCA's Kelly Bond speaks up for rural carriers in the 700 MHz auction...
Upgrading in Appalachia
Even in a town with a population that would not begin to fill the stands at Churchill Downs, Mountain Telephone's Allen Gillum wants his customers to know there's nothing you can do in metropolitan America that you can't do in eastern Kentucky...
SureWest's road to perfection goes through IneoQuest
SureWest Communications is in a high-definition race for customers in Northern California and says it's winning. However, it's not just the number of HD channels that matters, it's the quality of the content...
Wireless still an option for rural broadband
Wi-Fi loses favor in some big cities as the business case implodes...
Bluegrass Cellular first up to the mic
The Kentucky carrier is the first to roll out karaoke-themed ringtones...
Dossier: Curt Stamp, ITTA
In order to get their voices heard in Washington, a very select group of mid-sized Independent telephone companies came together in 1994 to form the Independent Telephone and Telecommunications Alliance...
CenturyTel brings Broadband TV to 25 states
CenturyTel launched a Broadband TV product last week that is immediately available to anyone with the company’s broadband service...
VON: Landline not dead yet, Embarq CEO says
BOSTON--Landline companies have a future, if they capitalize on convergence possibilities and learn how to make complex services simple for customers to use, Embarq CEO Dan Hesse told the VON crowd today...
TelcoTV: IP Prime adds three rural telcos
ATLANTA--In the latest in its series of coming-out parties, IP-Prime announced three new telco customers for its IPTV service here at the TelcoTV show today...
Microsoft TV signs first U.S. indie
Microsoft TV, the preferred brand of many larger telecom incumbents worldwide, has signed its first U.S. independent telco customer, nTelos...
Martin rebuffs VZW’s open access demands
FCC Chairman Kevin Martin today said he would not give in to Verizon Wireless’ demands to remove the open access requirements from the upcoming 700 MHz auction...
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