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T-Mobile, with Family Dollar, getting in where Boost Mobile reigns 

Boost Mobile received the highest J.D. Power rating in the growing no-contract space-- which T-Mobile and Family Dollar are looking to grab a larger piece of ...

Potential cost savings drive Time Warner Cable's planned purchase of Insight Communications 

Insight already has strong take rates and ARPU...

FCC Chairman outlines five-step NG911 plan 

But implementation will be costly...

How one rural ISP found success selling Google Apps 

As a small company, California telco/ISP Sebastian Corp. didn’t have the size to work with Google directly. It turned to managed services provider NeoNova to deliver Google applications to its customers....

Telcos and cable companies seek opportunities in home security 

Verizon and Bright House plan rival offerings in Tampa; Cincinnati Bell sells its security business, but continues to offer security services ...

Frontier is now Dish Network’s biggest customer 

On 2Q earnings call, Frontier CEO sees 'win/win' for both companies. FCC will put large carrier USF reform proposal out for comment, she says...

FCC: Broadband providers now largely delivering advertised broadband speeds 

New report draws on recent testing of 13 service provider networks...

Wi-Fi offloading, and cost savings, again advised for 4G-focused operators  

Wi-Fi offloading, femtocells, base stations and environment savvy are a few ways mobile operators can address skyrocketing data costs, says Juniper Research...

Analysis: How do you monetize content? Think laterally. 

Understanding what your customers needs and finding different ways of looking at a business case is the key to digital survival....

AT&T, Verizon and other price cap carriers send broadband USF proposal to FCC 

Recommendations include retaining current fund size, allotting $2.2 billion to price cap areas, phasing out terminating ICC charges, access charge replacement mechanism. Details of how ROR carriers would be funded left to rural associations to recommend. ...

Frontier chooses Adtran for broadband rollout in former Verizon areas 

Capex and opex savings from Adtran's Total Access 5000 were key to the decision, Adtran says...

Financial analysts: Large carriers will recommend cost model for broadband Universal Service program 

Five-year access charge phase-out will also be part of proposal expected this week, Stifel Nicolaus predicts...

Consumer services conundrum: Ownership vs. access 

Apple has built a huge business around ‘ownership’ – of content and devices. But the digital world may be at last moving to an access model, something telecom operators are already very good at. Things could get interesting...

RIM cutting 2,000 employees, buys JayCut for online PlayBook photo editing 

RIM plans to let go of 2,000 employees this week in streamlining efforts partly necessitated by recent acquisitions. Nonetheless, on Friday it purchased JayCut, whose cloud-based photo editing products it plans to extend to the PlayBook. ...

T-Mobile Value plans offer savings for customers and their carrier 

T-Mobile's unique new Value plan lets customers sign up with their old phone. It saves customers some cash--and T-Mobile from footing the subsidy ...

FCC considers new 9-1-1 requirements for VoIP providers 

Requirements could require the cooperation of traditional communications service providers, may have synergies with new mandates involving wireless E-9-1-1 accuracy...

Verizon confirms it will seek concessions from union workers 

Landline losses force Verizon to make 'tough choices,' company says...

Behind Verizon's new FiOS software rollout 

Verizon exec discusses how the product development process has changed in an era of social networking...

Report: U.S. providers' broadband ambitions still unfulfilled 

FiOS and U-verse reach 35% of U.S. homes with another 5% still to come; satellite providers promise higher speeds soon; cable companies have not yet firmed up DOCSIS 3.0 rollout schedules...

TW Telecom asks the FCC to declare IP voice a telecommunications service 

Petition aims to pave the way for direct IP-to-IP voice interconnection, lower inter-carrier compensation...

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