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Vodafone spends $1.7B offer for Cable & Wireless Worldwide
Vodafone (LSE: VOD.L) on Monday made a £1.04 billion ($1.7 billion) bid for Cable & Wireless Worldwide (LSE: CW.L).
2012-04-23
Verizon Q1: Wireline revenue affected by wholesale losses; gains in FiOS, enterprise services
Verizon's (NYSE: VZ) wireline story in Q1 2012 was again a tale in which the carrier saw gains from next-gen consumer services like FiOS data and TV and business services like cloud and Ethernet, but declines in wholesale revenue clouded the picture.
2012-04-22
AT&T goes for gold as NBC's Olympics managed service provider partner
When NBC's Olympics division broadcasts the lighting of the torch at the London Olympic Games this year, they'll be supported by AT&T's (NYSE: T) managed network services.
2012-04-22
Spirent sharpens cloud strategy by buying Mu Dynamics for $40M
Spirent Communications (LSE: SPT.L) is adding some flavor to its cloud security service testing strategy by reaching an agreement to acquire privately-held Mu Dynamics for $40 million in cash.
2012-04-22
Tata abandons provide for Cable & Wireless Worldwide, leaving Vodafone as sole bidder
Tata Communications (NYSE: TCL) will not make a formal offer to purchase Cable & Wireless Worldwide (CWW) (LSE: CW.L), the company said Wednesday, a move that makes Vodafone (LSE: VOD.L) the sole bidder for the UK-based wireline service provider.
2012-04-22
7 Telco Stocks At The Frontier Of Growth
Although its many critics point to its somewhat rocky start, the National Broadband Network is underway. Opponents cry out that governments should leave such ambitious infrastructure projects to the private sector. The plan to make a broadband network linked by fibre optic cable – not old technology copper – reaching about 93% of Australian consumer dwellings, educational and medical institutions, and commercial businesses is nothing more than a costly boondoggle, they say.
2012-04-22
Windstream hits new wholesale note with carrier switched Ethernet product
Windstream (Nasdaq: WIN) has answered the call from its wholesale customers for more flexible bandwidth options with its latest Carrier Switched Ethernet offering.
2012-04-19
Alpheus Communications sees uptick in wholesale service sales, ongoes growth
Alpheus Communications, a Texas-based regional service provider that was purchased by private equity firm The Gores Group last September, is seeing ongoing growth in wholesale service sales as the bandwidth needs of its carriers' end customers continues to rise.
2012-04-19
Cryobots Would Drill Into Icy Moons With Remote Fiber-Optic Laser Power
Future extraterrestrial rovers may be powered remotely by high-energy laser beams shot through miles of thin fiber-optic cables. This new technology could allow robotic probes to penetrate thick layers of ice to explore Antarctic lakes or the subterranean oceans on icy moons like Europa or Enceladus, and even power a new kind of rocket into space.
2012-04-19
PESA Demonstrates 3G-SDI Fiber Routing Switcher with New MFP Technology from Advanced Fiber Products at NAB 2
Huntsville, Alabama PESA, a leading U.S.-based custom design and build manufacturing company for professional audio and video signal distribution, today announced a new concept in fiber optic backplane design that uses MiniCube Miniature Form Pluggable (MFP) transmitter technology from Advanced Fiber Products, LLC. Introduced as the worlds first 3G-SDI MFP fiber routing switcher, the MFP option backplane for PESAs Jaguar 3 64×64 series will be on display at the 2012 NAB Show (Booth SL9615), which runs through April 19 in Las Vegas, Nev.
2012-04-19