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AT&T to buy BellSouth for $67 billion
March 5, 2006
The combined company would generate about $130 billion in sales and serve nearly 70 million local phone customers.
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Verizon Communications
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Cingular Wireless
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SBC Communications Inc.
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Qwest Communications Inc.
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Texas
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state
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Net phones on the line--and on the hook
May 5, 2005
Cable providers are signing up more subscribers for phone offerings, including digital deals. Also: FCC eyes mandatory 911 services.
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HP
AOL hanging up on dial-up customers?
February 28, 2006
Many see price hike for dial-up services as part of its metamorphosis into a broadband Web portal.
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America Online Inc.
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Web portal
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subscriber
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broadband
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portal
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Time Warner Inc.
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DSL
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cable company
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Verizon Communications
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AT&T Corp.
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Internet access
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U.S.
Qwest finally on VoIP quest
May 6, 2005
Its OneFlex Premier service debuts late, and now Qwest must play catch up with cable companies and VoIP competitors such as Vonage.
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Qwest Communications Inc.
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Vonage Holdings Corp.
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BellSouth Corp.
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AT&T Corp.
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U.S.
Cablevision rings in 270,000 phone customers
February 23, 2005
Watch out, Bells: The cable giants aren't just phoning it in with Internet telephony. They're cashing in with triple plays, too.
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Cablevision Systems Corp.
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Vonage Holdings Corp.
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Cox Communications Inc.
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BellSouth Corp.
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IP telephony
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VoIP
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play
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phone line
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AT&T Corp.
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U.S.
Cable telephony speaks up
May 5, 2005
Although Bells still dominate the phone-service market, cable phone subscriptions continue to climb. Cablevision passes 400,000 mark.
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Richard Parsons
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Cablevision Systems Corp.
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Time Warner Inc.
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Verizon Communications
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Vonage chief: Nobody's sweeping us under
January 5, 2005
Much of the credit for Vonage's success goes to its acerbic-tongued CEO, Jeffrey Citron.
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Cablevision Systems Corp.
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Time Warner Inc.
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phone line
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AT&T Corp.
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U.S.
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Verizon Communications
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CEO
VoIP: Quality is still a big concern
July 18, 2006
With Net telephony poised to hit the mainstream, experts say issues with service quality need to be worked out.
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Time Warner Inc.
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EarthLink Inc.
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Skype
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U.S.
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video
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PC
Cablevision signs up 1 millionth phone subscriber
July 18, 2006
Company is winning new phone customers as it faces increased competition from phone company Verizon.
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U.S. consumers eye bundled services
April 15, 2005
"Significant minority" of consumers ready to switch to offerings that combine phone, Internet and cable TV services, survey shows.
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AT&T Corp.
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U.S.
Verizon switches on TV service
September 22, 2005
Launch of paid TV service marks opening of bid to take on cable providers in video. But Verizon has a long road ahead of it, analysts say.
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U.S.
SBC joins the VoIP party
November 16, 2004
The local phone giant going after "young and wireless" crowd in 2005 with Internet phone plan.
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SBC Communications Inc.
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IP
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BellSouth Corp.
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AT&T Corp.
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cell phone
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U.S.
FON strikes deal with Time Warner Cable
April 23, 2007
Spanish start-up, a maker of Wi-Fi routers that allow people to share broadband service, signs its first major U.S. deal.
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Is cable in Verizon's crosshairs?
April 13, 2007
The cable industry may be Verizon's next target in defending its VoIP patents.
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Verizon Communications
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Forrester Research Inc.
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professor
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Comcast Corp.
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U.S.
Commentary: TV deal clicks for Microsoft
November 17, 2004
As SBC rolls out fiber to the neighborhoods of millions of new customers, a key component will come from the software giant.
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SBC Communications Inc.
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Microsoft TV
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EchoStar Communications Corp.
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TV
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DirecTV
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subscriber
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consumer electronics
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Verizon Communications
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Media Center PC
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Microsoft Corp.
U.S. fiber-enabled homes double in 2004
December 2, 2004
Availability of fiber optic data connections shoots up as more phone companies--and ambitious cities--get in on the act.
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Verizon Communications
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AT&T Corp.
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U.S.
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Year in review: Blurred lines in broadband
January 1, 2007
AT&T kept up its merger efforts as phone companies and cable operators kept to their collision course.
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AT&T Corp.
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EarthLink Inc.
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telephony
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Wi-Fi
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Verizon Communications
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TV
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IP
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U.S.
Harnessing the power of P2P
January 24, 2008
It may have gotten a bad rap, but peer-to-peer technology is increasingly used as a legitimate distribution tool for high-bandwidth applications like video.
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Pando Networks
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Verizon Communications
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AT&T Corp.
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Qwest to Net-phone home a little late
February 15, 2005
It's still in the lab, so the already delayed VoIP service debut is weeks away, CEO confirms.
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Qwest Communications Inc.
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QoS
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BellSouth Corp.
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cable company
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AT&T Corp.
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CEO
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U.S.
Cable and tech feeling closer
April 4, 2005
Jerry Yang, Paul Allen and other luminaries sound off on ways cable and Silicon Valley can collaborate.
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Jerry Yang
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Time Warner Inc.
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set-top
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Silicon Valley
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SBC Communications Inc.
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Comcast Corp.
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Yahoo! Inc.
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cell phone
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Verizon Communications
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America Online Inc.
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