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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. TAGS: BellSouth Corp., AT&T Corp., telephone company, local phone company, acquisition, Cingular Wireless, SBC Communications Inc., Verizon Communications, merger, Qwest Communications Inc., cable company, telecommunications, Texas, state, U.S., TV

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. TAGS: America Online Inc., Web portal, subscriber, broadband, Time Warner Inc., portal, high-speed Internet access, DSL, cable company, Internet access, AT&T Corp., Verizon Communications, U.S.

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. TAGS: Cablevision Systems Corp., phone service, cable company, subscriber, Verizon Communications, VoIP, U.S., TV

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. TAGS: video service, Verizon Communications, cable company, satellite company, content provider, satellite, channel, town, fiber, DirecTV, pricing, Texas, TV, video, U.S., movie

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. TAGS: cable telephony, Richard Parsons, Cablevision Systems Corp., Time Warner Inc., cable company, digital phone, phone service, telephony, Verizon Communications, U.S.

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. TAGS: Vonage Holdings Corp., VoIP, cable company, Cablevision Systems Corp., Time Warner Inc., subscriber, telephone company, AT&T Corp., phone line, U.S., Verizon Communications, CEO

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. TAGS: P2P, Pando Networks, Telefonica, Verizon Communications, BitTorrent, Internet Service Provider, service provider, Internet service, file-sharing, cable company, AT&T Corp., researcher, solution, U.S., video

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. TAGS: merger, Vonage Holdings Corp., AT&T Corp., broadband, cable company, telephony, telephone company, EarthLink Inc., Wi-Fi, TV, Verizon Communications, IP, U.S.
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