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AT&T CEO Whitacre announces retirement

April 27, 2007 Telecommunications mogul to step down in June; company's COO to take the helm. TAGS: AT&T Corp., retirement, COO, CEO, telecommunications

Telecoms look to the future

March 22, 2006 The heavy hitters at TelecomNext in Las Vegas focus on broadband, TV, wireless and radical transformations in the telecom business. TAGS: telecommunications, Net Neutrality, Las Vegas, CEO, AT&T Corp., IP television, Verizon Communications, trade show, broadband, BellSouth Corp., Time Warner Inc., chairman, video, photograph, TV

New CEO enters as Qwest faces stiff competition

August 13, 2007 Telecom veteran Edward Mueller has been named the new chief executive of the smallest of the major U.S. phone companies. TAGS: Edward Mueller, Qwest Communications Inc., Ameritech, Williams-Sonoma Inc., U.S. phone company, SBC Communications Inc., telephone company, telecommunications, CEO, AT&T Corp., president, TV

Customer is king in new telecom era

March 21, 2006 CEOs at TelecomNext declare that consumers are the focus of new and aggressive strategies for expanding their markets. Photos: TelcomNext keynotes TAGS: telecommunications, Disney Corp., Time Warner Inc., NTT Corp., king, CEO, business model, Verizon Communications, fiber, Las Vegas, TV, video

What's next in telecommunications?

March 20, 2006 CEOs from the major phone companies meet this week in Las Vegas, as they face major changes in the industry. TAGS: phone service, AT&T Corp., telephone company, telecommunications, cable company, CEO, Time Warner Inc., Verizon Communications, broadband, Las Vegas, TV

Qwest CEO stepping down after five years

June 11, 2007 Richard Notebaert, 59, announces his retirement as chief executive and chairman of the telecommunications giant. TAGS: Qwest Communications Inc., Ameritech, retirement, AT&T Corp., CEO, telecommunications company, SBC Communications Inc., telecommunications, merger

MySQL hits $50 million revenue, plans IPO

April 25, 2007 Open-source database maker hopes going public will raise funds for acquisitions, CEO Marten Mickos says. TAGS: MySQL, IPO, Oracle Corp., Ingres, open source, CEO, open-source software, database, acquisition, telecommunications

Telecoms feel the pretexting heat

September 26, 2006 As Congress calls telecom CEOs on the carpet, CNET News.com takes a look at how well the phone companies protect your privacy. TAGS: pretexting, social security number, telecommunications, margin, Social Security, Qwest Communications Inc., Sprint Nextel, mother, record, T-Mobile, CEO, HP, password, security

Telecoms, cable firms take franchise fight to D.C.

February 16, 2006 Phone and cable executives testified before the Senate Commerce Committee on changing video franchise rules. TAGS: Cablevision Systems Corp., cable company, Verizon Communications, franchise, telecommunications, agreement, CEO, AT&T Corp., town, community, law, process, TV, video

eBay tries e-mail in Net neutrality fight

June 2, 2006 CEO Meg Whitman tries a personal approach: contacting more than a million members and asking them to contact their politicians. TAGS: Meg Whitman, Net Neutrality, telecommunications, eBay Inc., Amazon.com Inc., CEO, e-mail

Big talk about broadband

June 21, 2007 Industry executives at the NXTcomm trade show in Chicago roll out ambitious plans for wired and wireless broadband services. TAGS: Verizon Communications, IP television, wireless broadband, fiber-optics, trade show, exec, telecommunications, AT&T Corp., CEO, Chicago, broadband, service provider, Apple iPhone, video

Google CEO: Techies must educate governments

October 18, 2006 Tensions between privacy and ready access to data lace visions for 2016 tech by Eric Schmidt and Microsoft VP Rick Rashid. TAGS: Eric Schmidt, DMCA, computer science, government, telecommunications, Google Inc., CEO, Microsoft Corp.

Smaller cable firms take aim at Net neutrality fans

May 8, 2006 They say the Googles of the world shouldn't expect a free ride and the government should stay out of the picture. TAGS: Net Neutrality, cable company, fiber, investment, telecommunications, Google Inc., CEO

Telcos eyeball Network Computers

May 25, 1996 Oracle CEO Larry Ellison wants the telephone companies to help him put an NC into every home, but so far most are only ready to think about it. TAGS: network computer, Pac Bell, Larry Ellison, telecommunications company, telephone company, Internet access, telephone service, Oracle Corp., telecommunications, trial, CEO, Internet Service Provider, PC, e-mail

Vodafone sells Japanese arm

March 17, 2006 Completes sale to telecommunications company Softbank in deal that values company at about $15.6 billion. TAGS: Vodafone Group Plc., Softbank Corp., NTT DoCoMo Inc., Japan, operator, telecommunications company, shareholder, telecommunications, sale, 3G, Verizon Communications, CEO

At CeBit, homing in on navigation tech

March 14, 2007 Much attention at the big tech show in Germany will go to Europe's upcoming alternative to GPS. TAGS: CeBit, biometrics, Web TV, GPS, trade show, portal, telecommunications, Germany, survey, satellite, CEO, TV, security

House begins debate on Net neutrality rules

June 8, 2006 The debate kicks off in the House of Representatives, with Democrats saying it's "shameful" not to impose Net neutrality regulations. TAGS: Net Neutrality, amendment, Rep., Democrat, regulation, Republican, telecommunications, vote, leadership, eBay Inc., bill, Texas, rule, Adobe PDF, CEO, Yahoo! Inc.

Year of digital certificates?

January 10, 1998 This year may go down as the year of the digital certificate, if initiatives at the RSA Data Security conference are an indicator of things to come. TAGS: Secure Electronic Transaction, digital certificate, Entrust Technologies, RSA Security Inc., BBN Corp., CyberTrust, Computer Associates International Inc., VeriSign Inc., certificate, MasterCard International, announcement, conference, CEO, telecommunications, Symantec Corp., security
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