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Yahoo, Verizon launch co-branded DSL

August 23, 2005 update The companies are launching a DSL service for $14.95 a month, marking yet another major deal the Internet giant has inked with a telecom. TAGS: Verizon Communications, DSL service, portal, Yahoo! Inc., telecommunications, DSL, SBC Communications Inc., AT&T Corp., antivirus, e-mail

Telecom megamergers get final federal OK

October 31, 2005 The FCC gives green light to mergers of Verizon Communications and MCI, SBC Communications and AT&T. TAGS: SBC Communications Inc., merger, approval, MCI Inc., provision, Verizon Communications, AT&T Corp., telecommunications, provider, commission

DOJ approves telecom megamergers

October 27, 2005 U.S. Department of Justice gives the green light on the Verizon-MCI merger and the SBC-AT&T transaction. TAGS: MCI Inc., SBC Communications Inc., AT&T Corp., approval, Verizon Communications, merger, telecommunications, building, telephone company, U.S.

Report: Verizon makes play for MCI

February 10, 2005 Verizon is cozying up to MCI as it looks to compete with the SBC/AT&T telecom combo. TAGS: MCI Inc., Qwest Communications Inc., Verizon Communications, telecommunications, offer, Sprint Nextel, SBC Communications Inc., AT&T Corp.

Feds defend approval of telecom megamergers

December 14, 2006 In court filing, the Justice Department tries to fend off criticism of analysis approving mergers between AT&T and SBC and Verizon and MCI. TAGS: MCI Inc., telecommunications, antitrust, SBC Communications Inc., merger, attorney, AT&T Corp., analysis, Verizon Communications

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, Verizon Communications, SBC Communications Inc., merger, Qwest Communications Inc., telecommunications, Texas, cable company, state, U.S., TV

Telco heads can't rule out post-merger price hikes

March 2, 2005 CEOs of Verizon, SBC tell congressional panel that rate increases aren't planned after mega-mergers, but can't be ruled out. TAGS: MCI Inc., SBC Communications Inc., AT&T Corp., merger, telecommunications, telecommunications company, telephone company, Verizon Communications, Nextel Communications Inc., CEO, fiber, cell phone, Sprint Nextel

Can telecoms wring profit from enterprise IP?

May 18, 2005 AT&T and MCI say new IP services are growing like crazy, but they may have trouble making money from them. TAGS: IP VPN, MCI Inc., MPLS, AT&T Corp., IP, telecommunications, data service, SBC Communications Inc., Verizon Communications, telecommunications company, merger, VPN, acquisition, location

Judge balks at closure of AT&T, Verizon mergers

July 25, 2006 Telephone companies have closed books on the deals, but an antitrust magistrate says he needs more info. TAGS: Tunney Act, Actel, merger, antitrust, federal judge, AT&T Corp., Judge, Verizon Communications, SBC Communications Inc., telecommunications, telecommunications company, court, agreement, lawyer, government, idea

Phone options expand despite telecom mergers

March 31, 2005 Do VoIP, wireless and cable broadband offer enough competition in a market where traditional phone providers are merging left and right? TAGS: telecommunications, merger, VoIP, broadband, SBC Communications Inc., AT&T Corp., Cingular Wireless, acquisition, Verizon Communications

Indiana kills anti-muni broadband bill

February 17, 2005 Indiana state assembly kills a bill that would limit cities from building their own broadband networks. TAGS: Indiana, broadband network, SBC Communications Inc., broadband, bill, city, Philadelphia, Rep., spokesman, broadband Internet, Verizon Communications, telecommunications, state, AT&T Corp.

Verizon CEO calls for pay-TV rule changes

April 18, 2005 Says telephone company shouldn't be required to pay fees to local governments for offering pay TV over fiber. TAGS: pay-TV, fiber, Verizon Communications, fee, cable company, broadcaster, broadband Internet, SBC Communications Inc., telephone company, CEO, broadband, telecommunications, AT&T Corp., DSL, video, TV

Here's to the best government money can buy

June 23, 2006 CNET News.com's Charles Cooper says two mega-telecom mergers speak volumes about how money and power determine policy. TAGS: Actel, antitrust, MCI Inc., merger, telecommunications, SBC Communications Inc., Verizon Communications, lawyer, Silicon Valley, AT&T Corp.

Merger mania promises fewer, bigger telcos

February 7, 2005 Merger after merger, the market is contracting rapidly--with widespread speculation about what'll happen next. TAGS: MCI Inc., Qwest Communications Inc., merger, Sprint Nextel, BellSouth Corp., Verizon Communications, telecommunications company, SBC Communications Inc., telecommunications, exec, acquisition, cell phone, AT&T Corp.

Phone companies hear call of the TV

June 7, 2005 Supercomm 2005 offers a look at an array of new products intended to help spruce up planned TV services. TAGS: IP television, SuperComm, VoIP, SBC Communications Inc., BellSouth Corp., carrier, telephone company, TV, telecommunications, DSL, IP, Verizon Communications, Microsoft Corp., video
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