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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., telecommunications, cable company, Texas, state, U.S., TV

FCC to investigate video franchise rules

November 3, 2005 The feds are investigating whether local communities inhibit competition for TV service. TAGS: entrant, cable company, telephone company, SBC Communications Inc., Texas, agreement, community, AT&T Corp., Verizon Communications, video, TV

Telcos, cable companies face off over TV franchises

May 27, 2005 The heat is on this weekend in Texas, where lawmakers will debate legislation that could help phone companies entering the TV market. TAGS: franchise, Texas, cable company, SBC Communications Inc., Cox Communications Inc., bill, Verizon Communications, provision, telecommunications company, spokesman, law, community, telephone company, city, TV, AT&T Corp.

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

Microsoft TV dealt blow Down Under

June 22, 2005 Australian phone giant Telstra cancels test of Microsoft IPTV, another setback for the software giant's TV technology efforts. TAGS: Telstra Corp., IP television, Microsoft TV, Swisscom AG, Siemens AG, telephone company, set-top, set-top box, SBC Communications Inc., trial, TV, software company, Microsoft Corp., hard drive

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, Verizon Communications, IP, DSL, Microsoft Corp., video

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, fee, Verizon Communications, cable company, broadcaster, broadband Internet, SBC Communications Inc., telephone company, CEO, broadband, telecommunications, AT&T Corp., video, DSL, TV
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