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AT&T to Launch MediaFLO Mobile TV Service in May

7:00 am on March 31, 2008 | Category: Telecom Services, Television, Wireless

AT&T is expecting to launch its MediaFLO-based mobile television service sometime in May, at least five months later than originally expected.

Pike & Fischer Predicts Steady Growth in Subscription HDTV Services

6:15 am on March 31, 2008 | Category: Business, Television

More than 47 million U.S. households will pay for some form of high-definition television service by the end of this year, up from around 30 million in late 2007, according to a recent forecast by Pike & Fischer.

Verizon Pushes FiOS Broadband into Manhattan

5:55 am on March 31, 2008 | Category: Telecom Services, Internet

Verizon's fiber-optic broadband service, FiOS, is making a big push into Manhattan in the form of a recent deal to wire an 11,232-unit apartment complex for the service.

AT&T Extends Austin U-verse Coverage to 150,000 Homes

5:40 am on March 31, 2008 | Category: Telecom Services, Television

American telecom giant, AT&T Inc., has extended its U-verse IPTV to more than 150,000 households in Austin, Texas and the surrounding areas.

CRTC Approves Ontario Teachers’ Acquisition of BCE, Subject to Conditions

6:10 am on March 30, 2008 | Category: Business, Telephone, Corporate, Regulation

Canadian telecom and broadcasting regulator has given its tentative not of approval to a $52 billion leveraged buyout of Canada's biggest telecommunications provider, BCE Inc., subject to conditions that will “Canadianize” the bid.

Motorola Announces Spin-Off of Struggling Handset Business

6:30 am on March 29, 2008 | Category: Business, Cell Phones, Corporate

American mobile phone and telecom equipment giant, Motorola Inc., announced this week that it plans to spin off its struggling handset division as an independent, publicly-traded company.

VoIP and Cable Phone Services Surge in Quebec

6:30 am on March 28, 2008 | Category: VoIP, Telecom Services, Telephone

As more and more consumers adopt mobile phones, the future is beginning to look bleak for landline services, and now that VoIP-based cable phone services are picking up steam, the traditional telephone market is declining in size at an even faster rate.

Global IPTV Customer Base to Expand by 52% Annually, Says IMS Research

5:55 am on March 27, 2008 | Category: Telecom Services, Telephone, Internet

Approximately 13.2 million households used IPTV services by the end of last year, with 8.4 million IP-enabled set-top boxes shipped worldwide over the course of the year, according to a recent study by IMS Research.

Spain Adds 122,834 Broadband Customers in January 2008

1:49 am on March 27, 2008 | Category: Telecom Services, Internet

Growth in Spanish broadband subscriptions increased to 122,834 new connections in January 2008, up 20% from a year earlier, according to Spain's telecom watchdog, CMT.

AT&T and NTT Communications Join Optical Cable Consortium

3:29 pm on March 26, 2008 | Category: Business, Internet, Corporate

Two new companies – America’s AT&T and Japan’s NTT Communications – have joined the Trans-Pacific Express (TPE) Consortium, which is currently designing and constructing an 18,000 km fiber-optic submarine cable between Asia Pacific and the United States. The new participants, which signed construction and maintainance agreements over the past few weeks, will now join China Netcom, [...]

Comcast Rivals AT&T with Small Business Telecom Service

8:45 am on March 25, 2008 | Category: Business, Telecom Services, Telephone

America's leading cable company, Comcast, is entering the small- to medium-sized business telecom market for the first time, putting additional pressure on industry incumbents like AT&T.