Telecompetitor

Madison, Wis. based TDS Telecom was a big winner in the most recent awards from the broadband stimulus program, receiving close to $86 million in funding. They plan to contribute $28.6 million of their own funds, ...

TDS is expanding their enterprise focused product portfolio with the launch of managedUC, an IP powered unified communications suite. The solution is based on Cisco’s Unified Communications 500 system. TDS will target businesses with 100 employees or less, both within their traditional footprint, as well as ...

As traditional telcos look to leverage business services for growth, especially as local dial tone revenues decline, many are paying more attention to their business services web presence. TDS is the latest independent telco to revamp their business services site. TDS Telecommunications Corp. is ...

There is no denying the benefit that broadband brings to all of us. Some would go so far as to say it’s the ‘electricity’ of our day. But is it a right? In other words, should government and service providers be compelled to offer it everywhere, regardless of the cost? ...

Today (June 9), TDS Telecommunications Corp. (TDS®) announces it’s collaborating with Sprint to offer MPLS-VPN (Multi-Protocol Label Switching-Virtual Private Network). A multi-location data service, MPLS-VPN is managed, end-to-end, by TDS to provide businesses with a secure and reliable network anywhere in the U.S. MPLS-VPN allows businesses with multiple locations in the U.S., to interconnect local area networks over a single private ...

Merger and acquisition activity continues in the tier 2/3 sector with TDS’ announcement of its acquisition of VISI Inc. VISI, based in the Twin Cities, is Minnesota’s largest locally-owned data center and managed hosting provider. Their product portfolio includes managed hosting, ...

TDS, the Madison, Wis. based ILEC, announced the expansion of FTTH service to 4,500 additional homes in its Mt. Juliet, Tenn. market, now passing 7,600 homes there. TDS also offers FTTH in a neighboring market of Farragut, Tenn. A triple play bundle, with an IPTV powered video ...

Many service providers have offered so called ‘price for life’ campaigns that promise to keep prices stable over the long term. Telcos have used this strategy as a way to capitalize on the perception that cable companies raise their pricing regularly. ...

TDS, the Madison, Wisconsin based ILEC, announced that the first phase of a planned upgrade to their backbone network is completed. When fully completed in 2011, the fully redundant all IP network will connect ...

MADISON, Wis. (Dec. 1, 2009) – TDS Telecommunications Corp. (TDS®), a subsidiary of Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. [NYSE:TDS, TDS.S], announced today that it has acquired Union Telephone Company, Inc., a privately held telecommunications company in Farmington, N.H. The transaction includes approximately 8,500 access line equivalents, covering 150 square miles in rural, eastern New Hampshire. “We look forward to the opportunity ...