by Pivot
Category: Telecompetitors
DISH Turns Up HD Competitive Heat
DISH Networks announced a series of deals for HD, including a partnership with Sharp to offer discounts on Sharp Aqous HDTVs. DISH will also offer free DishHD service for six months and a free upgrade…
Cable MSO’s Are Increasingly Flexing Wireless Broadband Muscle
Bresnan Communications, a Purchase, NY based MSO, is building a metro Wi-Fi network in Billings, MT. Bresnan joins a growing list of cable MSOs, including Wave Broadband of Seattle, WA, who are building metro wireless…
Primetime for IP Prime
NRTC and NTCA formally unveiled their SES AMERICOM powered IP Prime product today at the NTCA Fall Conference. IP Prime is a centralized end to end IPTV network, targeting small telcos with a managed IPTV…
Paetec/McLeod Merger Creates Massive CLEC
Paetec and McLeod reached an agreement over the weekend to merge. The combined company will create one of the largest CLECs in the country – one that can more competently compete with the likes of…
AT&T Launches Bundle Lacking a Landline
AT&T launched a new bundle of wireless and broadband that does not include a landline voice component. The bundle is priced at $60/month and includes 450 anytime wireless minutes, 5,000 night and weekend minutes, and…
CenturyTel Jumps Into IPTV
CenturyTel announced at a press conference last week that they will be launching IPTV service in the Columbia, MO market sometime in September. The details are a little sketchy, but we did confirm with a…
Comcast Thinks Voice Self Installs Offers Advantage
Comcast is testing self installation of phone service in San Francisco, and aims to expand it across major markets in 2008. Truck rolls have always been a double edged sword. On the one hand, they…
Suddenlink Grows With Telephony
Suddenlink Communications, a Missouri based MSO, announced availability of voice service to 75% of its footprint. Multichannel news reports that Suddenlink now has over 50K telephone subscribers. Suddenlink began its telephony endeavors in West Texas,…
Verizon Launches DSL For Life Pricing
Verizon announced a new DSL pricing promotion that offers “lifetime” pricing for their 768K and 3 Mbps DSL tiers. If subscribers agree to a two year contract at $14.99/month (768K) or $27.99/month (3 Mbps), they…
Comcast Has Three Million Phone Subs
With the announcement of Colorado Springs, CO being their latest digital voice market, Windstream, the sixth largest phone company (3.4 million access lines) in the U.S. is now within sight of Comcast. They have already…
Cable Sees Future in IP Based Home Networks
CableLabs and the Digital Transmission License Administrator (DTLA) have reached an agreement that will allow cable operators to distribute their content in IP format across home networks. The new standard represented by this agreement is…
DirecTV Raising the Bar with New NFL Sunday Day Ticket
The NFL Sunday Ticket package from DirecTV has always offered great competitive advantage for DirecTV, and now they are making things even more interesting. The 2007 season will add broadband and mobile viewing options to…