Altice USA continued its acquisition strategy with the news today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the assets of Morris Broadband, a broadband provider serving western North Carolina. The deal, which is expected to be completed…
October 18, 2020 — NEW YORK & TORONTO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Altice USA, Inc. (“Altice USA”) (NYSE: ATUS) announces that it has presented a revised and enhanced offer to Cogeco Inc. (“CGO”) and Cogeco Communications Inc. (“CCA”, together with CGO, “Cogeco”) to acquire…
In a period in which the COVID-19 pandemic brought the US Ethernet market largely to a halt, seven providers qualified for the Vertical Systems Group mid-year 2020 Carrier Ethernet Leaderboard, the firm says. The top VSG carrier Ethernet rankings, in…
Video and broadband provider Altice USA said today that it has made an offer to acquire Cogeco, owner of video and broadband provider Atlantic Broadband. The proposal also calls for Altice to sell Cogeco’s Canadian operations to Rogers Communications. The…
Altice USA announced late yesterday that it has agreed to sell 49.99% of the Lightpath Fiber Enterprise Business to Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners, a move designed to retain control of the business while gaining money for investment in “growth initiatives.”…
Altice USA (NYSE: ATUS) today announces that it has closed the previously announced acquisition of regional cable operator Service Electric Cable T.V. of New Jersey, Inc. With this acquisition, Altice USA extends its footprint into neighboring communities in New Jersey…
May 20, 2020 – WarnerMedia, a division of AT&T Inc., announced today a robust slate of new distribution agreements that will make HBO Max, the company’s highly anticipated streaming platform, widely available to customers at launch later this month. Covering a range of…
Apr 30, 2020 –Altice USA (NYSE: ATUS), the provider of Optimum-branded internet, TV, and mobile services in the New York tri-state area, today announces that, through network investment and the continued deployment of fiber technologies, one gigabit broadband service is…
Google Global Mobile Edge Cloud, announced today, targets telecom providers as they deploy 5G networks. Those networks are designed for low latency, but maximizing their potential is likely to depend on edge computing. By moving the cloud toward the network…
Altice USA is introducing the Smart WiFi home-based intelligent WiFi platform in its New York Tri-State area Optimum-branded footprint. The provider’s Suddenlink properties will follow “soon,” the company says. Smart WiFi is designed to seamlessly and simultaneously connect multiple devices…
Altice today became the latest cable company to launch a mobile service offering. The offering, dubbed Altice Mobile, comes with an attractive introductory price of just $20 a month “for life” for unlimited data, text, talk and mobile hotspot nationwide….
Four of the nation’s largest cable companies saw broadband revenue growth between 8.1% and 12% over the last two years, but how they achieved that growth varied, note financial analysts at MoffettNathanson LLC in a new research note analyzing cable…
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