Expanding their footprints using an edge-out strategy could be a growth opportunity for cable companies, according to MoffettNathanson Research – and funding through the upcoming Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) auction and other government programs could play a key role…
Comcast reported 2Q 2020 results last week, calling it its best 2Q broadband performance in 13 years. With broadband well in hand, attention is now turning to Comcast streaming strategy, with hopes to do the same for it. Admittedly, the…
Verizon reported 1Q20 earnings today and its conference call with investors this morning was dominated by the impact of the pandemic, with an interesting twist about its overall 5G strategy. Verizon’s overall message is the company is weathering the COVID-19…
TDS plans to overbuild broadband and video service in Spokane, Washington, where the company will offer broadband speeds up to a gigabit per second (1 Gbps) to homes and businesses. Service will be offered through TDS Metrocom, the company’s competitive…
Frontier is planning to file for bankruptcy in mid-March, according to a report published by Bloomberg. The report was based on information provided by unnamed sources who attended a meeting last week between Frontier, creditors and advisors at which the…
The unnamed sources who spoke to Bloomberg about Frontier Communications several weeks ago were right about at least one thing: The company was looking for a new CEO, and that CEO – DISH Network veteran Bernie Han – was announced…
AT&T Chief Financial Officer John Stephens told attendees at an investor conference today that the company is “optimistic” that its video losses have peaked. The company saw a net loss of over 1.7 million video subscribers in the third quarter…
Frontier today launched Frontier Managed SD-WAN, highlighting end-customer control as an advantage. The move comes at a time when companies such as Frontier that historically were incumbent local carriers are putting more attention towards the business services market as their…
AT&T Chief Executive Randall Stephenson told attendees at an investor conference today that activist investor Elliott Management Corporation has some ideas that “make a lot of sense,” and that AT&T needs to “push further” on those ideas. Other ideas described…
A central office pod, or CO pod, approach could reduce capital expenditures 40% and reduce operational expenditures 25%, according to a new report from management consulting firm Arthur D. Little. A CO pod approach involves using white box programmable switches…
The CEOs of both Windstream and Uniti Group said yesterday that they hope a suit that Windstream brought against Uniti will be resolved through mediation before it goes to trial. The suit focuses on the $650 million yearly payments that…
Partnerships between rural local exchange carriers and electric cooperatives can benefit both companies, according to a new report from CoBank Knowledge Exchange, the research unit of rural lender CoBank. For the telco, the partnership can be a way of offsetting…