Altice has consolidated its Suddenlink and Optimum brands under the Optimum label and launched a brand campaign with the tagline “Get Closer, Go Farther.” The company will move its Suddenlink properties’ vehicles, stores, websites and other elements to the new…
Altice USA is accelerating its fiber deployment strategy across its Optimum and Suddenlink footprint to build on the growing demand for fiber connections. The Altice fiber expansion is expected to pass more than two thirds of the company’s entire footprint,…
Subscribers of Altice’s Optimum and Suddenlink brands now have increased flexibility in internet, video and mobile service plans with FlexAbility options. The company has three different options, including Optimum FlexAbility for Internet, FlexAbility for TV and FlexAbility for Mobile. Customers…
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….
Altice USA today launched its newest operating system, Altice One Operating System (OS) 2.0. The new operating system features enhanced mobility and more advanced features for customers, including the ability to watch cloud DVR anywhere via Altice One mobile app,…
Internet service providers (ISPs) are performing worse than ever in terms of customer expectations, according to a new ISP customer satisfaction study from the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI). Specifically, ISPs had a 62 satisfaction score out of 100, down…
The past year was a big one for telecom M&A. Telecompetitor covered more than two dozen mergers and acquisitions in 2016 and they involved numerous facets of the industry. Here’s a summary of key trends and how they are reshaping…
While some of the largest U.S. cable companies are looking primarily to DOCSIS 3.1 to support gigabit broadband deployments, Altice USA has opted instead to deploy fiber-to-the-home, which it says will support speeds up to 10 Gbps. A five-year Altice…
Cable industry consolidation continues with the Altice Cablevision purchase completed yesterday. The news comes just weeks after completion of a deal that made Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks part of Charter Communications. Altice is now the fourth largest…
Industry enthusiasm and sentiment are high, but it has been rough going for Smart Home tech developers and vendors as they try to bridge the gap between consumer expectations and device/app performance, according to an analysis of smart home app…
Google announced a plan to provide free gigabit broadband to public housing, starting in its Kansas City market. The initiative is a part of the broader ConnectHome project, launched by the White House and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban…
It’s been almost three years since former FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski set a goal of having at least one gigabit network in every state by 2015. The year is now over and by Telecompetitor’s tally, we didn’t quite make it…
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