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Monthly Archives: October 2004
More Trouble for Telcos
If telecom carriers didn't have enough problems, the Federal Communications Commission adopted rules earlier this week that will let eletrical utilities provide high-speed Internet access services. This is very troubling news for carriers – and cable companies, for that matter – because high-speed access has been one of the few high-growth/revenue generating markets. If electrical [...]
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Cisco vs. The Nuns
At a time when corporate governance is in the spotlight, you have to love the efforts of the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary, who want Cisco Systems' to reviews its executive compensation policy. The Sisters, who own 10,000 Cisco shares and had their proposal turned down last year, want Cisco to [...]
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Vonage Wants Street Cred
In an attempt to drive deeper into the consumer market, Vonage is holding a press conference tomorrow with Intrado and the State of Rhode Island to talk about E911 service. Now, I'm not sure how much clout Intrado and Rhode Island sport in the world of telecom, but you can't blame Vonage for trying to [...]
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Bell's VDSL Threat to Rogers?
It looks like the folks at UBS Warburg don't think that much of Bell Canada's VDSL push into the apartment building and condo market in Toronto. In a new research report, UBS estimates that Rogers will lose just 6,000 customers to Bell by the end of this year, and only 76,000 by 2010. That represents [...]
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China's Telecom Market
CIBC World Markets analyst Steve Kamman got some insight into China's telecom market after meeting with Jia-Bin Duh, the head of Cisco China. Apparently, Cisco's feeling pretty bullish about China and looking for faster-than-market growth. Mind you, Nortel Networks was looking to surpass the market's growth earlier this year – only to change its mind [...]
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Rogers Discount Telephony Pricing