Cbeyond Acquires Cloud Services Companies

Cbeyond, which provides IP-based services to small businesses across the U.S., announced the acquisitions of two companies that provide cloud services: privately held MaximumASP and privately held Aretta Communications. MaximumASP provides cloud services such as managed virtual servers and dedicated servers, and Aretta Communications provides cloud services such as cloud PBXs (private branch exchange) and SIP (Session Internet Protocol) trunking....

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MetroPCS: The Future of Wireless is No Contracts

The pay-in-advance, no-contract model is the future of wireless, said Tom Keys, Chief Operating Officer for MetroPCS. In the company's quarterly financial conference call, Keys said MetroPCS continues to attract users looking for alternatives to long-term commitments. An internal survey by the company found that approximately 1/3 of our new gross additions were previously contracted wireless subscribers. As the first U.S. carrier to launch LTE services,...

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Deutsche Telekom Confirms Guidance

Deutsche Telekom confirmed its guidance for the full year following a solid third quarter. Excluding the effects of the joint venture in the United Kingdom, Deutsche Telekom expects to generate adjusted EBITDA of approximately EUR 20 billion and free cash flow of at least EUR 6.2 billion. By the end of the first nine months, adjusted EBITDA amounted to EUR 14.9 billion, while free cash flow stood at EUR 4.8 billion."We are delivering what we promised....

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AT&T Looks to Mobilize U.S. Healthcare

AT&T is rolling out new wireless, networked, and cloud-based solutions for the healthcare industry. AT&T, which generated approximately $4 billion in revenue from healthcare industry businesses such as hospitals, insurers, pharmaceutical companies, suppliers and physicians in 2009, sees new opportunities for mobilizing home healthcare. Examples that use AT&T's technology include:Medicine bottles that remind patients to take pills on...

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Alcatel-Lucent Sees Performance Driven by IP and Wireless

Alcatel-Lucent reported Q3 2010 revenue of Euro 4.074 billion, up 10.5% year-over-year, up 6.8% sequentially. Net income was Euro 25 million or Euro 0.01 per diluted share (USD 0.02 per ADS).The company said its financial performance was driven by an acceleration of growth in IP and wireless, partly offset by a decline in wireline networks. Terrestrial optics revenues were almost stable this quarter. Applications revenues were stable both for Networks...

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Alcatel-Lucent Announces EUR 1.2B in Contracts in China

Alcatel-Lucent announced three framework agreements valued in total at EUR 1.178 billion with China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom. The contracts are to be signed on November 5th in Paris, during the visit of Hu Jintao, President of the People's Republic of China, and witnessed by the key government officials of the two countries. China Mobile -- this EUR 530 million agreement covers GSM and TD-SCDMA wireless networking solutions, transmission...

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Cablevision Loses Video Subscribers in Q3, Adds Internet, Voice, Business Ethernet

Cablevision's Q3 2010 cable television net revenues increased 4.8% to $1.366 billion, AOCF rose2.3% to $563.3 million and operating income increased 6.3% to $372.4 million, each compared tothe prior year period. Some key metrics:Basic video customers down 24,500 or 0.8% from June 2010 and down 23,500 or 0.8% from September 2009.iO: Interactive Optimum digital video customers down 4,200 or 0.1% from June 2010 and up 33,700 or 1.2% from September 2009.Optimum Online high-speed data customers up 9,600 or 0.4% from June 2010 and 125,000 or 5.0% from...

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Huawei Debuts SingleRAN for WiMAX to LTE TDD Migration

Huawei announced commercial availability of an integrated WiMAX and LTE TDD SingleRAN solution that enables operators to seamlessly migrate from WiMAX to LTE TDD networks. Huawei's solution consists of a WiMAX and LTE TDD dual mode remote radio unit (RRU) and dual mode base band unit (BBU). Both support 2.3GHz, 2.5GHz and 3.5GHz mainstream Time-Division Duplexing (TDD) frequency bands. The solution also features Huawei's SingleEPC packet core network...

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MetroPCS Launches LTE in Los Angeles, Philadelphia

MetroPCS Communications launched commercial LTE service in its fourth and fifth markets -- Los Angeles and Philadelphia. The company previously launched LTE in Detroit, the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex (DFW) and Las Vegas. "As the only no annual contract, pay-in-advance service provider offering 4G LTE services, we are building on the successful commercial launches of 4G LTE service in Las Vegas, Dallas/Fort Worth and Detroit with the launches of...

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Bell Canada Adds Wireless, TV and Internet Users in Q3

Bell Canada reported revenue growth of 1.8%, reflecting strong TV and wireless revenue growth of 9.3% and 8.1%, respectively; operating income growth of 15.6%; EBITDA growth of 3.1%; wireless gross subscriber activations of 537,295 and postpaid net additions of 159,465; TV net additions of 18,538 and high-speed Internet additions of 21,668. . At the end of the quarter, Bell had 2,085,227 high-speed Internet subscribers, 1,997,079 TV subscribers,...

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Aviat Posts Revenue of $109M, Restructuring Continues

Aviat Networks reported quarterly revenue of $109.1 million, compared with $120.0 million in the year ago period. Net loss was $21.3 million, or $0.36 per share, compared with a net loss of $7.8 million, or $0.13 per share, in the year ago quarter.Revenue in the North America segment was $35.6 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2011, compared with $48.0 million in the year ago period. International revenue was $73.5 million, compared with $72.0...

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Ikanos Posts Q3 Revenue of $41.5 Million

Ikanos Communications reported Q3 2010 revenue of $41.5 million compared with revenue of $55.6 million for the second quarter of 2010 and revenue of $29.3 million for the third quarter of 2009. GAAP net loss for Q3 was $33.3 million, or $0.61 loss per share on 54.9 million weighted average shares. This compares with a net loss of $10.7 million, or $0.20 loss per share on 54.5 million weighted average shares in the second quarter of 2010 and with a net loss of $15.5 million, or $0.40 loss per share on 38.8 million weighted average shares in the...

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Alcatel-Lucent Signs 4-Year LTE Deal with Verizon Wireless Valued at $4 Billion

Verizon Wireless and Alcatel-Lucent have signed a four-year agreement expected to be worth US$4 billion for ongoing 3G network expansion and 4G/LTE network build out. Under the agreement, Alcatel-Lucent will provide infrastructure solutions spanning its entire portfolio, including:end-to-end CDMA and LTE radio network solutions;IP, optical and microwave backhaul and transport; andcomplete portfolio of professional and network integration services."Verizon...

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