- MCI re-org to net creditors 36 cents on a dollar
- Qwest, WhatÌs another billion among friends
- Sprint cleans up after spotty outage
- Hot (spot) in the city - a Wi-Fi tour of London
- Easynet: Sales Up, Marconi Out
- GSM phone encryption “can be cracked”
- Colorado town to build its own fiber optic ring
- Another Rural Community Jumps on the Fiber bandwagon
- Canadians buy fixed-wireless player, Netro for $167 million
Archive for September, 2003
09.04.2003: The Daily Telecom Tattle
Lights Out: Optovation
This just in, courtsey of our friends over at Light Reading. Optovation, which was the remaindered part of what was Roshnee’s has shut down and soon some of its assets are going to be snapped up by Laurel Networks. Both companies share a common venture capital investor - New Enterprise Associates. Optovation had raised about $37.5 million since 2000, after Roshnee was split into two companies - Inara being the other half which had been shuttered in 2001. Continue »
Chambers’ $5 billion comment
ÏAugust was little above our expectationsÓ is all John Chambers said and bam! The market increased CSCO valuation by $4.6B. How is that for Ïirrational exuberanceÓ? Well there is more to the story than what meets the eye. Continue »
Total cost of number portablity: $20 billion
Believe it or not, but the wireless number portablity is going to cost wireless carriers roughly $20 billion in first four years, this according to Austin, Texas-based market research group, IGilliotResearch. (Surely they need a better name.) Continue »
09.03.2003 : The Daily Telecom Tattle
- Bernie is Booked
- Qwest Loss Smaller Than AnalystsÌ Estimates
- Verizon Wireless, Nortel ink $1 Billion deal
- Cisco: August Beat Expectations :: August was a little above our expectations,” John Chambers told the attendees of the SG Cowen Technology Conference. “It’s too early to tell if it is sustainable.”
- HotSpots to goIPWireless has started offering a kit that allows service providers to set-up hot-spots on a temporary basis. Movie sets, construction sites, and music concerts are perfect for this kind of service.
Broadband? What broadband?
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) — Like that annoying kid who kept asking, “are we there yet?” when it comes to broadband, the answer is an emphatic “no!” Continue »
Does your spin cycle come with WiFi?
WiFi insanity has gone to the very extreme - now there is a company which is offering WiFi Internet Access in laundromats. I am sure people would carry their laptops to the laundry-spots along with their dirty loads. Continue »
In Munich, they love WiFi
Munich Airport it seems is quite a destination these days thanks to its WiFi Network. Continue »
And the gloves finally come off
It seems Ma Bell has had it with MCI/WorldCom. After watching the upstarts play loose and easy with its business, AT&T today decided to file a civil/criminal suit against the fraud-prone MCI. Continue »
Broadband with your electricity bill
With Baby Bells still dithering over the fiber to the home deployments, there are several small utilities which are working on bringing fiber to the home. One of them, Dayton Utilities has signed a deal with Alcatel and would bring megaband to its customers in Dayton, Georgia. Continue »
