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CenturyLink OK With Verizon Partnership, No Need for Wireless Deal

The nation's third-largest fixed landline provider has executed some major acquisitions in recent years, but apparently doesn't have a desire to make a wireless buy. ...More
May 21, 2012 By Josh Long
Posted in News
Sprint CEO: Despite AT&T-T-Mobile Fiasco, Big M&A Coming

So the proposed AT&T-T-Mobile merger last year went down in flames. So what, says Sprint CEO Dan Hesse. ...More
May 17, 2012 By Craig Galbraith
Posted in News
AT&T, Verizon Wireless Maintain Strength as Others Struggle

Verizon Wireless is less dependent on the iPhone than AT&T and is in a position to potentially improve its margins in the coming quarters, analysts said. ...More
May 14, 2012 By Josh Long
Posted in News
AT&T Said To Be Mulling Buy of Leap's Cricket

Such a merger obviously would beef up AT&T, already the second-largest mobile provider in America, although Leap is only a fraction of the size of T-Mobile USA with a modest base of 6.2 million customers. ...More
May 11, 2012 By Josh Long
Posted in News
Polycom Making Good on Plans to Shake Up UC Industry

The company is selling its Wi-Fi and DECT handset division so it can focus on UC and video collaboration. ...More
May 11, 2012
Posted in News
T-Mobile, MetroPCS Tie-Up Could Be a Nightmare

Fresh from the glow of a $4 billion LTE network build announcement and all gussied up with new AWS spectrum from AT&T, T-Mobile USA is apparently looking like a pretty good dance partner to a new would-be suitor: MetroPCS. However, the deal could be a nightmare. ...More
May 10, 2012 By Tara Seals
Posted in Articles
CenturyLink: Qwest Merger To Yield Greater Savings

CenturyLink said it expects to achieve greater savings than previously forecast through its 2011 acquisition of Qwest Communications International. ...More
May 10, 2012 By Josh Long
Posted in News
AT&T Completes Sale of Advertising Business

AT&T anticipates the deal will have "minimal effect" on its annual earnings, and the company "does not expect to record a material gain or loss on the transaction. ...More
May 9, 2012 By Josh Long
Posted in News
Genachowski: AT&T's Claims About T-Mobile Merger Quashing Are 'False'

"The idea that rejection of the [AT&T-T-Mobile] merger has led to a shortage of spectrum for the two companies ... and [has led to] the need to raise prices ... is simply a false characterization," FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski said in his keynote at CTIA ...More
May 8, 2012 By Tara Seals
Posted in News
Slide Show: The Top Hosted VoIP and IP Connectivity Leaders

Check out the results from Infonetics Research’s annual North America Business VoIP Service Leadership Scorecard. ...More
May 8, 2012
Posted in Galleries, Voice over IP (VoIP)/IP Telephony