Comcast linked to T-Mobile US; Verizon out on Dish
The list of T-Mobile US suitors seems to be growing faster than an episode of “The Bachelor.” The most recent report has Comcast showing interest in the German-owned “un-carrier.”
Citing reputable sources, German publication Manager Magazin said that...
Deciphering the top trends of any quarter is difficult, and the second quarter of 2015 is no exception. There’s a lot of “reading between the lines” to figure out what’s really going to move the needle. This week’s trends are based on several conversations...
TWC partnered with Boingo and others to grow Wi-Fi network as cable companies add value for subscribers
In the mobile age, demand for Wi-Fi access is showing no signs of slowing and communications service providers are constantly deploying hot spots to keep up with demand.
Cable...
Does $5 refund for three-hour outage set a new precedent for service providers?
Cable and Internet provider Comcast, infamously known for poor customer service, is going to provide $5 refunds to customers affected by a network failure that cut off or degraded Web service in...
With the rise of over-the-top providers like HBO Go and Netflix, and increased competition from satellite and fiber providers, cable companies have been struggling to keep up in recent years.
In a new survey gauging customer satisfaction, subscriber TV companies such as Comcast and...
AT&T, Comcast and Google compete on metro-fiber Internet connectivity
Today AT&T began offering its GigaPower high-speed home and business Internet service package, continuing its competition with Comcast and Google.
AT&T is the first of the three to offer its service in Nashville, Tenn. Prices range from...
Comcast could be the next cable operator to experiment with a new wireless service. Cablevision has pioneered the concept on the East Coast with its Freewheel service, offering unlimited voice, data and texting for $30 per month. The service is based on Wi-Fi hot...
AT&T remains confident of midyear close
Despite countless delays, AT&T’s pending $48.5 billion acquisition of DirecTV looks to remain on track as the companies filed extensions on the “termination date” of the planned deal as it has now passed the one-year mark since it was...
Greetings from Chicago (INTX show), Philadelphia and Albany (the back of the NY State Capitol shown). This has been a busy earnings week, with Comcast, Cablevision, CenturyLink, Frontier, Windstream and Sprint all reporting earnings. While our focus will be on Sprint’s earnings this week, we’ll...
This week, on top of earnings news we had a number of announcements across the industry. Comcast announced it would be launching 2-gigabit-per-second service to 200,000 homes in Chattanooga, Tenn. This news item would have minimal impact except for the fact that Chattanooga has...
Comcast, AT&T and Google all deploying fiber-to-the-home networks
North Carolina’s Research Triangle is among the latest battlegrounds as network operators compete to offer ultra-high-speed, fiber-based Internet service to consumers.
The Research Triangle includes Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill and Cary, which similarly includes numerous academic and scientific...
Last week was already overflowing with earnings news (we will cover AT&T and Verizon Communications earnings in great detail next week), when Bloomberg broke the story last Thursday of the likely Comcast/Time Warner Cable merger demise. CNBC confirmed this rumor on Friday morning, and...
AT&T shrugs off failed Comcast-TWC deal, expects mid-year close
While Comcast’s attempt to consolidate the cable market by purchasing Time Warner Cable is dead, AT&T’s somewhat connected pending acquisition of satellite television provider DirecTV appears to be on track. In fact, confidence is so high...
Regulators frowned on Comcast/TWC deal; will Charter/TWC be different?
Comcast is dropping its bid for Time Warner Cable after the Federal Communications Commission signaled that it would not approve the deal. Charter Communications may be set to back out of its bid for Bright House...
Comcast rolls out Gigabit Pro in California; faster than Google Fiber, AT&T GigaPower
In a move to keep up with competitors Google and AT&T, Comcast has rolled out its ultra-high-speed home Internet service packages throughout California.
Comcast said in an April 17 announcement it will launch...
Top 10 events of the first quarter: recap of Pt. 1
We started the first quarter review before the Easter/Passover holidays with five events.
1. Sling TV announced at Consumer Electronics Show: Our bottom line was that this was a big idea with decent implementation, amazing...
Comcast, AT&T and Google Fiber move on Southeast hub
Cable and Internet provider Comcast announced it will begin offering residential multi-gigabit home Internet service for Atlanta-area customers beginning in May.
Comcast’s service is called Gigabit Pro and promises 2 gigabits per second throughput speeds with a...
Charter targets Bright House in deal to combine No. 4 and No. 6 cable providers
Cable industry consolidation looks set to continue as Charter Communications announced plans to acquire Bright House Networks for $10.4 billion. The move, if approved by regulators, would combine the country’s...
T-Mobile US is betting that the combination of unlimited data, Samsung's newest smartphone and free Netflix will be too good to resist. The "un-carrier" said that 179 million Americans are "stuck" in contracts or device payment plans with "old school" carriers, and these are...
T-Mobile US' 'Un-carrier 9.0' set to disrupt enterprise market
Throughout the course of telecommunications history, the pricing alchemy between business and consumer plans has been convoluted at best, and perverted at worst. This started with landline – voice – pricing in the previous century, and continues...
AT&T/DirecTV, Comcast/TWC deals impacted by confidentiality review
AT&T’s attempt to acquire DirecTV hit yet another snag as the Federal Communications Commission late last week stopped its review process due to a pending review of confidentially agreements.
The latest delay comes as the FCC said it is...
This has been a week filled with news – Mobile World Congress, analyst conferences and the normal course of business – and regulatory conjecture. I have decided to stop trying to figure out what fine-tuning the Federal Communications Commission is doing between the vote last...
Lots of plane time last week, which means lots of time to think about earnings announcements and trends. On top of this, last week was heavy on non-earnings news, with T-Mobile US’ innovative smartphone approach to credit-challenged customers (see more here), to Google Fiber’s...
Hello! And welcome to our Friday column, Worst of the Week. There’s a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so this column is a chance for us at RCRWireless.com to rant and rave about whatever rubs us the wrong way....
