Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on the sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories!
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Comcast, dealing with customer fallout from an expanding data-cap policy, is moving to increase a number of fees associated with double- and triple-play bundles.
The new fee structure is initially set to roll out to customers in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, according to DSLReports.
As for...
CTI Towers, which is majority-owned by triple-pay giant Comcast, announced the purchase of 120 telecom towers from Vyve Broadband; the portfolio includes tenancy from Verizon Wireless, AT&T Mobility, T-Mobile US and Sprint.
In April, InSite Wireless Group bought 294 communication tower sites from CTI Towers for...
A startup called Rama plans to bid in next year's auction of broadcast frequency bands, and hopes to use the spectrum to launch a microcell network. Rama founder Chamath Palihapitiya told Re/code he thinks it will cost $4 billion to $10 billion to win...
FCC fines Cox for 2014 data breach orchestrated by ‘Lizard Squad’ hacker group
Cox Communications agreed to pay a $595,000 fine to the Federal Communications Commission tied to a 2014 data breach that exposed customers’ personal information to third parties.
The FCC said the settlement with...
Consumer watchdog group calls out Comcast for engaging in monopolistic business
After trying out capping customer data use at 300 gigabytes per month, Comcast is expanding the practice to new markets in 12 states.
The data caps, which Comcast refers to as "trials," are already in effect in...
T-Mobile’s enlarged territory
T-Mobile US announced earnings on Tuesday morning (full details here) and held a lengthy earnings call that covered all aspects of their operation. The bottom line is that T-Mobile US added 895,000 net new postpaid retail phone customers (185,000 of these came...
Comcast is reportedly looking to get into the cellphone business. Sources say the cable company has recently notified Verizon Wireless that it plans to activate a years old agreement to use the carrier’s spectrum to offer its customers cell service.
Verizon Wireless made a deal with...
After Comcast failed to block a municipal fiber broadband network, the city of Chattanooga, Tenn., via EFB Fiber Optics, will offer what it bills as the fastest home Internet connection speed in the world.
In Chattanooga, the local Electric Power Board has built-out a large,...
Emphasizes the importance of providing customers with time-shifted content
NEW ORLEANS – As cable and telecommunications companies continue to look increasingly alike, Ericsson has plans to capitalize with a new access point unveiled this week at the SCTE Cable-Tec Expo.
Let’s look at Time Warner Cable...
Hearing about the latest concerning data breach seems to be an increasing occurrence, and, following from that, cybersecurity is an increasingly hot topic. Cable and Internet provider Comcast is no exception; the company this week agreed to pay a $33 million fine related to...
WASHINGTON – The Federal Communications Commission’s Wireline Competition Bureau has announced plans to release data on the Special Access Market for the first time ever. The bureau said in a statement it, “will start to make industry data gathered earlier this year available for public review,...
Comcast will take on the telcos, and AT&T will offer two versions of the new iPhones
1. Comcast says it wants the cable industry to come together to combat AT&T and Verizon Communications. Specifically, the company wants other cable players to support Comcast in its...
After failed Time Warner Cable acquisition, is Comcast eyeing T-Mobile US?
In recent comments to assembled media, Comcast CFO Mike Cavanagh spoke briefly about the company’s ambitions — if any — regarding a move into wireless, which would align with the service provider trend of...
A lot of journalistic ink was spilled last week as media pundits tried to explain the mood of investors. “Don’t panic” was the most common theme through all of the gyrations, which included a brief period on Monday when Apple stock dipped below $93...
Let me share with you some examples of how companies either hit it out of the park or strike out when it comes to their customer experience management. Customer experience is key to long-term business success, leading to customer relationship management becoming an important...
New report claims Comcast or Charter ripe for a T-Mobile US takeover
T-Mobile US’ future remains a hot topic among the analyst community, with waves of predictions on what the future holds for the domestic market’s most aggressive player.
The latest dig came from Oppenheimer analyst...
Network will be based on existing customers’ hot spots
Following in the steps of other service providers bolstering public networks by piggybacking on private hot spots, Virgin Media this week announced it’s planning a free, public Wi-Fi deployment in the United Kingdom using its Super...
Some Comcast customers are subject to 300 GB per month data cap
Many customers may just now be finding out that Comcast caps home Internet use to 300 gigabytes per month. Perhaps more surprising is the company’s rationale. According to a Comcast VP, the practice...
Update three, 6:00 p.m. CST Aug. 4: T-Mobile US and Sprint networks are out in the same area as AT&T and Verizon Wireless networks, according to multiple reports.
Live outage maps show networks are down from Central Indiana through Kentucky and Tennesse down into Alabama.
Update...
Shares of Dish Network have tumbled by 3.9% since it was reported last week that the Federal Communications Commission may reject a portion of the spectrum discounts received by two of its backed companies and that its pending merger with T-Mobile US has stalled.
Dish is...
Atlanta, Charlotte, Raleigh-Durham, Nashville next up for Gigabit fiber-to-the-home
Google Fiber, the tech giant’s ambitious project to offer fiber-to-the-home beginning in major metro markets, has started construction of its network in the Atlanta metropolitan area.
On June 25, Google Fiber notified locals of the construction phase...
WiredWest trying to fund $79M build-out that would bring fiber to 32 towns
As entrenched cable companies, as well as disruptive new entrants, work to rollout fiber-to-the-home connections, 22 Massachusetts towns are taking control of their own destinies.
WiredWest is a cooperative put together to build...
AT&T plans for $48.5B acquisition of DirecTV remains in front of regulators
AT&T filed another extension on its planned $48.5 billion acquisition of DirecTV as the pending deal remains in regulatory limbo.
In an 8-K filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, AT&T noted that both...
