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Time Warner Cable’s 1Q profit driven by business services
April 25, 2013 1:06 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsAn increase in Time Warner Cable’s business services revenue helped the cable operator’s bottom line in the first quarter, but the nation’s second-largest cable operator continued to bleed out basic video subscribers. For the quarter, Time Warner Cable lost 119,000 basic video subscribers, which were more than the 91,000 that analysts had projected.
Bright House Networks, Verizon Wireless ring up 4 more markets
April 24, 2013 12:29 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsVerizon Wireless and Bright House Networks’ cross-promotional bundles have rolled into four more markets; Bakersfield, Calif., Birmingham, Ala., Indianapolis and Detroit. The latest launches of the joint marketing effort followed up on the initial launch in Orlando late last year
Cable One spending $60 million on upgrade
April 24, 2013 12:15 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsCable One is spending $60 million on a infrastructure enhancement, which includes upgrading nearly 50,000 amps, installing more than 600 nodes, replacing 800 miles of cable and adding 600 miles of fiber. The project started last year and will continue through next year.
TWC’s security service launches in Dallas
April 23, 2013 12:47 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsDallas is the latest city to launch Time Warner Cable’s home automation service, which is called IntelligentHome. Time Warner Cable has previously said it planned on having IntelligentHome rolled out across its entire footprint by year’s end.
Buckeye hires former NCTC CEO Abbas as new president
April 19, 2013 12:28 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsBuckeye Cablevision, which does business under the Buckeye CableSystem moniker, has brought former National Cable Television Cooperative (NCTC) president and CEO Jeffry Abbas on board as its new president and general manager. At Buckeye CableSystem, Abbas will report to Joe Jensen, Block Communications’ executive vice president/cable and telecommunications.
Verizon FiOS adds outweigh DSL losses in Q1
April 18, 2013 2:07 pm | by Brian Santo | News | CommentsVerizon added a total of 188,000 FiOS Internet and 169,000 FiOS video subscribers in its first quarter. Verizon ended the quarter with a total of 5.6 million FiOS Internet and 4.9 million FiOS video connections. It also migrated 83,000 homes from copper to fiber.
Arris names new executive leadership team
April 18, 2013 2:00 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsArris CEO Bob Stanzione has assembled his new leadership team now that the deal to buy Motorola’s Home division closed yesterday. Former Charter Communications CTO Marwan Fawaz, who joined Motorola last year, won’t be a part of the new executive team, but Stanzione said in a company memo that Fawaz would stay on board over the next few weeks to help with the transition.
Arris’ pickup of Moto a done deal
April 17, 2013 12:57 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsStick a fork in Arris’ acquisition of Motorola. Arris announced this morning that its $2.3 billion deal to buy Motorola Mobility’s Home division from Google was wrapped up. The completion of the acquisition, which was first announced Dec. 19, came after the United States Department of Justice (DoJ) signed off on the deal on Friday.
Comcast hires Adamson as VP of commercial business services in Mile High Region
April 17, 2013 12:47 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsComcast has hired Shawn Adamson as its vice president of commercial business services for its Mile High Region. In her new job, Adamson will lead Comcast’s portfolio of business offerings and services, including the company’s Metro Ethernet suite of services that were launched two years ago.
Cable One’s Burge retires after 50 years in customer service
April 17, 2013 12:41 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsWith more than 50 years in customer service, Barbara Burge has no doubt seen and heard it all in the cable industry, but she recently announced her retirement as Cable One’s general manager in Altus, Okla. Her career started out in 1962 at Southwestern Bell Telephone Company where she worked as a service representative
Dish leapfrogs Softbank with $25.5B bid for Sprint
April 15, 2013 1:53 pm | by Ben Munsen, Wireless Week | News | CommentsDish Networks' $25.5 billion merger bid for Sprint represents a 13 percent premium over the value of Softbank’s current offer. Softbank’s bid, valued at approximately $20 billion, would put the Japanese cellular giant in control of 70 percent of Sprint.
Motorola connects Howard Community College with POL
April 15, 2013 12:41 pm | Products | CommentsColumbia, Maryland-based Howard Community College is using Motorola Mobility’s passive optical LAN (POL) platform to provide IP connectivity in its new Heath Sciences building. The fiber-optic network will serve more than 1,500 Ethernet ports, and was designed and deployed by Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC).
EU signs off on Liberty Global’s deal to buy Virgin Media
April 15, 2013 12:28 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsThe European Commission announced this morning that it had put its stamp of approval on Liberty Global’s $23 billion purchase of Virgin Media. The European Commission found that the deal, which was announced earlier this year, didn’t raise any competitive concerns.
DoJ signs off on Moto/Arris deal
April 12, 2013 12:29 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsArris announced this morning that the United States Department of Justice (DoJ) had signed off on its $2.235 billion deal to buy Motorola Mobility’s Home division from Google.With the DoJ stamp of approval in hand, Arris has cleared all of the regulatory hurdles and expects the transaction to close “on or about April 17.”
Storey takes the helm as CEO of Level 3
April 11, 2013 1:09 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsLevel 3 announced this morning that its board of directors had promoted chief operating officer Jim Storey to CEO. Storey takes over the tiller from longtime CEO Jim Crowe, who announced last month that he was stepping down by year’s end.
