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Battle of the Bells
On the ChannelVision LinkedIn Group, there is a discussion about the ad wars between VZW and AT&T Mobility. Ho hum. Who cares? One Bell battling another like two children. Every time I see the AT&T ads, I think, "Weak!"Doesn't AT&T...
The iPhone Reputation Dilemma
Over at CNN, there's an article about the iPhone hurting AT&T's brand.While a recent survey by the consulting firm CFI Group found that iPhone users are the most loyal smartphone users, with 90 percent saying they'd recommend the device to...
Ma Bell Versus Google
It's funny to watch Ma Bell fight Google, because Bell isn't used to fighting another company that also has billions of dollars - and millions of users. No CLEC was ever this big - nor cable company. And Google is...
Pouring Billions
The WSJ has an article titled, "AT&T, Verizon Still Pouring Billions Into Mobile Networks". It notes that cellcos have already spent billions upgrading their networks to 2.5G and 3G -- and now will spend billions more on 4G.In addition, both companies...
But It's In the Tariff!
I've been trying to order Dry Fiber out of the AT&T Southeast FCC Tariff # 1 for over a month.The Service Inquiry used to be manual paper - now it is a system called NSS. No idea how to access...
It's an AT&T Monday
This week starts with AT&T being sued and boycotted.First up is STS Telecom's FCC complaint alleging fraud, discrimination, and unfair competitive practices by AT&T. Apparently, the FTC nor DOJ won't accept any anti-trust complaints against the LEC Giants. We don't...
Whitacre Running GM
Former SBC chief Ed Whitacre is going to be the next Chairman of GM. Huh? According to Bloomberg, Whitacre is doing his patriotic duty and loves the challenge. Rich Tehrani thinks that Whitacre was a strategist. He dismantled the regulatory...
Alltel Assets Going to AT&T
How does this work? "AT&T Inc said Friday it will buy the bulk of Alltel Wireless assets being divested by Verizon Communications Inc for $2.35 billion, and will sell some Centennial Communications Corp assets to Verizon Wireless for $240 million."...
Who Do Rumors Benefit?
I was told that when you hear rumors about a merger, it's just bankers raising a balloon to see about interest. It's there way of testing the waters so they can "earn" some money with a little M&A action. (You...
Compare the RBOC Profit
There are only 3 RBOC's left: AT&T, Verizon and Qwest. In the new Fortune 500 listing, telecom has 21 companies listed. The top 2: Ma and Pa Bell. AT&T has revenue of $124B. VZ is $97B. Profit for AT&T is...
AT&T Closing CallVantage Service
Well, AT&T is calling it game over on the VoIP game. I have been using CallVantage since 2004. It has worked very well with some pretty decent quality. It has an easy to use portal; call forwarding; simul ring;...
Where's ACC Business Going?
ACC Business is a subsidiary of AT&T. It uses the AT&T network to provide voice, data and Internet services to small and medium business via agents only. ACC Biz does not have a direct sales force. Tech support and billing...
tidbits
Why tidbits? There is just SOOO much going on right now that I can not keep up.You probably read about all the telecom layoffs, right? Especially the 12,000 that AT&T let go. But PAETEC and Level3 also had layoffs of...
Where Does AT&T Get the Money?
Fresh off of buying Wayport for global wi-fi expansion, AT&T buys Centennial Wireless - $944M for 1.1 million cell subs. AT&T is either at the point that they have to keep buying to keep the growth going or they have...
The Rotten Apple in the Channel
In its latest financial filing AT&T claims that they sold 6.9M iPhones and added 1M new cellular customers in the quarter due to the iPhone 3G. (Apple says that 39% of quarterly revenues were due to pushing out 200M iPhones...
Sprint is at risk of default
According to Businessweek, telecom could get squeezed by the credit crunch - and Sprint could get hurt the most....
Is Ma Bell Looking to the Sky?
Over at Xchange magazine, Bob Wallace writes about the possibility of Ma Bell buying one of the DBS companies. Since Murdoch owns DirecTV and he fought so hard for it, I don't see him giving it up.However, DISH did split...
AT&T Profits from Forebearance
Gary Kim writes that AT&T's Profit is up 30% in 2Q08, even with an 8% drop in their core busines: landlines. But when you have iPhone 1 and 2, you can add 1.3M cell customers (probably taken from Sprint). Even...
Ma Bell Doesn't Care
AT&T's billing page contained an image that has got people up in arms (see Om, Alex, and Boing). At a time when it is trying to get retro immunity for warrant-less wiretapping (which is obviously illegal or they wouldn't be...
DSL Anti-Trust
Supreme Court [finally] To Investigate If AT&T Is Violating Antitrust Laws With Wholesale DSL PricingTechDirt writes about the Supreme Court deciding to accept the Appeal of PacWest (now called AT&T) in its anti-trust battle with an ISP named LinkLine."A series...
