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Telesphere Bought UBN
Per an FCC Announcement (below) Telesphere has bought Unity Business Network. I knew that they were in talks and I thought after Telesphere's $15M in funding that they would buy UBN up. This was kind of easy since both are Broadsoft...
Sprint and Virgin Mobile
There was a question on LinkedIn today about the MVNO model making a comeback. It seems that Sprint buying Virgin Mobile has sparked a slow news day. Let's not forget that SK Telecom dropped almost $300M on the Earthlink MVNO formerly...
Verizon Profits Down
After dumping New England on Fairpoint and cashing in on that garage sale, Verizon bought Alltel. Now it is dumping more rural lines on Frontier. All of this is just Verizon's way of shoring up its stock report. Without the...
Grande Communications is being Acquired
Grande Communications, a Texas-based communications company providing residential and business customers with high-speed Internet, local and long-distance telephone and digital cable services, is being acquired according to a rumor. I don't have any details other than that....
Why Can't DC See What We See
I'm not the brightest guy in the world. Yet over and over I see politicians and regulators make decisions that the other 99% of the US knows will be bad news. One such decision: approving the sale of Verizon's New...
TW Spinning AOL Out
January of 2000 CNN announced: "In a stunning development, America Online Inc. announced plans to acquire Time Warner Inc. for roughly $182 billion in stock and debt Monday, creating a digital media powerhouse with the potential to reach every American...
Will Verizon Agents Get Screwed Again?
Remember the MCI Agents who didn't like the new deal under the Verizon Business umbrella, who were pushed aside and lost commissions? Did you know that when Verizon did their funky little deal with Fairpoint over the New England region,...
VZ Gets Rid of 13 States
Although it was AT&T's CEO that said We are a Wireless company, it is the actions of Verizon that make you stand up and take note. Today, VZ reached a deal with Frontier - a $8.6B all-stock deal. As Frost...
Windstream Buys ICP
Thanks to the Arkansas Democratic Gazette for the chart. Despite a big drop in earnings and revenue for the first quarter 2009, Windstream still managed to buy some more lines and customers by snatching up D&E Comm. D&E Communications is...
Qwest LD For Sale
Qwest has started the process to sell its LD network. Asking price is just $3B. Suitors include Level3, Verizon, Ma Bell and tw telecom. From Forbes.com....
It's Official: Sylantro Bought by Broadsoft
html, body, p, ul { font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; } Today BroadSoft announced we have acquired Sylantro Systems Corporation. As one of our most formidable competitors of the last ten years, we have both succeeded in delivering high-quality...
