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Sprint Wraps Buy of U.S. Cellular Assets

The carrier says this will significantly increase its network capacity and improve the customer experience in these markets. ...More
May 17, 2013 By Craig Galbraith
Posted in News
Verizon, Comcast Post Strong First-Quarter Numbers

Verizon, CenturyLink and Comcast were among the U.S. communications giants that delivered strong first-quarter financial news to their customers and investors. ...More
May 16, 2013
Posted in Galleries
Sprint Selects NetCracker for Supplier for Network Vision

NetCracker will operate provisioning systems and manage the processes to capture, quality assure, and record critical provisioning information as Sprint continues to deploy its Network Vision Program nationwide. ...More
May 15, 2013 By Craig Galbraith
Posted in News, Service & Network Management
Former AT&T Exec on How CSPs Must Examine the 3 C's

Dr. Hossein Eslambolchi, the former AT&T executive, discusses how the 3 Cs – costs, cycle times and capabilities – work inside a communications provider. ...More
May 15, 2013
Posted in Articles, Customer Experience Management, Revenue Management
AT&T's Aio Prepaid Debut 'As Smart as It Is Surprising'

Aio offers a portfolio of devices that include smartphones, tablets, and feature phones from a variety of manufacturers, including Samsung, Nokia and ZTE. ...More
May 13, 2013 By Craig Galbraith
Posted in News
T-Mobile Future Hinges on iPhone, 'Uncarrier' Strategy

T-Mobile said it lost almost 200,000 contract customers (net) last quarter. That was better than the half-million it lost in the previous quarter and a year ago. Churn fell to 1.9 percent – the carrier's best mark since Q2 2008. ...More
May 9, 2013 By Craig Galbraith
Posted in News, Billing
Business Broadband Helps Boost CenturyLink Profit by Nearly 50%

In the business segment, CenturyLink's strategic revenues were $615 million in Q1, a 6.4 percent increase over Q1 2012, driven by high-bandwidth offerings such as MPLS4 and Ethernet services. ...More
May 9, 2013 By Craig Galbraith
Posted in News
April's Hottest Selling Smartphones

Nokia's Lumia 920 finally fell off our list of America's hottest selling smartphones to make way for new phones from Samsung and HTC, while BlackBerry's new Z10 failed to register in the weeks after its much-hyped debut. All the while, Apple's iPhone 5 racks up wins. ...More
May 8, 2013
Posted in Galleries
Level 3 Buying tw telecom Would Bring 'Massive Value'

Level 3's name comes up regularly when there is major M&A speculation, but many analysts have said it wouldn't be a good move for the company due to its debt and slow integration of Global Crossing, which it acquired in 2011. ...More
May 8, 2013 By Craig Galbraith
Posted in News
Subex Picks PeakColo's Cloud Platform

India-based BSS provider Subex has chosen a hosted private cloud-computing platform from PeakColo, the Denver-based, enterprise-class IaaS provider for channel partners. ...More
May 8, 2013 By Craig Galbraith
Posted in News