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CenturyLink Gets Rid of 600 More Employees
CenturyLink, the operator formed by the merger of CenturyTel Inc. and Embarq Corp., is laying off 600, 20 percent, of its workers in the Kansas City area.The job losses come a few months after the $11.6 billion deal officially closed, but they’re not the first round of cuts since CenturyTel has …(107 words) ... »
WindStream Buying Time With Acquisitions
IMPORTANT POINTS Windstream has agreed to buy Iowa Telecom for $530 million in cash and stock. Windstream recently crossed the 1 million broadband subscribers-mark. Windstream wants to be an industry consolidator. Windstream Corp., a Little Rock, Ark.-based local phone company focused on rural and smaller markets, said it’s agreed to buy a smaller rival, Iowa Telecom,... »
Ma Bell and Its Vanishing Phone Lines
Three years ago, the wireline revenues of U.S. phone companies were forecast to decline about 3.3 percent annually through 2009. Talk about underestimating those numbers — take a look at the following graph and you see that AT&T’s consumer line business is evaporating faster than raindrops in the Sahara. Roughly a year later,... »
Embarq adds managed VoIP services
Embarq Communications released a hosted VoIP offering with two tiers aimed at enterprise customers. Embarq said its Managed IP Telephony service provides always-on monitoring and alerting, and informs customers about network issues through phone or email. Annette Pollock, product manager of managed services for Embarq, said customers migrating to VoIP often find it to be... »
PICTURES: MetaSwitch Forum 2009, April 6-9, Las Vegas
We wrap up last week’s visit to MetaSwitch Forum with a pair of slide shows documenting the keynotes and scenery of the conference. PICTURES – MetaSwitch Forum 2009, Keynote Sessions Among the keynote speakers at the event were “CSI” creator Anthony Zuiker and Embarq CTO Dennis Huber. PICTURES – Scenery from MetaSwitch Forum 2009 Words cannot do... »
Over 7000 Sites Carry Truphone Story on iPod Touch.
Funny thing about the Internet. Place the right story, in the right place. Apply some solid messaging that the reporter can key in on and voila, you have more than 7,000 hits in a matter of days. When this story first appeared on Wednesday, late in the day, about Truphone and their iPod Touch application,... »
Slowing Economy Slowing Broadband Growth
The demand for broadband skidded sharply during the fourth quarter of 2008. We went through the latest quarterly financials of all the major broadband service providers and collated the net new subscriber additions –- and so far, things aren’t looking good. Of the 12 majors, five companies, including Cablevision, aren’t due to report their... »
Embarq – CenturyTel Merger: Delays Unlikely
The M & A Researcher submits: Embarq Corporation (EQ) and CenturyTel (CTL) filed their response to comments/opposition on January 23, 2009. Along with the companies’ filing, several intervenors also filed initial or follow-up reply comments on the 1/23 deadline. Intervenors in the review now include: Accelerated Data Works, DeltaCom, Sprint Nextel (S), Communications Workers of... »
Embarq Corp. Sells Subsidiary to KGP Telecommunications
Embarq Corp. has agreed to sell its supply chain, distribution and deployment subsidiary known as EMBARQ Logistics, to KGP Telecommunications.The Minnesota-based KGP is a provider of supply chain services, telecommunication products and integrated solutions. The deal won’t be official until closing conditions and finances are finalized. (45 words) Related Topics: E1, Embarq,... »