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AT&T Broadband, the largest cable television company in the United States, will raise its prices by an average of 4.8 percent next month. The price increase will affect over 63 percent of the company's customers, who subscribe to its standard cable package, which includes basic
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Scientific-Atlanta demonstrated an interactive streaming video, Internet browsing, and MP3 audio experience at the Western Cable Show 2000 using Intersil's PRISM 802.11b wireless technology. The demonstration connected a free-roaming laptop to an Explorer set-top box, enabling attendees to browse the web, listen to streaming audio, and watch
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Intersil Corporation, the world's leading developer of silicon technology for IEEE 802.11b Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs), and Silicon Wave, a leader in the development of single-chip Bluetooth radios, have announced that development is underway for dual-mode WLAN solutions. These solutions will allow laptops and other devices
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Technology stocks suffered a significant decline on Thursday, with major players such as Intel, Dell, and Hewlett-Packard losing value due to concerns over average chip prices. Despite the downturn, AT&T Corp. led the gains among Dow stocks with an 8.8 percent climb after announcing a $5 billion
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AT&T's aggressive bid for MediaOne, a cable operator with 500,000 customers, has left other bidders just five days to top the offer, valued at $51.5 billion. The deal, announced last month, has sparked a heated competition among potential buyers, including Comcast and Microsoft. However,
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The $44.3 billion stock-swap deal between Comcast Corp. and MediaOne Group Inc. is the largest merger in the cable industry's history, aiming to create a media supermarket offering TV, phone service, and high-speed Internet hookups. This acquisition would combine the No. 3 and No. 4 players in
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Comcast, America's fourth-largest cable television supplier, has announced plans to acquire MediaOne, the third-largest cable company, in a $60 billion stock deal. This merger will create an industry heavyweight, capable of offering a wide range of services, including television channels, Internet, and telephone services. The combined company will
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The Philadelphia Stock Exchange (PHLX) announced the expansion of options trading to eight new companies, including Adelphia Communications Corp., Global Imaging Systems, Inc., and International Specialty Products, Inc. The new options will be available to trade on March 1, 1999, for Adelphia and TeleBanc Financial Corporation, and on March 3,
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Telescan Inc., an industry leader in developing Internet services, has announced a strategic partnership with the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) to provide proprietary Internet and online financial services technology for CNBC.com, a comprehensive website for personal finance. The partnership comes on the heels of NBC and GE Capital'
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As the world becomes increasingly dependent on high-speed internet connectivity, a battle is raging between the big telephone companies and cable providers for control of this vital infrastructure. Cable companies, which have traditionally dominated the market, now face stiff competition from DSL services offered by telephone companies. This struggle for
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MediaOne, a leading broadband services company, has selected General Instrument's digital cable products for its 1999 deployment in systems serving approximately two million subscribers. This initiative marks a significant step towards MediaOne's goal of offering digital services beyond its initial Detroit deployment, beginning in the second
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As two prominent U.S. technology companies, Cisco and General Instrument, join forces with telecommunications giant AT&T, a groundbreaking new Internet protocol network is set to revolutionize the way consumers access data, voice, and video services. This innovative collaboration plans to integrate broadband Internet, phone, and video services
