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America Online and Bell Atlantic announced a significant partnership to provide high-speed Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) access to AOL members, marking a major step forward in the development of broadband availability. The alliance, which began rolling out in the summer of 1999, aimed to make DSL technology available to 7.
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Metromedia Fiber Network, Inc. announced the signing of its first 'dark fiber' lease agreement with Bell Atlantic Global Networks, a unit of Bell Atlantic's Data Solutions Group. The lease agreement allows Bell Atlantic to utilize dark fiber strands from Metromedia Fiber Network to build out its
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Cisco Systems, Inc. and General Instrument Corporation announced a joint effort with AT&T to develop an end-to-end Internet Protocol (IP) solution, allowing AT&T to offer data, voice, and video services over the hybrid fiber-coax network. This collaboration aims to create a seamless and cost-effective delivery of
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A number of significant developments have emerged in Texas's business landscape, with key announcements across various sectors. AT&T has pledged to pass on the savings from a share of an almost $33 million cut in subsidies to local phone monopolies, resulting in 10 percent price cuts
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The U.S. antitrust enforcers have approved AT&T Corp.'s $48 billion acquisition of Tele-Communications Inc. after the companies agreed to resolve competitive concerns by requiring TCI to sell its stake in Sprint PCS over a five-year period. This decision clears a significant hurdle for the merger,
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US Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott's plan to hold an up-or-down vote on President Bill Clinton's alleged offenses, the destruction of an Iraqi missile site, the release of a woman who gave birth to octuplets, and approval for AT&T's acquisition of TCI
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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has adopted new rules aimed at curbing the practice of slamming, which involves unauthorized changes to a customer's preferred telecommunications carrier. The move has been met with both praise and criticism from the industry, with some carriers expressing concern that the rules could
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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has granted the Telecommunications Resellers Association (TRA) a 90-day extension to review its technical proposal aimed at hastening wireless number portability. This decision delays the FCC's ruling on the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association's (CTIA) request for a five-year deferral of mandatory
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As the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) considers the acquisitions of Ameritech Corp. and Bell Atlantic Corp., Seattle-based XYPOINT Corp. is urging the FCC to make access to wireless E9-1-1 service a formal condition of these deals. XYPOINT, a leading designer and developer of wireless intelligent network services, is concerned that
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The Federal Communications Commission held a hearing to discuss three proposed telecommunications mergers worth a combined $140 billion, sparking concerns about the industry's shift from promoting competition to concentration. The mergers, involving SBC Communications, Ameritech, Bell Atlantic, and Tele-Communications Inc., could reshape the ownership of local and long-distance
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AT&T has acquired IBM's Global Network in a deal that will see the two companies outsource chunks of their operations to each other, resulting in thousands of employees moving between the two companies. The partnership will allow AT&T to strengthen its global reach and
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AT&T Corp.'s $5 billion acquisition of IBM's global data network marks a significant step in the company's bid to strengthen its global presence. The deal, which also includes a $4 billion outsourcing contract over 10 years, brings IBM employees into AT&
