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NTCA: Unsubsidized RLECs should provide reasonably priced broadband, voice services
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September 2, 2015
A number of service providers may have set the amount of money they will accept from the second phase of the FCC's Connect America Fund (CAF-II), but the NTCA said that the regulator should require that non-subsidized carriers be required to provide reasonably priced broadband and voice services.
Alcatel-Lucent, Cisco, Juniper service provider router sales benefit from 100GE migration
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September 2, 2015
Router and switch vendors Alcatel-Lucent, Cisco and Juniper are reaping the rewards of carriers' hesitation to deploy SDN and move to 100 Gigabit Ethernet.
CenturyLink promotes Ring to SVP of global field operations
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September 2, 2015
CenturyLink has promoted Duane Ring to Senior Vice President of Global Field Operations, overseeing the telco's growing data center and cloud services business lines.
Frontier: soon-to-be-acquired Verizon wireline assets see $1.45B revenue climb
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September 2, 2015
Frontier Communications reported in a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) 8-K filing that the wireline assets it is acquiring from Verizon in California, Texas and Florida performed well during the second quarter with revenues rising year-over-year to $1.45 billion.
CenturyLink reaches nearly 50 percent of former Qwest households with 40 Mbps
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September 2, 2015
CenturyLink said that it has continued to make progress in upgrading its existing copper network in the former Qwest serving territory, making it possible for nearly 50 percent of area non-rural customers to get up to 40 Mbps services.