http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/81280
"Verizon's fourth quarter earnings are in, and we'll skip right to the part we're interested in: Verizon says that FiOS TV was available to 2.4 million households at the end of last year. According to Verizon, 89,000 customers signed up for FiOS TV in the fourth quarter, bringing their total TV customers to 207,000. There's 687,000 FiOS customers in total, with 165,000 added in the fourth quarter. "Verizon Telecom added 142,000 more net broadband and video customers during the fourth quarter 2006 than it lost in primary wireline voice access lines," states the company."
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Tuesday, January 30, 2007
Tuesday, January 9, 2007
U.S. Broadband Penetration to Hit 60% in 2007, Led by DSL Growth
SILVER SPRING, MD -- (MARKET WIRE) (1.8.07)
http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=200951
About 60 percent of all U.S. homes will subscribe to broadband service by the end of the year, but cable operators will come precariously close to losing their majority market share, Pike & Fischer concludes in a new report published by its Broadband Advisory Services unit.
Cable operators will see their share of the high-speed Internet market fall to slightly more than 50 percent as adoption of standard DSL and, to an increasing extent, fiber to the home or node (FTTx), continues to help the major telephone companies net the largest number of new broadband customers, Pike & Fischer forecasts in its "Broadband Business Outlook 2007."
However, a growing array of on-demand and high-definition programming, together with aggressive promotional offers, will lead digital cable subscriptions to make up the majority of the industry's core video customer base.
http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=200951
About 60 percent of all U.S. homes will subscribe to broadband service by the end of the year, but cable operators will come precariously close to losing their majority market share, Pike & Fischer concludes in a new report published by its Broadband Advisory Services unit.
Cable operators will see their share of the high-speed Internet market fall to slightly more than 50 percent as adoption of standard DSL and, to an increasing extent, fiber to the home or node (FTTx), continues to help the major telephone companies net the largest number of new broadband customers, Pike & Fischer forecasts in its "Broadband Business Outlook 2007."
However, a growing array of on-demand and high-definition programming, together with aggressive promotional offers, will lead digital cable subscriptions to make up the majority of the industry's core video customer base.
Tuesday, January 2, 2007
AT& T-BellSouth deal called 'breakthrough' for consumers
Leslie Cauley (1.2.07)
http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/money/20070102/fcc02.art.htm
FCC's ability to get net neutrality sets precedent
The FCC's approval of the merger between AT&T and BellSouth on Friday allowed the deal to close immediately. To secure the FCC's blessing, AT&T agreed to a list of consumer-friendly concessions. Among them: For the next 30 months, AT&T agreed to sell "naked" DSL — meaning consumers don't have to buy any other service from AT&T to get the DSL service — for just $19.95 a month. That's less than half the $44.95 that AT&T now charges.
AT&T also agreed to a "net neutrality" provision that will require the company to treat all broadband services, its own as well as rivals', equally for the next two years. That means AT&T can't favor its own traffic, in terms of transmission speed and quality.
In addition, AT&T agreed to sell some unused wireless spectrum. That could enable a new rival to enter the market, creating more options for consumers.
http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/money/20070102/fcc02.art.htm
FCC's ability to get net neutrality sets precedent
The FCC's approval of the merger between AT&T and BellSouth on Friday allowed the deal to close immediately. To secure the FCC's blessing, AT&T agreed to a list of consumer-friendly concessions. Among them: For the next 30 months, AT&T agreed to sell "naked" DSL — meaning consumers don't have to buy any other service from AT&T to get the DSL service — for just $19.95 a month. That's less than half the $44.95 that AT&T now charges.
AT&T also agreed to a "net neutrality" provision that will require the company to treat all broadband services, its own as well as rivals', equally for the next two years. That means AT&T can't favor its own traffic, in terms of transmission speed and quality.
In addition, AT&T agreed to sell some unused wireless spectrum. That could enable a new rival to enter the market, creating more options for consumers.
Adelstein called the settlement a "breakthrough" for consumers in that it establishes a new standard of behavior for the USA's communications giants. Big companies such as AT&T and Comcast "have told the FCC that they can't live with a net neutrality provision in place," Adelstein said. "They can."
Internet telecom blossomed, but payoff was elusive in '06
Bruce Meyerson (12.28.06)
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/business/articles/1228biz-telecom1228.html
While 2006 showed less than stellar returns for IP telephone services like Skype. With Skype and similar innovators cable companies are prepared to strike back at in 2007.
No doubt the main event for 2007 will be the impending smackdown between the traditional phone and cable TV industries. The regional Bell companies, after losing millions of customers to rival phone services from cable providers in 2006, are just starting to ramp up their risky push into TV.
Verizon Communications Inc. expects its FiOS TV service will be available to 1.8 million homes by January. AT&T Inc. finally appears to be pushing past technological holdups with U-verse, maintaining the IP-based service will be offered in parts of 15 markets by the close of December.
The competitive response couldn't come a minute too soon, as cable companies have had a field day in the phone business thus far. Just over 6 million homes will have switched to cable phone service by the end of 2006, a gain of 2.5 million for the year, the industry research company TeleGeography estimates.
TeleGeography estimates that Skype users are on track to make over 27 billion minutes of computer-to-computer calls this year, with about half of them used for international long distance (all free).
While that sounds like a lot, it still represents just 4.4 percent of total international traffic in 2006, up from 2.9 percent in 2005.
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/business/articles/1228biz-telecom1228.html
While 2006 showed less than stellar returns for IP telephone services like Skype. With Skype and similar innovators cable companies are prepared to strike back at in 2007.
No doubt the main event for 2007 will be the impending smackdown between the traditional phone and cable TV industries. The regional Bell companies, after losing millions of customers to rival phone services from cable providers in 2006, are just starting to ramp up their risky push into TV.
Verizon Communications Inc. expects its FiOS TV service will be available to 1.8 million homes by January. AT&T Inc. finally appears to be pushing past technological holdups with U-verse, maintaining the IP-based service will be offered in parts of 15 markets by the close of December.
The competitive response couldn't come a minute too soon, as cable companies have had a field day in the phone business thus far. Just over 6 million homes will have switched to cable phone service by the end of 2006, a gain of 2.5 million for the year, the industry research company TeleGeography estimates.
TeleGeography estimates that Skype users are on track to make over 27 billion minutes of computer-to-computer calls this year, with about half of them used for international long distance (all free).
While that sounds like a lot, it still represents just 4.4 percent of total international traffic in 2006, up from 2.9 percent in 2005.
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