Two major telecom mergers are now underway. SBC is seeking to acquire AT&T, while Verizon is seeking to acquire MCI. These proposed mergers have provoked a good deal of opposition, on the ground that ...

disappoint expectations became apparent early on. The Telecommunications Act was designed to create direct competition between interexchange carriers, such as AT&T, WorldCom and Sprint and regional ...

PTCL finalizes acquisition of Telenor Pakistan and Orion Towers, forming MergeCo and positioning itself for the upcoming 5G ...

For most of the industrial age, homes primarily communicated to the outside world through a basic copper phone wire. Now, telephone giants are focusing instead on building fiber-optic cables made of ...

As a telecom and wireless analyst over the last 30 years, I have worked with almost all of the competitors in the space. I have learned so many important lessons from interaction with CEO’s, ...

Having previously seen the providers of free “over the top” (OTT) communications service (such as Google, Skype and Facebook) as competitors, many marketers within telecommunications companies have ...

Maroc Telecom, Morocco's largest telecoms operator, reported on Thursday that profit barely grew last year as revenue dropped by 2.7% in an increasingly competitive domestic market. RABAT, Feb 17 ...

The German Federal Network Agency wants to bring competition closer to the customer in the market for high-speed optical fiber connections to the home or office. The telecommunications regulator ...

With summer rapidly coming to a close, Wall Street has gotten back to business. In the case of cable stocks, some are wondering if they should be going back to the drawing board. By Georg Szalai, The ...