FiOS

Verizon CEO eyes fiber-fueled future sans ‘voice-only’ service

Verizon CEO Ivan G. Seidenberg is no shrinking violet, as we all know. His recent comments on the...

Google/Verizon develop FiOS Android app

Google and Verizon have worked jointly to create an Android application that could access FiOS channel guides...

Verizon quarterly financials tell classic telco story

Verizon delivered a classic US-telco story in the third quareter: Wireless was doing very well, telco TV was doing better, enterprise services were under price pressure, and wireline losses continued.

For Verizon, the net was better than Street expectations. Most encouraging were

Verizon DirecTV acquisition could ease FiOS video load

Some financial industry speculation is buzzing about the possibility that Verizon might buy DirectTV. While Verizon is clearly committed to FiOS, it’s not clear just how far FiOS could extend toward thin geographic areas or...

Telco-versus-cable: An upload/download competition?

Cox is moving its DOCSIS 3.0 50 Mbps service into two areas where FiOS is available, creating another face-off between fast cable and

DOCSIS 3.0 pushes U.S. broadband speed wars

Cablevision is planning to launch a 101/15 Mbps DOCSIS 3.0 broadband service, which would be the fastest available in the U.S., at a price of $99 per month. The service will launch in NYC suburbs,...

Cable companies look at RF over Glass for video delivery

In yet another sign of stress for the IPTV camp, cable companies are looking hard at their own RFoG or linear RF over glass approach, as more telco experience is showing that to be the best way to deliver broadcast channels and (some say) even some video on demand. A cable shift to fiber to the...

AT&T’s U-verse: The beginning of the end?

AT&T’s new deal with DirecTV may be the beginning of a shift away from U-verse toward the “Homezone” satellite-and-IP/VoD hybrid model, according to rumors we’ve heard.

The problems with U-verse are that the service has an extremely high pass cost—on the order of 4 to 6...

On Verizon’s and Tier One revenue…concerns beyond the economy

Verizon wasn’t able to match analyst estimates for growth in Q1, but the company’s wireless unit increased revenues by 12%, even while subscriber growth slowed and losses increased slightly.

In the wireline area, Verizon continued to lose both business and residential fixed lines to...