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AT&T to cut 200 wireline call center jobs at its Houston facility
2015-10-06 20:08:57| Telecom - Topix.net
AT&T is laying off 200 wireline workers in its Houston call center facility that are charged with taking consumer collection calls for its traditional voice and U-verse video and broadband services. The service provider said that the volume of calls at its Houston center had been declining.
Frontier: soon-to-be-acquired Verizon wireline assets see $1.45B revenue climb
2015-09-01 22:26:16| IT Services - Topix.net
Frontier Communications reported in a Securities and Exchange Commission 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. Likewise, adjusted EBITDA was $416 million, up 3.7 percent year-over-year from $401 million in the second quarter of in 2014, and adjusted EBITDA margin of 28.7 percent was up from 27.8 year-over-year and sequentially.
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Verizon passes on $144M in Caf II funding as wireline asset sale rumors swirl
2015-08-31 19:40:36| IT Services - Topix.net
Verizon is not accepting funding of $144 million total per year for six years to expand broadband in the rural areas it serves from the second phase of the FCC's Connect America Fund , fueling new rumors that it's considering a sale of another large piece of its wireline asset portfolio. According to a Broadband DSL Reports article, speculation has emerged that Verizon is in talks with an unnamed service provider to sell more of its wireline assets, with a deal that could be announced early next year.
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at&T takes $427M in Caf II funding, sets plan to bring wireline, wireless broadband to 18 states
2015-08-28 03:38:24| Wireless - Topix.net
AT&T has joined fellow Tier 1 telco CenturyLink, Consolidated Communications and others in accepting $427 million annually in phase two of the FCC Connect America Fund program, allowing it reach 2.2 million rural locations in 18 of the 21 states in its operating territory with broadband services. In making its decision to accept the funding, AT&T said it "carefully analyzed a number of factors including the regulatory obligations associated with accepting the funds and whether the funding makes deployment economically feasible ."
Verizon wireline workers authorize strike amid contract negotiations
2015-07-25 22:49:34| Telecom - Topix.net
Verizon Communication Inc's wireline unit workers on the U.S. East Coast have voted to go on strike, if needed, amid contract negotiations, the unions representing them said on Saturday. Verizon workers take part in a rally as they negotiate a union contract in New York July 25, 2015.
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