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Telcos staring into the VoIP chasm

Traditional phone companies are being forced into rethinking their business plans in the light of the rise of internet telephony, and the shifting power balance towards cable operators Read more

4 March, 2005 by Ben Charny

Incumbent telcos losing grip on EU broadband

As the EU gets ever more broadband-enabled, the incumbent telcos are losing their grip on Europe's fat pipes. According to... Read more

2 December, 2008 by Jo Best

Broadband growth sees incumbent telcos under fire

High-speed Internet connections are rolling out all over Europe, and newer providers are providing a challenge to previously dominant telcos Read more

21 January, 2005 by Jo Best

Incumbent telcos accused of plotting against VoIP

NetEvents: The traditional phone companies are trying to stifle innovation in next-generation IP services, according to equipment makers Read more

8 October, 2004 by Graeme Wearden

5 years ago...PSINet challenges incumbent telcos with wireless DSL

...provider Winstar Communications because it is fed up with waiting for the incumbent telcos to open up the local loop. Businesses of all sizes, from... Read more

11 October, 2004 by silicon.com staff

PSINet challenges incumbent telcos with wireless DSL

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11 October, 1999 by Lisa Burroughes

Skype 'to seriously cut into telcos' profitability'

Popular voice-over-IP application Skype is going to rob revenues from incumbent telcos as they're forced to give away voice services, according to... Read more

10 January, 2005 by Sylvia Carr

VoIP eating into telcos' revenue

Incumbent telcos need to take their heads out of the sand and come... Read more

10 February, 2005 by Sylvia Carr

Negroponte at NetEvents

[These are some pretty raw notes from Negroponte's presentation at NetEvents, Hong Kong, as it happens. He's showing off... Read more

2 December, 2006

Voice ain't dead yet - but what about telcos?

...out in these areas. This changing landscape presents quite a challenge for incumbent telcos which base much of their business around fixed-line, such as... Read more

16 May, 2006 by Sylvia Carr

BT's next-generation consumer offering: does BT have the answer?

The telco's entry into television is promising, but is accompanied by signs of hubris Read more

22 December, 2005 by John Delaney

New wave services keep BT buoyant

...in particular leaving a lot to be desired when measured against other incumbent telcos Read more

19 May, 2005 by Jo Best

Net access 'becoming a commodity'

...issue is the decline in the traditional voice business of many large incumbent telcos, where voice revenues are in a decline of up to 10... Read more

1 March, 2005 by Will Sturgeon

VoIP enters the ascendancy

...mammals outwit dinosaurs The shift in strategy comes none too soon. The incumbent telcos have already been facing competition from upstarts taking advantage of cheaper... Read more

3 February, 2005 by Jim Hu and Marguerite Reardon

Telcos battle to control community wireless

...Edward Rendell approved the law on Wednesday morning, after the proposal giving incumbent telcos the right to block community telecoms networks in the state was... Read more

1 December, 2004 by Graeme Wearden

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archerthom

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DarkDown

yeah! all we want free software

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Just gimme a map to the fridge. :D

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Is this classic FUD? One thing I would definitely have notice is a Mozilla threat to stop supporting GNU/Linux.

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