Music online: Big boys team up on delivery system
News A deal to collaborate on a digital delivery platform, code-named "Nigel," could be signed as early as next week, although people close to the talks caution it could still fall apart, or the closing could be delayed by AT&T's intense focus on the...
[May 6, 1999, 15:08]
Broadband game just beginning
News While AT&T has bet more than $120bn on cable technology -- through the combined purchases of Tele-Communications Inc.and MediaOne -- it remains unclear whether the investments will ultimately pay off.
[May 7, 1999, 8:01]
AOL faces threat from AT&T
News AT&T has made a $54 billion bid to buy cable-television company MediaOne in an attempt to promote cable delivery of internet services. AT&T claims that would give a quarter of American homes access to superfast internet connections via AT&T's...
[April 27, 1999, 12:36]
Guide to High-Speed Data Service Interruptions
White Papers Through understanding the different service interruptions, it is believed that MediaOne can better identify the severity of each interruption and what needs to be done to properly address it.This information will steer the development of...
[September 23, 2003, 6:20]
AOL-Time Warner a threat to AT&T
News Once AT&T completes its acquisition of MediaOne Group, AT&T will have a total of 15 million subscribers. Meanwhile, an interesting footnote to the AOL/Time Warner deal is that AT&T -- once its acquisition of MediaOne Group is complete -- will have...
[January 11, 2000, 9:45]
News Burst: Is One 2 One up for grabs?
News The report says C&W and MediaOne may cancel the sale and consider a share listing. Germany's Mannesmann, which runs the country's mobile-phone network, and France Telecom are understood to be circling UK mobile phone company One 2 One, according to...
[July 7, 1999, 11:56]
Microsoft touts consumer benefits of broadband media
News Cable Access: RoadRunner (which services Time Warner and MediaOne), and High Speed Access. Microsoft and more than 35 of its closest industry pals chose this week's Digital Hollywood conference in LA to showcase a new consumer broadband initiative.
[October 1, 1999, 12:15]
Will merger shut lid on open access?
News Lemley, along with Harvard Professor Lawrence Lessig, has asked the Federal Communications Commission to add an "open access" requirement to its approval of AT&T's acquisition of MediaOne Group. As media stocks soared and the folks at the newly...
[January 11, 2000, 14:03]
AT&T snubs Sun in digital TV plan
News Only last week, AT&T agreed to buy US no.3 cable operator MediaOne for $54 bn, shoving rival bidder Comcast , in which Microsoft has a stake, aside. The pact sees the software giant take a 2 to 3 percent stake in the US telecoms behemoth -- around...
[May 6, 1999, 16:35]
AT&T eager to exchange control for capital
News Both moves are related to the company's acquisition of MediaOne Group, which put AT&T over the federal government's cable ownership cap. AT&T's debt at the end of September was nearly $62bn, an increase from the $36bn the company had on the books...
[December 13, 2000, 11:59]
News Burst: Microsoft make a move on Telewest
News Originally, Microsoft had planned to take MediaOne's 29.7 stake in Telewest, which would have resulted in their taking joint control of the company with Liberty Media Group, a subsidiary of AT&T. Microsoft unveiled Tuesday a 22.98 percent stake in...
[July 11, 2000, 16:06]
MS plans broadband control
News The US telco, for its part, is poised to become the nation's biggest cable provider with an agreement to purchase the MediaOne Group; it already owns cable provider TCI, which is turn is the largest stakeholder in @Home Network, a cable-based...
[May 13, 1999, 9:49]
Excite@Home keeps a 'video collar'
News By comparison, the cable modem service of Roadrunner, which is a joint venture owned by Time Warner, MediaOne, Microsoft, Compaq and Advance/Newhouse, has no such restriction with individual cable operations offering its service.
[November 1, 1999, 7:52]
Microsoft may buy stake in Cable & Wireless
News Last week, as part of its broad deal with AT&T, Microsoft agreed to swap stock for the 29.9 percent stake in Telewest Communications PLC that is held by MediaOne Group Inc.which agreed to be acquired by AT&T.
[May 12, 1999, 15:17]
Open access: Appeal showdown set
News But with AT&T in the process of becoming the nation's biggest cable provider through its pending $58 billion acquisition of MediaOne Group, more local communities are showing an interest in following Portland's lead.
[November 1, 1999, 12:19]
