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Baby Bell Collaboration Helps Home Fibre
News BellSouth, SBC Communications and Verizon are reaching new levels of cooperation as they begin building fibre-optic networks directly to homes and offices. On Thursday, the three telephone companies announced they have agreed to use the same types...
[May 30, 2003, 10:29]
Ringing The Changes With VoIP
News A: The RBOCs (regional Bell operating companies, or Baby Bells) really don't want to see an encroachment on long distance by offering voice over DSL. Won't the Baby Bells lose? So you're still at the mercy of the Baby Bells and others.
[September 10, 2003, 11:45]
Analysis: 'Baby Bills' Solution Has Potential
News It's now certain that the world's largest software company will face the biggest anti-trust suit that America has seen since the Bell Telephone company was broken up into the 'Baby Bells'. Do the courts really have the stomach for an all out break...
[May 19, 1998, 15:12]
US Baby Bells Rattle ISPs
News Already reeling from a declining economy and a cash crunch, American Internet service providers are worried that the US Baby Bell local phone companies are winding up for a knockout punch. The Bell companies have been invigorated by the troubles...
[May 16, 2001, 16:49]
The Day Ahead: Everybody Wants To Be B2B
News On Tuesday, SBC Communications made one of the more creative moves we've seen from a Baby Bell -- it bought Sterling Commerce. As Tuesday's barrage of business-to-business (B2B) news shows, companies will do anything to run with shares of...
[February 23, 2000, 11:57]
Cisco Chief To Cable: Move It Or Lose It
News The Cisco Systems chief executive urged cable operators Thursday to quickly upgrade their networks and to launch advanced services, or risk losing out to larger competitors such as the Baby Bell local phone companies.
[December 1, 2000, 10:41]
The Day Ahead: Broadwing Flies Under The Radar
News He said Qwest is a glorified Baby Bell with the acquisition of US West, AT&T is splitting up, WorldCom has its own woes and Sprint is looking for a dance partner. Broadwing, which was spawned from the merger of Cincinnati Bell and IXC...
[November 8, 2000, 13:00]
DSL Makes Surprise Gain In Broadband Battle
News No one can say until other cable giants such as Comcast and Cox, and the remaining Baby Bells such as Verizon report their results. Baby Bells such as SBC, Verizon and BellSouth have introduced price cuts for as low as $29.95 (£18.46) a month for a...
[July 28, 2003, 16:43]
US Telecoms Regulators Reveal Contentious Vision
News The Association for Local Telecommunications Services, a trade group that represents rivals to the big former Baby Bell companies, said the commission was making a mistake by giving the big local phone companies exclusive rights to their advanced...
[August 22, 2003, 11:20]
AT&T Chief Determined To Ride VoIP Wave
News But VoIP, which allows businesses and consumers to make inexpensive phone calls via the Internet, plays a significant role in AT&T's long-term strategy of being the next HBO-like service to cable companies and the Baby Bells.
[September 2, 2004, 15:50]
Lucent And Alcatel Call Off Merger
News In 1984, AT&T was shattered into a new company and seven independent regional telephone companies, or "Baby Bells. A decade later, AT&T chief executive Robert Allen decided to chop up the company even more, setting in play the eventual spinoff of...
[May 30, 2001, 8:59]
US Report: Cable Modems Outpace ADSL
News GTE and the Baby Bells, the chief hawkers of ADSL services, are only now making their first moves from ADSL trials to commercial rollouts. Pacific Bell is offering ADSL services in many parts of California, and BellSouth and Bell Atlantic are...
[August 3, 1998, 9:22]
US Broadband Population Soars
News Cable companies and DSL providers, mainly the Baby Bell phone companies, are competing in a market share battle for the millions of households that still use dial-up connections. Cable and digital subscriber line providers reported their most...
[November 13, 2003, 8:15]
Intel Does WiMax Deal With Chinese Firm
News While still in its infancy, WiMax is considered a potentially disruptive force against cable companies and the Baby Bell phone giants, the dominant providers of broadband in the United States. Intel and Chinese telecom equipment maker ZTE will work...
[January 13, 2005, 10:40]
IDF Day Zero: Computers That Feel - And Squeeze The Cheese
Blog It delicately wraps itself around a human arm without making contact - then closes firmly on a red string bag of Baby Bell miniature cheeses. Andrew Chein, director at Intel Research, has taken the stage at the International Press Day of the Intel...
[April 1, 2008, 20:54]
Philadelphia Pushes On With Wi-Fi Plan
News Not surprisingly, the local Baby Bell phone companies have spoken out against these plans. The city of Philadelphia on Thursday unveiled a plan to transform its streets and neighbourhoods into a gigantic wireless Internet hotspot.
[April 8, 2005, 9:35]
ISP Forced To Take Action On Viruses
News The problem has prompted broadband ISPs, such as cable and Baby Bell phone companies, to step up network scanning and enforcement of security policies. Broadband companies have said they routinely monitor customer accounts for signs of abuse and...
[March 18, 2004, 13:55]
A Year Ago: Stumbling Into The Digital Living Room
News The Baby Bell serves only 10 percent of the population in 14 Midwest and Pacific states. Analysts speaking at the Digital Livingroom conference in the US identified several companies that are not taking the right steps to become successful in the...
[June 23, 2000, 7:03]
Stumbling Into The Digital Living Room
News The Baby Bell serves only 10 percent of the population in 14 Midwest and Pacific states. Analysts speaking at the Digital Livingroom conference in the U.S.identified several companies that are not taking the right steps to become successful in the...
[June 22, 1999, 8:39]
Larry Dignan: Why Microsoft Ruling Won't Worry Wall Street
News Investors that held on to shares of Ma Bell all these years after its break up would have shares of AT&T, a bunch of Baby Bells and Lucent Technologies. And that's why the damage to Microsoft shares will be minimal, a dip of roughly 5 to 10 percent...
[November 8, 1999, 14:35]
