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Phone companies start checking storm damage
NEW YORK — Phone and cable companies are still assessing the damage in the storm-hit areas of the East Coast amid widespread reports of phone outages in flooded areas. Cablevision, which serves parts of Long Island, New York City and New Jersey, says it’s experiencing widespread outages due to the loss of power. Verizon Communications, […]
T-Mobile USA to buy, swap spectrum with Verizon
NEW YORK — Verizon Wireless on Monday said that it has agreed to sell some wireless spectrum rights to T-Mobile USA and swap others, in a continuing quest to get regulators to approve a bigger spectrum deal it has worked out with a consortium of cable companies and another wireless carrier. The deal with T-Mobile […]
Verizon to auction spectrum worth billions
NEW YORK — Verizon Wireless on Wednesday said it will auction a parcel of radio frequencies, which could be worth billions of dollars in an industry scrambling to offer consumers more cellular broadband. The offer is contingent on Verizon getting government approval for three deals to buy spectrum from cable companies and Leap Wireless for […]
Cable companies to offer $9.95 broadband for poor homes
NEW YORK — Cable companies said Wednesday that they will offer Internet service for $9.95 per month to homes with children that are eligible for free school lunches. The offer will start next summer and is part of an initiative the Federal Communications Commission cobbled together to get more U.S. homes connected to broadband. One […]
Ohio Supreme Court OKs state’s satellite TV tax
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Ohio Supreme Court has upheld a state sales tax for satellite TV providers that cable competitors don’t have to pay, rejecting arguments from the satellite industry that the tax is unfair and unconstitutional. In the 5-2 decision released Monday, the state’s highest court ruled that the 2003 tax does not violate […]
