Telecoms Wait Nervously On $20 Billion Contract
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Over the past 3 1/2  years, AT&T has spent several million dollars putting together two 5,000-page proposals detailing how it can upgrade phone lines, wireless networks and fire walls for the federal government. At one point, about 100 people toiled through the night in a Northern Virginia basement...
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A survey finds corporations may increase security spending as much as 20 percent because of wireless access concerns.
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We won't know exactly what bidders plan to spend for a lucrative chunk of spectrum upon which to build new wireless services, but we do know who the bidders are. And at least for now, there are a few surprises.
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The telecom's results can't quite connect with Wall Street's expectations.
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Investors suffer when communications companies can't communicate.
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The U.S. government on Thursday picked AT&T , Level 3 , Qwest , Verizon  and Sprint Nextel  for a contract worth up to $20 billion over 10 years to improve its telecommunications services.
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Should investors connect with this troubled telecom?
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ManTech International Corp. of Fairfax won a $20.9 million contract from the Air Force to provide network and telecommunications services in Europe and in Turkey.
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The once-certain merger process between the largest US telephone company, AT&T Inc., and former "baby Bell" and regional telephone carrier BellSouth, could perhaps be delayed further on account of a curious federal district judge. His hearings into why the AT&T/SBC and Verizon/MCI mergers were expedited by the Justice Dept. could raise skepticism about the viability of AT&T/BellSouth.
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The U.S. government on Thursday  picked AT&T , Level 3 , Qwest , Verizon   and Sprint Nextel  for a contract worth up to $20  billion over 10 years to improve its telecommunications  services.
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Telecom isn't dead, but some providers are already rotting.
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The "tentative" status may be making investors jittery.
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Company hasn't said when the device will be available.
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Company carrying out Â£17bn upgrade of network to hold emergency meeting.
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Expect mobile broadband access to be commonplace in the next couple of years. The technologies are here and so is the demand, but spectrum and cost issues remain.
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U.S. wireless companies are investing billions of dollars in networks that deliver video and music to cellphones, but some investors worry whether the new services will turn a profit.
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Anyone who has followed the telecom market in recent years knows that this hypercompetitive industry is badly in need of consolidation.