Qwest Beats the Odds, So Far
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The revived phone company Qwest has built up so much cash that it can think, cautiously, of buying another industry player.
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NEW YORK -- Qwest Communications International Inc. has increased its offer for MCI Inc. by nearly $1 billion as Verizon Communications Inc. continues talks with MCI about a rival bid, according to a report.
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The Story: Some technologies always seem to be ?just around the corner.? Seven years ago, there was a big flurry of interest in end-to-end Ethernet (aka metro Ethernet) as a brace of new ventures promised to cut through the complexities of wide area networking.[ Slideshow: 2007's top underreported tech stories ]                                                    They didn?t deliver. One big reason: building a new network that will reach into offices and homes costs beaucoup bucks. As IDC analyst Boyd Chastant puts it, ?Digging a whole in the ground never gets cheaper.?Laying fiber is still expensive, but now telcos ? including AT&amp;T, Verizon, and Qwest ? plus cable companies such as Optimum LightPath, Cox, and Time Warner that already have fiber in the ground are offering Ethernet services. LightPath, for example, boasts of 2,500 miles of fiber in the ground and says it has lit more than 2,000 buildings in its service area in the northeast.End-to-end Ethernet offers a very affordable way to connect LANs to a wide area network. After all, every router has an Ethernet interface, you don?t need much special hardware, and the technology is very familiar. So most IT staffers will have little trouble adapting, says Burton Group analyst Jeff Young. That is, if you can get it: Pricing depends on your need for speed, and not all of the providers offer it throughout their service areas.Raw bandwidth isn?t Ethernet?s big advantage. It?s not necessarily much faster than private lines. However, says Chastant, it is more scalable. Conventional private-line services offer speeds near the bottom (around 10Mbps) and the near top (around 10Gbps), but not much in the middle. End-to-end Ethernet solves that. And it can be tied to Internet access, bumping up access speeds appreciably.Availability is on the upswing too, says Boyd. In the past, carriers worried that end-to-end Ethernet service would cannibalize other data services. But now that demand has reached critical mass, that concern appears to have faded. Meanwhile, providers and equipment manufacturers are ironing out incompatibles and clarifying service definitions in the Metro Ethernet Forum, Chastant says.It looks like we?ve turned the corner and end-to-end Ethernet is right in front of us.The Bottom Line: If your carrier doesn?t provide end-to-end Ethernet, another provider likely does. It?s worth the trouble to look: End-to-end Ethernet will give you the performance you need and because it?s a familiar technology you won?t have to retrain or replace your IT staff.Complete list of 2007 underreported stories: 1.? Java is becoming the new Cobol 2.? Sun Microsystems is back in the game 3.? Hackers take aim at Mac OS X 4.? There are some threats you can worry less about 5.? Companies may have found a way around H-1B visa limits 6.? Open source?s new commercial strategy 7.? End-to-end Ethernet finally arrives 8.? Blade servers arrive for the masses 9.? BI is dead; long live BI 10. Balance of power shifts to software buyers
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US prosecutors said Thursday Qwest Communications isn&#39;t off the hook, even though the company agreed to a $250 million civil fine for its addiction to fraudulent accounting.
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Leading wireless phone provider sets subscriber bar a little higher.
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Qwest Communications International Inc. posted a third-quarter loss of $569 million after setting aside more money to settle lawsuits stemming from a three-year, $3.
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The rumors of a Nextel Communications&#39; combination with Sprint aren&#39;t ringing the same regulatory alarm bells as the larger acquisition of AT&amp;T Wireless by Cingular Wireless.
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Qwest Communications International Inc.  offered more than &#36;7 billion for MCI Inc. , topping an earlier bid by Verizon Communications Inc. , Bloomberg News said on Sunday.
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Qwest Communications International Inc.  on Wednesday said it will buy back up to $2 billion worth of its stock, but disappointment over a lack of a dividend announcement weighed on the phone company's stock after the bell.
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Shares in MCI climb on speculation that rival phone firm Qwest has tabled a $6.3bn takeover offer.
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Despite early adoption woes, manufacturers are still confident the WiMAX standard will take hold.
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By Anna Marie Kukec  akukec@@dailyherald.com  Speed counts. So does style. And Motorola Inc. leveraged both Tuesday.
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Grey clouds in Jamaica, though Cable and Wireless (C&amp;W) said it is trading in line with expectations and that it is on track to increase annual profit to between 16 and 24 per cent.â¦
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Blog: Once I got past the cable tangles and setup woes, I found the Ooma phone system works well.
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While companies are promoting fourth-generation wireless as the next wave in Internet access, its future is far from certain.
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Despite Sprint's financial trouble, its current WiMAX efforts appear promising, according to one In-Stat analyst.
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Bolstered by its fast-growing wireless business, Sprint reported solid third-quarter results Tuesday that beat Wall Street's expectations by 3 cents a share. Sprint also took a &#36;3.5 billion charge to write down network equipment that's been rendered obsolete.