Fiber-optic ruling buoys SBC
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Federal regulators decided yesterday that local phone companies that build fiber-optic lines to individual homes do not have to share that part of their networks with rivals.
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PARIS Alcatel, the world&#39;s largest provider of broadband Internet equipment, won a $1.7 billion order to build a fiber-optic network for SBC Communications, the companies said Thursday.
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SBC Communications (SBC.N: Quote, Profile, Research) expects to spend about $5 billion over the next three years to build and connect consumers to a high-speed
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Watch out, cable. Reddy Kilowatt can now invade your turf as the FCC on Thursday approved regulations that allow power companies to provide broadband services.
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WASHINGTON -- New rules approved this week by the Federal Communications Commission are aimed at making high-speed Internet available to more Americans.
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SBC is banking on AT&T being deadly serious about keeping its costs down, but some analysts are skeptical.
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SBC is teaming up with Microsoft to provide consumers with a new way to view television -- a move that puts it in direct competition with the cable TV industry.
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WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) -- SBC Communications on Wednesday became the second major local phone carrier to unveil plans to offer cable-like television services.
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ATLANTA BellSouth and San Antonio-based SBC Communications are joining forces in an effort to lead the way in Internet-based phone directories.
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The Federal Communications Commission has approved rules which it claims will encourage development of broadband access over power lines, a new technology that provides access to high speed broadband services using the nation&#39;s power grid instead of phone
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Firm&#39;s new connection charge for calls made over the Internet is being watched, Powell says. WASHINGTON  - SBC Communications Inc.
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The Montgomery and Prince George's county councils  approved agreements yesterday allowing Verizon Communications Inc. to begin selling its fiber-optic television service, ushering in competition and the possibility of lower prices for thousands of cable viewers in suburban Maryland.
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InfoWorld - Researchers from Siemens have successfully tested technology that not only increases the speed of passive optical broadband connections to the home or office but also the radius of coverage.
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San Antonio-based SBC Communications Inc. on Tuesday said that it will outline plans for the company&#39;s new fiber-optic network in a Web cast with analysts and investors.
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SBC Communications Inc. on Wednesday said it has agreed to pay $400 million for the use of Microsoft Corp.&#39;s digital TV software platform, in a move seen as helping the telecommunications company defend against competing cable operators.
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A federal judge has ruled that a lawsuit filed against Target Corp. by the National Federation for the Blind (NFB) regarding the accessibility of the retailer's Web site can move forward.
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Vendors complete the first live 40-Gbps optical transmission trial.