SBC to invest $4 billion in fiber upgrade
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In preparation for offering video service, SBC will spend $4 billion to upgrade its network infrastructure from copper to fiber optics.
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SBC said it signed a 10-year, $400 million agreement with Microsoft to provide next-generation television services using Microsoft&#39;s TV internet protocol television edition software platform.
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SBC Communications today became the second major local phone carrier to unveil plans to offer cable-like television services. Earlier, the company said it agreed to use new technology by Microsoft for delivering
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SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- Nippon Telegraph and Telephone, Japan&#39;s largest telephone company, plans to spend 5 trillion yen ($47 billion) over the next several years to replace its copper data-transmission lines with faster fiber-optic lines, according to
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By Kyodo News International, Tokyo  Feb. 9--TOKYO -- Toray Industries Inc. said Friday it will invest a total  of 55 billion yen to boost its production capacity of carbon fibers at its  three bases in Japan, the United States and France, by the beginning of 2009.
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SBC Communications Inc. will use a Microsoft Corp. software system to transmit television over high-speed Internet connections like the ones SBC will offer after replacing the local arteries of its copper telephone network with fiber-optic cables.
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Regional Bell SBC Communications today announced a 10-year, $400 million deal to use Microsoft&#39;s Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) software platform to power its foray into IP-based television services.
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SBC Communications SBC.N on  Wednesday said it reached a 10-year, $400 million deal with  Microsoft Corp. MSFT.O to provide next-generation television  services.
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LAS VEGAS - SBC Communications will roll out a suite of network services and products based on IP this year, featuring integrated next-generation TV, high-speed Internet access and VOIP (voice over IP) offerings for home users, company Chairman Edward Whitacre said Thursday at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
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SBC Communications plans to announce that it will pay $400 million to Microsoft for software used to deliver TV programming over high-speed data lines.
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ATLANTA - BellSouth Corp. and SBC Communications Inc. again are joining forces in an effort to lead the way in Internet-based phone directories, with a planned purchase of www.
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SBC will design, build and manage the Internet phone system for Ford&#39;s headquarters in Michigan. The project -- valued at an estimated $100 million -- is likely to be completed in the next three years.
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The boards of directors of SBC  Communications Inc. SBC.N and AT&T Corp. T.N met on Sunday  afternoon to vote on a more than $15 billion stock deal in  which SBC will acquire AT&T, according to a source familiar  with the situation.
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SBC announced consumer tests of its Internet phone service Tuesday in Los Angeles and three other major cities and said it will offer the low-cost, feature-laden plans to all broadband customers in its 13-state territory including California early next year.
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SBC is planning to offer a Wi-Fi service that will enable subscribers to receive high-speed wireless access to the Internet at 3,900 airports, hotels, restaurants and other so-called &quot;hot spots&quot; across the country.
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The boards of directors of SBC Communications Inc.  and AT&T Corp.  were to meet on Sunday to vote on a more than &#36;15 billion stock deal in which SBC will buy AT&T, according to sources familiar with the situation.
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SBC Communications will offer a high-speed Internet connection for $19.95 per month to new customers who buy a premium calling plan and sign a one-year contract, the company said on Wednesday.