Colin C. Haley

Cablevision’s spinout of its Rainbow DBS satellite service is on track, but details have changed since the proposal was first floated in March. The new entity will include DBS and three national cable networks, AMC, The Independent Film Channel and WE:Women’s Entertainment. In addition, the DBS business will offer nationwide service.. Under the original plan, […]

Sprint is taking dozens of steps — including trimming its management ranks — to reach its goal of reducing $1 billion off its annual operating budget. “We have 41 (cost-cutting) projects underway,” CFO Bob Dellinger said during the company’s third-quarter earnings call today. The Overland, Kan., voice and data provider will have about 12 percent […]

After months of unsuccessful negotiations, Qwest is suing AT&T for fees related to toll-free calls routed over Qwest’s network. The Denver telecommunications provider alleges that AT&T failed to update records of toll-free numbers that were called using Qwest’s network. As a result, Qwest says it under-billed AT&T for using its network by between $15 million […]

Bolstering its public sector business, Sprint’s government systems division today announced longterm deals with the Army National Guard and the FBI. In the first contract, the company will link 58 National Guard sites into its peerless Internet protocol network. The project is valued at $18 million for equipment and services during the first year and […]

InfoSpace has spent the better part of a year improving its search engines — now it’s spreading the word. “We just started a campaign on and around five college campuses,” Leslie Grandy, vice president of product management told internetnews.com. “We’re looking to leverage the edginess of the brand name.” The initiative highlights the Bellevue, Wash., […]

After enduring a three-year losing streak, Lucent executives, employees and shareholders finally got some satisfaction from an earnings report, as the company posted a fourth-quarter profit. “We’ve put a strong foundation in place to grow our business,” Russo said during a conference call this morning. “This continues to be a very challenging environment, but there […]

InfoSpace is buying Moviso from Vivendi Universal Net for $25 million in cash, a move that adds mobile content such as ringtones, video, graphics and games to its offerings. “Moviso is by far the leader in the space,” Infospace spokeswoman Nancy Bacchieri told internetnews.com. “It’s the company we wanted.” A Moviso spokeswoman was not immediately […]

Baffled by bling-bling? Perplexed by prairie-dogging? Confused by carcooning? Google can help. The search engine powerhouse has introduced a glossary feature to troll the Web for definitions. The Mountain View, Calif., company says its particularly well-suited for slang and newer terms such as “search engine,” that are likely to appear online before they do in […]

Search specialist Convera has won a new contract with the FBI, a customer it will highlight when pitching security-minded agencies and corporations. The Vienna, Va., company’s RetrievalWare will be used for a new Investigative Data Warehouse, a counter-terrorism database available to several agencies. “This is an extremely big win for other customers concerned with security,” […]

Looking to replicate its success in Europe, Acotel, an Italian maker of wireless platforms for carriers and media companies, launched in the United States today. The company, not to be confused with the French telecom equipment maker with a similar name, has established its U.S. base in Boston and a sales office in New York. […]

Looking to quickly and cheaply expand its distribution, EarthLink has signed a deal to sell its dial-up and high-speed Internet service through 5,000 RadioShack stores nationwide. Neither the duration, nor value, of the deal was disclosed. It’s the latest move by an Internet service provider to team with a retailer. Last week, rival United Online […]

Locking in a key customer, Overture Services will provide paid search listing to Microsoft’s MSN network in the United States and United Kingdom through June 2005. Financial terms of the contract extension were not disclosed. The signing douses speculation that Microsoft would look elsewhere for paid search services, rather than strengthen ties with Overture, which […]