Patricia Fusco

Verizon Communications intends to become one of the first local phone companies to provide voice over digital subscriber line services. In a race to the digital finish line, Verizon commenced conducting a technical trial of its VoDSL technology Tuesday. VoDSL is a technology that provides high-speed Internet access and up to 16 separate telephone lines […]

Application service provider Vertica Solutions Inc. Monday partnered with NetRail Inc. to serve as its national network partner. NetRail will provide Vertica with co-location facilities nationwide, as well as transit for Vertica’s ASP and e-commerce service portfolio over its national broadband IP-based network. The two privately-held companies did not disclose financial terms of the deal. […]

SBC Communications, Inc. continued to shed just enough wireless companies in BellSouth Corp. territory to appease federal regulators. SBC Monday sold two offices in Louisiana to ALLTEL Corp. for $400 million. The all-cash deal transfers 160,000 members of the Radiofone office in New Orleans, LA, and Cellular One in Baton Rouge, LA, to ALLTEL . […]

During the Federal Communications Commission’s review of the America Online Inc., Time Warner Inc. merger, both chief executives swore that the companies are committed to sharing its cable network platform. Gerald Levin, Time Warner chairman and chief executive officer, openly invited independent Internet services providers to strike deals now for future transport over its high-speed

Twenty-eight House members sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno this week urging her to suspend the operation of the Carnivore cyber snooping system while it’s inner workings are under review. House Majority Leader Rep. Dick Armey (R-TX) set up a Web poll asking the public for their views on the issue of […]

Looking to make another smart application service provider investment, Dell Computer Corp. Friday led a group of investors that sunk more then $26 Million into SiteSmith, Inc. Dell’s investment aligns the computer e-tailer with a well received nine-month-old Internet Web site operations company that is gearing up for worldwide expansion of its services. Dell’s recent […]

Canada-based Shaw Communications Inc. Friday formed a new firm tasked with building a national fiber backbone for broadband Internet services. Operating as Big Pipe Inc., the backbone buildout is set to become the primary means of big bandwidth transport for Shaw’s high-speed services. Jim Shaw, Shaw Communcations president and chief executive officer, said it needs […]

The chief executives of America Online Inc. and Time Warner Inc. defended their merger in Washington Thursday and attempted to convince federal regulators that the deal would accelerate broadband services in the U.S. The FCC en banc hearing, a rare gathering of all five commissioners to question witnesses, is utilized when the regulatory body needs […]

EarthLink Inc. Thursday reported business is booming in its traditional dial-up Internet access, small business Web hosting service and broadband Net access. In its financial report for the second quarter EarthLink’s revenues exceeded $230 million, representing a 41 percent increase over revenues for the same time last year. Sales of Internet services also rose 5 […]

ITXC Corp. this week said it would acquire eFusion Inc. in an all-stock deal estimated to be worth $151 million. ITXC Corp. operates ITXC.net, a wholesale Internet telephony network that supplies voice over Internet protocol services. Currently 13 of the 14 top U.S. based telecom carriers contract with ITXC to carry international calls over the […]

InfoSpace Inc. picked up another lucrative wireless deal Wednesday when the content provider teamed up with SBC Wireless to rollout is national mobile Internet services. SBC Wireless tapped InfoSpace for its new wire-free Internet services scheduled to be available through its subsidiaries in October. Six SBC Wireless brands, including Southwestern Bell Wireless, Ameritech, Pacific Bell […]

America Online Inc. is set to spin-off its Latin American division with its initial public offering at the end of this month. Analysts estimate America Online Latin America Inc. stock offering could raise as much as $425 million. Trading under the stock symbol AOLA on NASDAQ, American Online Latin America is set to offer 25 […]