Articles tagged with: Embarq and Alltel

U.S. Telecom and Cable Credit Profiles to Weaken in 2009

Debt ratings agency, Fitch has issued a report where it says it believes that growing event risk associated with economic, competitive and regulatory pressures will weaken the credit profile of most operators within the U.S. telecommunications and cable sector in 2009. Growing unemployment, continuing home foreclosures, the acceleration of cord-cutting, evolution of wireless smart-phone-based data services, and a changing regulatory environment with a new Federal Communications Commission (FCC) make-up and key regulatory programs up for reform represent some of the challenges to the industry in 2009.  more

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50 Largest Telecommunications Service Providers for 2006

The Eastern Management Group has released the names of the World's 50 Largest Telecommunications Service Providers for 2006. Compilation of the list is an annual joint effort between the firm's two largest and oldest practices. The Service Provider Consulting Practice assists businesses to establish and manage distribution channels and channel partners that sell to service providers throughout the world; while the Service Provider Market Research Practice performs ongoing tracking of all of the world's telecommunications service providers, in more than 200 countries and territories. more

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Sprint 4Q Net Up, Post-Paid Customers Fall"

NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- Sprint Nextel is slipping further behind the top two U.S. wireless carriers in the fourth quarter.  more

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Sprint Spins Off Embarq As It Focuses On Wireless

NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- Sprint Nextel late Wednesday completed the spinoff of its local telephone business, embarq, as the company streamlines its business for growth. more

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