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FCC Delays Review of Verizon Deal That Is Critical to Fast Wireless Plans The Federal Communications Commission could be throwing a wrench in Verizon Communications’ strategy for offering super-fast upcoming 5G wireless service in the next few years. The strategy depends in part on Verizon $1.8 billion deal to acquire XO Communications’ national fiber optic network and lease rights to XO’s high frequency airwave rights. But this week, the FCC said it was pausing its usual 180-day review period for evaluating the deal with XO, owned by billionaire investor Carl Icahn, after many of Verizon’s competitors complained.
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- Today, because of numerous mergers, there are only 3 Companies: AT&T was purchased by SBC Communications, which owned Southwestern Bell, Pacific Bell, Ameritech, SNET, BellSouth and AT&T, the long distance company.
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Why Verizon wants to buy an ailing Yahoo in $4.8B deal Mayer rejected Armstrong's offer. But now that AOL-Yahoo merger is set to take place in a wholly unexpected manner — thanks to Verizon, the largest U.S. phone carrier. On Monday, Verizon and Yahoo announced that the telecom giant agreed to buy the ailing Internet company in a $4.8 billion deal. Last year, Verizon bought AOL for $4.4 billion. “Just over a year ago we acquired AOL to enhance our strategy of providing a cross-screen connection for consumers, creators and advertisers.
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AOL AOL was eventually spun off from Time Warner in 2009, with Tim Armstrong appointed the new CEO. Under his leadership, the company invested in media brands and advertising technologies. On June 23, 2015, AOL was acquired by Verizon Communications for $4.4 billion, which turned it into a subsidiary.
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XM Satellite Radio On July 29, 2008, XM and former competitor Sirius Satellite Radio formally completed their merger, following U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approval, forming Sirius XM Radio, Inc. with XM Satellite Radio, Inc. as its subsidiary.
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- Updated Feb. 22, 2016 4:56 p.m. Verizon Communications Inc. agreed to buy the fiber-optic network business from Carl Icahn’s XO Communications LLC for $1.8 billion, a deal the billionaire activist investor said didn’t represent a good return on his investment.
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- Today, because of numerous mergers, there are only 3 Companies: 1  AT&T was purchased by SBC Communications, which owned Southwestern Bell, Pacific Bell, Ameritech, SNET, BellSouth and AT&T, the long distance company. 2  Verizon, which owned Bell Atlantic, NYNEX, and GTE and bought MCI, the former long distance company.
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Verizon Wireless Regulators with the Federal Communications Commission approved the Bell Atlantic-GTE merger June 16, 2000, creating the largest wireless company in the U.S. Verizon Wireless held this market position until Cingular acquired AT&T in 2004.owever, on September 20, 2007, Verizon Wireless announced a joint effort with the Vodafone Group to transition their networks to the 4G standard LTE and on November 29, 2007, Verizon Wireless announced that they would start LTE trials in 2008.
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Verizon Wireless Throughout the 2000s, Verizon acquired several wireless phone companies and assets across the country, including West Virginia Wireless in 2006; Ramcell in 2007; Rural Cellular Corporation and SureWest Communications, both in 2008.
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Al Gore sues Al Jazeera We are asking the court to order Al Jazeera America to stop wrongfully withholding the escrow funds that belong to Current's former shareholders.. Gore, who was the executive chairman of the board of Current Media, and the company's former CEO Joel Hyatt sold Current Media to Al Jazeera in January 2013. Published reports at the time said the deal was valued at $500 million.
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Sophos Adds Advanced Machine Learning to Its Next-Generation Endpoint Protection Portfolio with Acquisition of Invincea The Invincea endpoint security portfolio including X by Invincea will continue to be supported and sold by Invincea and available via Invincea’s network of registered partners. Sophos has agreed to acquire Invincea from its current shareholders for a cash consideration of $100 million with a $20 million earn-out. Sophos will retain the company’s office in Fairfax. Invincea CEO Anup Ghosh and COO Norm Laudermilch will join Sophos in key leadership positions.
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Regulators just killed Comcast's big merger with Time Warner Cable. Here's why. Comcast has abandoned its $45 billion bid for Time Warner Cable, a deal that would have made the nation's largest cable giant even bigger. Today, we move on, Comcast chair and CEO Brian L. Roberts said in a short statement.
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Verizon XO Purchase Could Boost 5G Wireless, 'Small Cell' Plans Verizon XO Purchase Could Boost 5G Wireless, 'Small Cell' Plans. Verizon Communications (VZ), in a move that could boost its plans to offer 5G wireless services, agreed to buy privately held XO Communications’ fiber-optic network for about $1.8 billion. Verizon said it expects the deal to close by June 30.
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- Verizon Wireless will acquire additional spectrum that is owned by SpectrumCo, a joint venture of Comcast, Time Warner Cable, and Bright House Networks, which will enable it to continue to improve its support for data and voice services that are in high demand by consumers.
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- The cable and Internet provider spelled out the details Thursday on the wireless service that CEO Brian Roberts announced in September. The newly branded Xfinity Mobile service leverages Verizon Wireless' network and launches mid-year. It will be confined to Comcast customers who already pay for home Internet service, as well as potential new Internet subscribers who reside within Comcast’s footprint.
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About Fidelity Communications Co. Fidelity Communications Co. is owned by the Davis family, including brothers Mike Davis, the Chief Operating Officer; and Andy Davis, General Manager of the recently acquired systems; and their sister, Kathy Ruwwe, the company's Director of Human Resources.
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Twilio Acquires Beepsend For A2P SMS Routing Technology Cloud communication platform Twilio (NYSE:TWLO) has acquired messaging technology company Beepsend for an undisclosed sum. Beepsend has developed a suite of SMS-based services that help network operators and businesses prioritize their messaging processes, with particular focus on A2P (Application-to-Person) capabilities.
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Partner Communications selects Jungoâs OpenRG for new SmartBox gateway Jungo, a provider of broadband residential gateway software services, and Partner Communications, an Israeli mobile telecoms operator, have reached an agreement that sees Jungo integrating its OpenRG residential gateway software into Partner’s new SmartBox home gateway, part of the operator’s new home communications offering.
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Nexstar Media Group On March 13, 2014, Nexstar Broadcasting Group announced that it would purchase Internet Broadcasting for $20 million. The company had also recently acquired competitor Inergize Digital through its purchase of assets from Newport Television.
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- Xo Customer Service Phone Number Phone Number of Xo is +1-800-421-3872, +1-703-547-2000, +1-877-792-5550. XO Communications is an American based telecommunications company which provides advanced technology communications, network and information technology services to customers in corporate, business, large enterprise and wholesale sectors.
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- On September 25, 2013, Nintendo announced it had purchased a 28% stake in a Panasonic spin-off company called PUX Corporation. The company specializes in face and voice recognition technology, with which Nintendo intends to improve the usability of future game systems.
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Our Company The company has 1.5 million fiber strand miles in its network, including approximately 20,000 route-miles of intercity and 13,500 route-miles of metro fiber. XO also has added direct fiber-connected buildings onto its network and now has nearly 5,000 On-Net buildings.
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Choc-Ola Yoo-Hoo purchases Choc-Ola[edit] Eventually, in 1985, Moxie decided to sell the Choc-Ola business to The Chocolate Group (later renamed to Yoo-Hoo Industries), which was also the parent company of Yoo-Hoo; one of Choc-Ola's major competitors at the time. Shortly thereafter, The Chocolate Group began phasing out production and distribution of Choc-Ola.
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Verizon and XO? The Rumor Mill Spins On But according to the rumor, Verizon's supposed interest doesn't derive from XO's fiber assets or its nascent cloud efforts or its enterprise customer base, but rather from its nearly forgotten LMDS spectrum holdings. XO has long curated a large portfolio of that spectrum, obtained back during the dot com bubble.
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Excel Communications In June 1997, Excel acquired Telco Communications Group, one of the nation's 10 largest long-distance phone companies with its own nationwide fiber-optic network. Before the purchase, Excel had to resell long distance service through other companies networks, such as Frontier Communications. In November 1998, Excel merged with Teleglobe. Kenny Troutt retired as CEO on September 20, 1999 and was replaced by Christina Gold.
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AT&T Completes Acquisition of Quickplay AT&TNewsroom. AT&T Completes Acquisition of Quickplay. AT&T* has completed its acquisition of Quickplay Media, Inc. from Madison Dearborn Partners. The deal complements AT&T’s strategy to deliver video content wherever and whenever viewers want it by adding a leader in powering over-the-top (OTT) video and TV Everywhere services to AT&T’s portfolio.