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::Affordable Internet Services::
::Industry News:: Sept 2005
EBay paying up to $4 bln for Web phone co. Skype - Reuters - EBay Inc. has agreed to buy Internet phone-calling phenomenon Skype for up to $4.1 billion, tapping a hot source of growth and putting it into rising competition with rivals from Google to the local phone company.
EBay said on Monday it will pay $1.3 billion in cash and $1.3 billion in stock for explosively growing Skype, which will allow eBay to add free Web telephone calls to its online auctions. It will make a further payout of up to $1.5 billion if certain financial targets are met. » For more on Skype, click here -------------------------------------------------- ::Industry News:: July 2005
Telephony... Broadband wireless is starting to gain traction among the Tier 1 U.S. carriers, as three of the industry's wireline powerhouses announced plans to launch commercial pilots of the technology, many of them using the new WiMAX gear currently awaiting certification. AT&T - In the fourth quarter, AT&T is launching a commercial trial in Atlanta using pre-certified gear from multiple WiMAX vendors. AT&T also launched a technical trial in Middleton, N.J. BellSouth - BellSouth is expanding its broadband wireless trial using Navini Ripwave gear to Athens, Ga., and two Florida communities by the end of the year. Qwest Communications - In the fourth quarter, Qwest is planning to launch a trial in a community near Denver using an unspecified vendor's kit. Verizon Avenue - Verizon's alternative access subsidiary Verizon Avenue launched a trial broadband wireless network in Grundy, Va., last year using Alvarion's BreezeAccess gear. Though Verizon owns WCS spectrum it chose to use unlicensed frequencies for the trial. |
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