BellSouth debuts DirecTV service

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Briefly: BellSouth debuts DirecTV
service

Briefly: BellSouth debuts DirecTV
service 08/03/2004 09:28 PM
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DIRECTV Debuts New Hardware Strategy at
CES 2004.

DIRECTV Debuts New Hardware Strategy at
CES 2004. 01/09/2004 09:58 PM
DIRECTV Debuts New Hardware Strategy at CES 2004. "Over the course of the year, authorized manufacturers of DIRECTV hardware will migrate to a new standardized hardware specification, which will ensure that all DIRECTV customers enjoy a consistent user interface and experience. Similarly, the various consumer electronics brands currently associated with DIRECTV equipment will be replaced by the DIRECTV brand." Translation: All your base are belong to us.

BellSouth enhances managed VPN service

BellSouth enhances managed VPN service 04/05/2005 04:32 AM
BellSouth announced the availability of a feature that enables enterprise customers to assign higher levels of priority to data on BellSouth's managed IP-VPN network. 

BellSouth Running Trials of IP Centrex
Service

BellSouth Running Trials of IP Centrex
Service 06/10/2004 04:00 PM
The operating company says the trials, in Columbia, S.C., and Miami, give analog phone users access to IP telephony features such as Web-based click-to-dial, multisite calling plans, remote dial access and more.

BellSouth to Test Video Service Within
Year

BellSouth to Test Video Service Within
Year 06/21/2004 07:06 PM
Boston Globe Jun 21 2004 10:50PM GMT

BellSouth Can Force DSL Customers To Buy
Local Phone Service

BellSouth Can Force DSL Customers To Buy
Local Phone Service 01/27/2004 10:59 PM
Just a few months after the Georgia Public Utilities Commission told BellSouth that they can't force DSL customers to buy local phone service, a federal court has ruled (in a separate case) that BellSouth isn't violating anti-trust laws by requiring DSL customers to have local phone service. The article doesn't have many details, but it sounds like those who filed the lawsuit did a very bad job explaining their case. The judge simply tossed out the case saying that "the customers lacked legal standing to pursue the lawsuit and failed to state any valid legal claims" against BellSouth. It would be nice if there were more details, because on the face of it, you would think the case would at least get heard. If BellSouth is the only way to get DSL (thus, a monopoly) and they're then forcing customers to buy local phone service (something they don't want), it certainly sounds like an anti-trust violation.

AOL debuts service for disabled

AOL debuts service for disabled 07/08/2004 03:30 PM
ZDNet Jul 8 2004 7:55PM GMT

AOL Debuts Internet Phone Service

AOL Debuts Internet Phone Service 04/07/2005 05:38 AM
America Online (AOL) customers in 40 select cities have "Got VoIP!" Thursday, AOL began to roll out the beginnings of what will become a nationwide Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) phone service called AOL Internet Phone Service.

Nextel debuts wireless broadband service

Nextel debuts wireless broadband service 04/14/2004 03:43 PM
CNET Apr 14 2004 8:09PM GMT

Watchster news gathering service debuts

Watchster news gathering service debuts 10/29/2003 09:09 AM
A new Web site which gathers news from over 100 different Mac, PDA, and technology sites has officially debuted this week...

Verizon Wireless debuts new Internet
service

Verizon Wireless debuts new Internet
service 09/22/2004 07:06 PM
Crains NY Business Sep 22 2004 8:38PM GMT

Sprint debuts 'push to talk' service

Sprint debuts 'push to talk' service 11/17/2003 12:51 PM
The telecom service provider unveils a walkie-talkie-like service to facilitate short, instant voice calls among its customers.

AOL debuts lower-priced Internet service

AOL debuts lower-priced Internet service 12/30/2003 04:09 PM
MSNBC Dec 30 2003 2:34PM ET

Microsoft Debuts New Hosted Messaging
And Collaboration Service

Microsoft Debuts New Hosted Messaging
And Collaboration Service 02/01/2005 09:56 PM
Hoping to make its small and medium-size customers at least feel a little bigger Microsoft has debuted its Solution for Hosted Messaging and Collaboration 3.0, what company officials are calling their next generation of hosted services. The new services, which leverage the company's Solution for Hosted Exchange 2003, has added new support for hosted versions of Office Live Communications Server 2005 as well as Windows SharePoint Services. This is designed to be a more cost effective approach for SMBs through access to more robust e-mail, shared calendaring, document collaboration and instant messaging. The added benefit to service providers, company officials claim, is they can offer their smaller customers with more proactive monitoring of their businesses along with provisioning automation and more centralized management. This makes it possible for providers to consolidate existing e-mail systems onto a single platform reducing the cost of deployment. "We hear from a lot of small and medium-sized organizations about their need for enterprise-class messaging and collaboration services, but they do not want the worry of keeping their systems safe against things like SPAM, viruses and other security attacks. At the same time they want to purchase such services from providers that offer personalized support and higher levels of availability. That, too, is very important to them," said Pascal Martin, general manager for Hosting Solutions at Microsoft.

Qualcomm debuts 'push to talk' service
in India

Qualcomm debuts 'push to talk' service
in India 05/27/2004 01:43 PM

Orange debuts 3G service offerings at
Cannes Film Festival

Orange debuts 3G service offerings at
Cannes Film Festival 05/24/2004 02:04 PM
DMeurope.com May 24 2004 4:32PM GMT

BellSouth searches for new ad sales

BellSouth searches for new ad sales 11/17/2003 10:04 PM
The major telephone and Internet service provider forms a search engine marketing service in an attempt to capitalize on the popularity of paid search.

BellSouth Profit Inches Up

BellSouth Profit Inches Up 07/26/2004 09:05 AM
TheStreet.com Jul 26 2004 1:29PM GMT

DSL lawsuit against BellSouth dismissed

DSL lawsuit against BellSouth dismissed 01/28/2004 01:12 AM
Boston Globe Jan 28 2004 5:47AM GMT

DSL Lawsuit Against BellSouth Dismissed

DSL Lawsuit Against BellSouth Dismissed 01/28/2004 12:04 AM
AP via Newsday Jan 28 2004 4:19AM GMT

BellSouth may shimmy out of 'naked' DSL

BellSouth may shimmy out of 'naked' DSL 06/14/2004 03:02 PM
Arcane rules that forced the company to sell DSL separately in four states are set to expire Tuesday.

BellSouth Looks To Get Out Of Unbundled
DSL Rules

BellSouth Looks To Get Out Of Unbundled
DSL Rules 06/14/2004 06:00 PM
Just as most of their competitors are going the other direction and offering unbundled, "naked" DSL, BellSouth is looking to stop offering it to try to force their customers to buy bundled DSL with local phone service. While earlier court rulings had force d the company to unbundle in certain states (and not in others), those rulings may not apply as UNE-P rules are set to expire tomorrow. What's amazing is that BellSouth seems to think this is a good thing. They're basically telling potential customers they won't sell them any service at all, unless they agree to buy a service they don't need. If ever there were a marketing recipe designed to drive potential customers straight into competitors' open arms, this is it. As I said on Friday, they're giving up their future (broadband) to try to weakly hold onto their past (local phone service).

BellSouth QoS goes the extra mile

BellSouth QoS goes the extra mile 04/14/2005 04:58 AM
BellSouth has introduced a VPN service that guarantees QoS from customer site to customer site, not just the part of the trip that is actually in the carrier's network.

DSL Lawsuit Against BellSouth Dismissed
(AP)

DSL Lawsuit Against BellSouth Dismissed
(AP) 01/27/2004 09:51 PM
AP - A federal judge on Tuesday threw out a lawsuit that claimed BellSouth Corp. broke antitrust law by requiring customers seeking high-speed DSL lines to buy its local phone service.

BellSouth Shows Mixed Numbers

BellSouth Shows Mixed Numbers 04/22/2004 09:23 AM
TheStreet.com Apr 22 2004 1:37PM GMT

BellSouth squelches shutoff concerns

BellSouth squelches shutoff concerns 05/26/2004 03:16 PM

BellSouth CEO Denies Interest in Rivals
(AP)

BellSouth CEO Denies Interest in Rivals
(AP) 08/03/2004 04:32 PM
AP - BellSouth Corp. chief executive Duane Ackerman said Tuesday his company is not interested in buying any of its competitors right now as it focuses on closing the sale of its Latin American assets and an acquisition of AT&T Wireless.

BellSouth Deal Juices SupportSoft

BellSouth Deal Juices SupportSoft 06/17/2004 01:19 PM
TheStreet.com Jun 17 2004 5:24PM GMT

BellSouth expands Ethernet services

BellSouth expands Ethernet services 06/04/2004 05:07 PM
The regional telecommunications service provider announced an upgrade of its business-oriented Ethernet transport service for metropolitan-area networks.

The Telco Taint Hits BellSouth

The Telco Taint Hits BellSouth 11/13/2003 08:50 AM
Fortune Nov 13 2003 8:36AM ET

BellSouth squelches shutoff rumors

BellSouth squelches shutoff rumors 05/26/2004 03:22 PM
ZDNet May 26 2004 7:09PM GMT

BellSouth offers VoIP for businesses

BellSouth offers VoIP for businesses 10/29/2003 11:32 PM
The regional phone provider will sell Internet-based telephone services to small and medium-size businesses.

BellSouth eyes wireless portability fee

BellSouth eyes wireless portability fee 11/17/2003 01:56 PM
The company wants to charge monthly fees to recover the $38 million it spent to allow customers to keep their old telephone numbers after switching to a cell phone provider.

Telefonica Poised for BellSouth Deal
(Reuters)

Telefonica Poised for BellSouth Deal
(Reuters) 03/06/2004 01:58 AM
Reuters - Telefonica, the largest telecoms group in the Spanish-speaking world, is expected to announce a $5.85 billion cash deal to buy the Latin American wireless assets of U.S. carrier BellSouth as soon as Monday, sources familiar with the talks said on Friday.

BellSouth lessens VoIP hardware
requirements

BellSouth lessens VoIP hardware
requirements 05/13/2004 12:31 PM
The new service will be powered in part by Lucent equipment housed in BellSouth's network, lessening the hardware purchases required for customers.

BellSouth offers VoIP to Miami
businesses

BellSouth offers VoIP to Miami
businesses 06/07/2004 06:57 PM

BellSouth to Offer Hotspots to Internet
Customers

BellSouth to Offer Hotspots to Internet
Customers 03/06/2004 01:49 AM
BellSouth says it is building 100 hotspots in Charlotte, N.C.: Existing DSL and dial up customers will be able to use the hotspots, which will become available in the second quarter, for free. It's not clear if folks who are not BellSouth Internet customers will be able to use the network. BellSouth doesn't seem to have a press release about this on its Web site; maybe the story was announced locally in Charlotte. BellSouth is one of the few major landline operators that has yet to announce a Wi-Fi strategy. The company owns a variety of wireless licenses in and around the MMDS bands. This is pure speculation, but BellSouth would be smart to build hotspots once WiMax gear is available and comes down in price because it can use its licensed frequencies and WiMax to backhaul hotspots at a low cost....

BellSouth Posts Higher Earnings
(Reuters)

BellSouth Posts Higher Earnings
(Reuters) 01/22/2004 08:26 AM
Reuters - BellSouth Corp. (BLS.N), the No. 3 U.S. local telephone company, on Thursday posted higher fourth-quarter profit as sales of wireless, Internet access and multi-service packages slightly boosted revenues.

BellSouth begins Microsoft IPTV trials

BellSouth begins Microsoft IPTV trials 01/06/2005 09:41 PM
The Baby Bell is kicking Microsoft's tires for possible use in its Internet-based video service.
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