EMAILWIRE.COM, August 06, 2004) CEDAR KNOLLS, NJ, August 6, 2004 — The U. S. RBOCs have dealt a major defeat to the
long distance operators, especially AT&T and MCI who face a very uncertain future and are withdrawing from the consumer markets. The question facing the RBOCs is whether the advent of voice over broadband will actually undermine their
long-term position.
«Voice over any broadband facility — DSL or cable modem — opens the door for any service provider to secure the customer. In a packet world, access and service are separated — the link is severed,» said Allan Tumolillo, COO of Probe Financial Associates. «Skype, a company that simply distributes a peer-to-peer voice over packet software solution, has over 18M copies downloaded. This is a company with no network assets at all, simply relying upon the quality of service levels within the Internet. And its price is zero.»
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EPHRATA, Pa.
(Business Wire) Aug. 6, 2004 -- D&E Communications, Inc. («D&E») (Nasdaq:DECC), a leading provider of
integrated communications services in central and eastern Pennsylvania, today announced the following unaudited operating results: -0- *T (Unaudited) (in thousands, except per share amounts) Quarter Ended June30, Six Months Ended June30, 2004 2003 Change 2004 2003 Change
Operating Revenues $44,135 $43,287 $ 848 $87,900 $85,372 $ 2,528 Operating Income 5,191 6,467 (1,276) 10,205 11,670 (1,465) Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations 1,312 810 502 (2,802) 1,265 (4,067) Net Income (Loss) 1,312 764 548 (2,802) 1,472 (4,274) Basic and Diluted Earnings (Loss) Per Common Share $ 0.08 $ 0.05 $ 0.03 ($0.18) $ 0.10 ($0.28) *T
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Telus Corp., Canada’s No. 2
telephone company, said
second-quarter profit more than doubled after the biggest sales increase in 10 quarters. Its stock fell on the company’s reduced forecast for a unit that caters to businesses.
Net income climbed to C$172.3 million ($131 million), or 48 cents a share, from C$73 million, or 21 cents a share, a year earlier, Vancouver-based Telus said. Sales rose 5.2 percent to C$1.87 billion from C$1.77 billion.
Chief Executive Darren Entwistle cut his full-year target for the unit that sells services to companies in eastern Canada. Entwistle, who’s depending on that division and his wireless business to make up for a long-distance slump, is trying to create Canada’s largest mobile-phone carrier through a hostile C$1.1 billion bid for Microcell Telecommunications Inc.
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The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India on Friday recommended a sharp cut in the licence fee for telecom companies from 15 per cent to 6 per cent of the adjusted gross revenue.
It also proposed to exempt infrastructure providers, radio paging and
Internet telephony companies as well as operators in rural areas with less than 1 per cent teledensity from paying the licence fee, registration charges and obtaining bank guarantees.
In its draft recommendations on unified licensing, the regulator has proposed a Rs 107 crore (Rs 1.07 billion) registration charge for telecom service providers in addition to a charge based on the entry fee paid by basic telecom service providers that received licences for various circles from 2001.
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Telephone deregulation, new technologies thwart
once-steady industry
By Christopher Stern / Washington Post
Once special and expensive, long-distance as a category no longer makes a difference to millions who have unlimited telephone packages. Now the formerly steady industry appears close to ending.
„Shush, it’s long-distance!“
For decades, a long-distance call was something special — and expensive. It could instantly quiet a dinner-table conversation and infuse a household with an aura of anxiety or romance.
Over time, long-distance became cheaper and more routine. And now it appears close to disappearing entirely as its own category, because of the popularity of unlimited telephone packages. For millions of people, it no longer makes a difference if they call across the country or across the street.
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