Article Qwest in Arizona expects to spend $55 million to beef up the state’s broadband infrastructure in rural areas. Denver-based Qwest Communications International Inc. (NYSE:Q) announced Thursday it is seeking $350 million from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Utilities Service to expand broadband throughout its 14-state territory. Arizona will be a prime recipient of that …
Monthly Archive: April 2010
Apr
02
2010
Verizon Gets Out Ahead of Broadband Crunch
Verizon Gets Out Ahead of Broadband Crunch BY MARTIN PEERS Ivan Seidenberg may have the last laugh. The Verizon Communications chief has been assailed in recent years for spending $23 billion to build an ultrahigh-speed broadband TV and phone network called FiOS. After signing up around three million TV or broadband subscribers, growth has begun …
Apr
02
2010
Form 8-K for FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS CORP
Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. On March 31, 2010, frontier communications Corporation (the “Company”) entered into an amended and restated employment agreement (the “Amended Employment Agreement”) with Mary Agnes Wilderotter, the Company’s Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, which amends …