A veteran communications and telecom analyst has likened what is currently happening to Avaya Holdings Corp. to that of the final downfall of Ottawa-based...
Level 3 Communications Inc. has expanded its network to cover additional U.S. cities by announcing that it agreed to pay $1.2 billion to acquire TelCove Inc. This is the third acquisition within five weeks by Level 3, of Broomfield, Colorado. And Level 3 is not alone; the entire industry is in the middle of a hot merger and acquisition period.
A complex interplay of technology, services and end-user requirements inform the rules that govern phone companies, according to Charles Dalfen, chair of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), indicating that the regulation process is more complicated than it's sometimes made out to be.