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Comcast and Time Warner to invest in 4G…
News Comcast and Time Warner Cable are looking to help bankroll a new joint venture between Sprint Nextel and Clearwire to deliver 4G wireless services, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. Comcast, the largest cable operator in the US... [26 Mar 2008]
AT&T meets AOL Time Warner
News According to reports, merger talks opened shortly after Comcast, AOL Time Warner's own cable division, made an unsuccessful $40bn stock-swap bid for AT&T Broadband. However, a potential deal could involve Comcast buying AT&T Broadband but... [25 Jul 2001]
AOL gets intimate with AT&T over sale talks
News Following the failed Comcast bid, AT&T set a 30 November deadline for additional bids, although AOL Time Warner is thought to be the front runner. AT&T originally planned to spin off its cable TV unit earlier this year, but postponed the... [16 Nov 2001]
Vonage shares off to a shaky start
News Cable providers such as Comcast and Time Warner have seen tremendous growth in their customer base as they bundle their voice service with high-speed web access and TV service - so-called triple-play. [25 May 2006]
Comcast seals $72m AT&T deal
News The deal marks the end of a prolonged courtship, during which Comcast increased its bid several times, creating a cable giant with a subscriber base of 22.3 million - far in excess of AOL Time Warner's 12.7 million. [20 Dec 2001]
Comcast sending out less spam
News US cable giant Comcast has said the volume of spam originating from its network has dropped 35 per cent since it blocked an email loophole weeks ago. The new data comes after Comcast, the largest broadband service provider in the US, earlier this... [30 Jun 2004]
AT&T reconsiders $53bn Comcast deal
News AOL Time Warner is also thought to be interested in the business, a factor that may prompt AT&T to favour the Comcast deal. Comcast and AT&T are planning to resume discussions shortly over the future of the telco's broadband division. [02 Aug 2001]
AT&T's Comcast deal may include $12bn debt swap
News Comcast's stuttering deal to buy AT&T Broadband took another step forward yesterday with news that the two companies may exchange as much as $11.8bn of debt in meeting the financial obligations of the deal. [13 Aug 2002]
AT&T shares expand in broadband merger
News Shares in AT&T gained 0.90 per cent on the NYSE yesterday after the company finalised a $72bn broadband merger with US cable network company Comcast. On Nasdaq shares in Comcast fell 2.61 per cent following the news. [20 Dec 2001]
Yahoo! enters the AOL fray
News The word comes on the heels of rumours that first Microsoft, then a Google-Comcast partnership, were in discussions with AOL. and of AOL, a unit of Time Warner, declined to comment on the report. It's been no secret that Time Warner has wanted to... [17 Oct 2005]
AOL co-founder steps down as ISP plans comeback
News Google and Comcast are in serious talks to buy a minority stake in the division, according to sources familiar with the matter. AOL co-founder Steve Case stepped down from Time Warner's board of directors as the internet division tries to make a... [01 Nov 2005]
Markets poised for AOL profit warning
News At the end of last year AOL lost a bidding war with Comcast for AT&T's broadband division, leaving it with just half the subscribers of the new cable giant. Speculation is mounting that AOL Time Warner will unleash a profit warning on Monday at... [04 Jan 2002]
Bystanders caught in spam crossfire
News That means Road Runner will block emails originating from people who have their own email servers on top of an outside internet service such as those offered by Verizon Communications, SBC Communications or Comcast. [22 Aug 2003]
Top five takeovers that shook the tech world
News Other notable deals worthy of mention include networking and communications equipment-maker Lucent's acquisition of Ascend for $20bn in 1999 and Comcast's purchase of AT&T for a whopping $67bn in 2001. [04 Feb 2008]
Spam busting plan to make businesses pay
News Goodmail Systems, which provides a service called CertifiedEmail, has signed up Comcast, Cox Communications, Time Warner Cable's Road Runner and Verizon as customers. Five of the largest ISPs in the US are to start charging businesses for... [07 Jun 2007]
