West Virginia senator praises Hardy Telecommunications.
West Virginia Sen. John D. Rockefeller IV (D) had high praise for Hardy Telecommunications (Lost River, W.Va.), saying the company had gone "above and beyond" in its efforts to provide broadaband capability to its customers. "An astounding 98 percent of your customers currently have access to broadband,"...

Shenandoah Telecommunications Adds to Board.
ENTERTAINMENT CLOSE-UP-8 May 2008-Shenandoah Telecommunications Adds to Board(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Shenandoah Telecommunications Company announced that John W. Flora was elected to a three-year term on Shentel's Board of Directors at the Company's Annual Shareholders Meeting. Also at the meeting, Douglas C. Arthur and...

Landel Hobbs to Participate in Deutsche Banks Media & Telecommunications Conference.
TRAVEL AND LEISURE CLOSE-UP-8 June 2008-Landel Hobbs to Participate in Deutsche Banks Media & Telecommunications Conference(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Time Warner Cable Inc. announced that its Chief Operating Officer Landel Hobbs will participate in Deutsche Bank s Media & Telecommunications Conference on Monday, June 9, in...

Power brokers: telecommunications.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] John Connolly Executive Vice President Willis Radnor, Pa. In the telecoms industry, John Connolly is recognized as a leader in the field of directors' and officers' liability. "I couldn't ask for someone better in D&O,"...

16 Top Telecos Ink Deal for UK to India Cable.
ENTERTAINMENT CLOSE-UP-8 May 2008-16 Top Telecos Ink Deal for UK to India Cable(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Major leaders of the global telecommunications industry signed a construction and maintenance agreement (C&MA) to build the first direct, high-bandwidth optical-fiber submarine cable system from the United Kingdom to India....

Shyam Telelink Chooses ZTE, Alcatel-Lucent, and Huawei for Network.
ENTERTAINMENT CLOSE-UP-7 July 2008-Shyam Telelink Chooses ZTE, Alcatel-Lucent, and Huawei for Network(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Sistema, a public diversified corporation in Russia and the CIS, which manages fast growing companies operating in the consumer services sector, announced that Shyam Telelink, Sistema's telecommunications subsidiary in India, has...

Lockheed Martin-Built Satellite Launched Successfully.
ENTERTAINMENT CLOSE-UP-21 April 2008-Lockheed Martin-Built Satellite Launched Successfully(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com The VINASAT-1 communications satellite, designed and built by Lockheed Martin for Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) of Vietnam, was successfully launched from Kourou, French Guiana. Lift-off occurred at 6:17 p.m. Eastern Daylight...

TMG: Almost 10 Million Television-Over-Broadband Subscribers.
ENTERTAINMENT CLOSE-UP-21 April 2008-TMG: Almost 10 Million Television-Over-Broadband Subscribers(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com There will be nearly 60 million Internet Protocol television (IPTV) subscribers worldwide by the end of 2010, according to a new report from Telecommunications Management Group (TMG), "IPTV: The Killer Broadband Application." ...

NTCA staff: trekking across America.
Each issue, "The Exchange" features NTCA staff speaking engagements that took place prior to the publication deadline. Adam Healy, senior government affairs representative, provided a legislative update during the Colorado Telecommunications Association Winter Meeting, February 9-12, in Denver, Colo. Jill Canfield, senior regulatory counsel, spoke...

Dell and NMS Tea for VAS in India and South Asia.
ENTERTAINMENT CLOSE-UP-13 June 2008-Dell and NMS Tea for VAS in India and South Asia(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Telecommunications services platform provider NMS Communications has partnered with technology and IT supplier Dell to meet customer demand for new value-added voice and video services (VAS) in India and...