4 posts and columns on Frontier Communications

Not With a Bang, but a Whimper: Icahn Leaves Yahoo Board (Plus His Entire Letter)

in News on October 23, 2009 at 3:00 pm PT

Carl Icahn, the activist billionaire investor who made such a noisy fuss in his quest to force management and other changes at Yahoo, is taking a much quieter leave from the Internet giant’s board. He said “there was not a need at this time for an activist investor” on Yahoo’s board. That’s true, of course, but here’s BoomTown’s quickie analysis: Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz completely ignores him.
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Yahoo Loses Board Member: Wilderotter to Resign

in News on September 25, 2009 at 2:12 pm PT

Maggie Wilderotter, a Yahoo director who was once under consideration to be its CEO, has told the company she intends to resign from the board at the end of the year. She has served on the Yahoo board since mid-2007, during its most tumultuous period ever. Wilderotter is CEO of Frontier Communications, a large telecom services company. Her departure means Yahoo will only have one women on the board–CEO Carol Bartz.
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Why Frontier Will Escape the Curse of the Verizon Deal

in News on May 15, 2009 at 6:55 am PT

Should Verizon Communications deals come with a warning label? In the past few years, the telecommunications company has been shedding slow-growth businesses as it focuses on its wireless and FiOS businesses. While the deals have served Verizon well, they haven’t worked out as well for those acquiring the assets–at least in three cases.

Time Warner Cable Backs Off Pay-Per-Byte Broadband Billing

in Media on April 16, 2009 at 12:48 pm PT

That was quick. Time Warner Cable is shelving plans to charge its Internet customers based on usage. For now, that is. The cable giant had planned on charging customers in four locations on a “consumption” plan in which they’d pay between $15 to $150 a month based on the amount of data they hoovered via the Web. But noisy opposition to the plan surfaced immediately and has been getting louder over the past few weeks.