EarthLink to lay off 900
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Blog: Internet service provider says it will lay off about half its staff in an effort to boost profits and raise its share price.
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(InfoWorld) - The sun came out for EarthLink's Philadelphia Wi-Fi network on Thursday even as prospects forÂ its San Francisco projectÂ remain shrouded in fog. Wireless Philadelphia, a nonprofit group formed by the city of Philadelphia, has approved the 15-square-mile Wi-Fi test network EarthLink built, opening the door for the operator to finish building out a 135-square-mile network covering the city. The approval comes just a month afterÂ EarthLink announced it would scale back its city Wi-Fi initiative, focusing on existing and large cities for the rest of the year. The company has seven or eight cities under contract now and is negotiating with five more, Vice President of Product Strategy and Marketing Cole Reinwand said last week. It decided to stagger its Wi-Fi expansion to conserve resources, he said. Residents can already use the 15-square-mile network in Philadelphia. The full network is expected to be complete in the third quarter. EarthLink is financing, building, and managing the network and will share revenue with Wireless Philadelphia, which will offer cut-rate access for low-income people. For six months, customers of a 1MbpsÂ service will pay an introductory rate of $6.95 per month, which bumps up to $19.95 thereafter. A faster 3Mbps service is available for $9.95 for the first six months and $21.95 after that. City parks will have free access, and low-income residents can sign up for service at $9.95 per month, before promotions. Customers can also pay for service on an hourly, daily or three-day basis. The Philadelphia Wi-Fi network is notable because when announced, it set off a storm of controversy that resulted in a Pennsylvania law requiring municipalities to receive approval from incumbent telecommunications operators before building Wi-Fi networks. The law was created after incumbents complained that by financing Wi-Fi networks, cities were building networks that would compete with their businesses. The San Francisco project, which has drawn attention partly because of Google's planned involvement as provider of a free citywide service, has run into fierce opposition from activists as well as some local elected officials. The proposed contract is scheduled for a vote by the city and county's board of supervisors in July.
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Wireless carrier Sprint Nextel Corp   plans to lay off several thousand employees, the Wall  Street Journal reported on Monday.
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Investor's Business Daily - The joint venture of EarthLink  (NasdaqGS:ELNK - News) and SK Telecom   doesn&#39;t want to follow in the footsteps of Walt Disney&#39;s   Mobile ESPN, which shut down last year, or Amp&#39;d Mobile, which filed for bankruptcy reorganization protection on Friday.
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The carrier will give its broadband subscribers access to 3,900 hot spots for $1.99 a month.
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New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said a subsidiary of EarthLink Inc. has agreed to end what he called deceptive marketing practices that led to overcharges for customers using its dial-up Internet service.
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EarthLink's plans to lay off 900 people signals change for wi-fi deployment efforts, observers say.
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Perhaps the optical network supplier should call off its merger with AFC.
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EarthLink is going mostly wireless, so why not hire a guy with a wireless background?
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Plans for municipal Wi-Fi in a dozen cities currently in negotiations with EarthLink may be in jeopardy as the company is imposing new demands on how the networks are to be paid for.
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InfoWorld - EarthLink founder Sky Dayton said he's stepping down as CEO of Helio, a move that appears to be part of the plan toÂ reduce EarthLink's position in the mobile company.
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Cable and Wireless, the struggling telecoms group, said it would cut 600 jobs across Europe, part company with a top executive and shut its London headquarters.
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Blog: VoIP provider SunRocket is shutting down.
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By The Associated Press  In a May 21 story about municipal wireless projects, The Associated Press erroneously reported that EarthLink Inc. suspended new bids. The company said it won't seek as many bids, but isn't completely ruling out new ones.
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EarthLink Inc.&#39;s current contract to build a municipal Wi-Fi network in San Francisco appears to be dead following a restructuring of the struggling Internet service provider.
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Internet-service provider Earthlink Inc. on Tuesday launched a service that enables high-speed subscribers to make unlimited voice calls through their computers at no additional charge.
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Office Depot Inc. will cut 900 jobs after the company closes and consolidates its call centers and account management operations. The US Securities and Exchange Commission and The Delray Beach, Fla.