Major Players
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Our Group:

 

Gerald Kresta

 

Matt McGovern

 

Kelly Orman

 

John Verbeke

 

AT&T

Well established long distance provider; offers wireless and internet service; significant cable holdings including TCI; recently bid for MediaOne; has cable telephony trial underway in Freemont, CA

 

Bell Atlantic

Local phone service for six Mid-Atlantic states and Washington, D.C.; wireless partership with NYNEX, U.S. West, and AirTouch; has invested heavily in fiber optics, digital swithcing and wireless technology.

 

BellSouth

Local phone service in nine Southern states; cellular operations; nine wireless cable operations in Florida and Kentucky; internet service available to 70% of its current customers. 

 

Cox Communications

3.2 million cable subscribers in 20 states; has plans to move forward with cable telephony; facing major video competition from telcos in its markets including Omaha and Phoenix

 

Frontier Corporation

Local phone service in south, southeastern and northeast; long distance reselling – currently building own network; cellular, paging & wireless; building own coast-to-coast fiber optic network; state of the art systems for both voice and data

 

GTE

Local phone service and internet services in hot growth markets such as Orange County, Tampa and Dallas; extensive wireless holdings in the U.S.; early culture change in marketing services in a converging industry

 

MCI WorldCom

Nationwide long-distance penetration; internet and wireless services; competitive local services; recently announced intention to merge with Sprint; has not made entry into cable services – yet

 

SBC Communications

Local phone service in 14 western and eastern states; cellular service through Cellular One territories; focusing on twarting local service competition; little push toward cable telephony

 

Time Warner

12.3 million subscribers in 37 states; working to add commercial telephony to its Road Runner high-speed internet service

 

U.S. West

25 million customers in 14 western and midwestern states; strong investment in cable television; wireless and data communication services; largest internet reach of any regional holding companies (RHCs); well positioned to deliver cable telephony