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|  | Adelphia bids roll in; Time Warner, Comcast offer $17 billion
Time Warner and Comcast have offered a joint bid of more than $17 billion to take over bankrupt cable operator Adelphia Communications. A rival group, led by private equity firms Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. and Providence Equity Partners, also submitted a bid. Other companies that offered to buy pieces of Adelphia's system include: Patriot Media & Communications, backed by Spectrum Equity Investors, Bain Capital and Silver Lake Partners; and Cequel III, a telecommunications company run by the former chief executive officer of Charter Communications, backed by Goldman Sachs Group . Denver Rocky Mountain News (2/1), Los Angeles Times (2/1), Variety (subscription required) (2/1), The Wall Street Journal (2/1)
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| | Wall Street mulls future telecom deals
Wall Street is speculating about what telecom mergers could be happening soon. Some analysts believe Verizon Communications will be the next one to make a move. The Wall Street Journal (2/1)
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| | Skype makes VoIP software available to Mac, Linux users
Skype, the company that offers free VoIP software, today is expected to make its services available to Macintosh and Linux users, a move that likely will expand its footprint significantly. Skype says it has been adding about 140,000 new users per day. CNET (1/31), InformationWeek (2/1)
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Back when Time Warner and AOL merged in 2001, the most obvious synergy available to justify the deal involved linking Time Warner's Internet service with the America Online empire. But the two units didn't announce a marketing agreement until yesterday. Donald Logan, the chairman of Time Warner's media and communication group, said issues at AOL had made it difficult to do a deal earlier. One Wall Street analyst praised the new arrangement but said, "This would have had a much greater impact if they had done it three years ago." NYTimes.com (2/1)
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Falling costs for unlit fiber and optical networking equipment have encouraged a handful of companies to build their own fiber-optic networks from scratch. Although the strategy isn't for everyone, companies that need more bandwidth and want to save money may be attracted to the do-it-yourself approach, analysts say. CNET (2/1)
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| | Verizon Wireless offers network, music clips
Verizon Wireless said it will begin providing clips from networks Comedy Central and NBC as well as music video downloads from Warner Music to subscribers of its new VCAST 3G service. MediaPost Communications (2/1), New York Post (2/1)
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WiMAX eventually will join DSL and cable broadband as a major platform for delivering high-speed Internet services, but only if it can overcome quality-of-service issues, according to a Frost & Sullivan analyst. TechWeb Network (1/31)
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| | Qwest seeks end to service audits
Qwest Communications has filed for a "permanent waiver" from a requirement that it file annual reports with the Colorado PUC detailing its local investment. The requirement stems from the company's merger with US West in 2000. Denver Rocky Mountain News (2/1)
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The defense team for former WorldCom chief Bernard J. Ebbers yesterday focused on distancing Ebbers from allegations that he was closely involved with the company's accounting. The Washington Post (2/1)
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