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<!--Generated by Squarespace V5 Site Server v5.13.159 (http://www.squarespace.com) on Sun, 26 May 2013 05:18:38 GMT--><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><title>The Monitor</title><subtitle>The Monitor</subtitle><id>http://jsicapitaladvisors.com/monitors/</id><link rel="alternate" type="application/xhtml+xml" href="http://jsicapitaladvisors.com/monitors/"/><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://jsicapitaladvisors.com/monitors/atom.xml"/><updated>2012-05-17T20:05:05Z</updated><generator uri="http://five.squarespace.com/" version="Squarespace V5 Site Server v5.13.159 (http://www.squarespace.com)">Squarespace</generator><entry><title>FCC’s 2013 Budget Includes $7m Hike in Regulatory Fee Collection</title><category term="FCC"/><category term="Incentive Auctions"/><category term="Julius Genachowski"/><category term="Legislative Update"/><category term="Monitor"/><category term="National Broadband Plan"/><category term="Regulatory Fees"/><category term="The Regulatory Monitor"/><id>http://jsicapitaladvisors.com/monitors/2012/5/10/fccs-2013-budget-includes-7m-hike-in-regulatory-fee-collecti.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://jsicapitaladvisors.com/monitors/2012/5/10/fccs-2013-budget-includes-7m-hike-in-regulatory-fee-collecti.html"/><author><name>Cassandra Heyne</name></author><published>2012-05-10T19:30:30Z</published><updated>2012-05-10T19:30:30Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[In a Senate Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government hearing on the FCC's proposed 2013 resource needs, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski revealed that the FCC's budget for 2013 should increase from just under $340m to almost $347m. The entire $346,782,000 will be collected through regulatory fees. Genachowski also updated the Subcommittee on the FCC's progress with incentive auctions and the National Broadband Plan.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Verizon Toys with 1-800 Mobile Data Pricing Concept</title><category term="AT&amp;T"/><category term="Industry Trends"/><category term="Monitor"/><category term="Net Neutrality"/><category term="The Broadband Monitor"/><category term="The Wireless Monitor"/><category term="Verizon"/><id>http://jsicapitaladvisors.com/monitors/2012/5/10/verizon-toys-with-1-800-mobile-data-pricing-concept.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://jsicapitaladvisors.com/monitors/2012/5/10/verizon-toys-with-1-800-mobile-data-pricing-concept.html"/><author><name>Cassandra Heyne</name></author><published>2012-05-10T16:33:55Z</published><updated>2012-05-10T16:33:55Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[Following in AT&T's footsteps, Verizon cto Tony Melone described at the CTIA convention this week how Verizon is toying with the concept of "1-800" style pricing models where content and app providers would pay but customers would be able to use these services without depleting their data plans. Although such pricing models may alleviate some of the cost burden on consumers and carriers, the net neutrality rules are a significant barrier.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>DISH Introduces Commercial-Free TV With Auto Hop</title><category term="Auto Hop"/><category term="Commerical Free TV"/><category term="Dish Network:DISH"/><category term="Hopper"/><category term="Monitor"/><category term="The Video Monitor"/><id>http://jsicapitaladvisors.com/monitors/2012/5/10/dish-introduces-commercial-free-tv-with-auto-hop.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://jsicapitaladvisors.com/monitors/2012/5/10/dish-introduces-commercial-free-tv-with-auto-hop.html"/><author><name>Deborah Rand</name></author><published>2012-05-10T14:30:01Z</published><updated>2012-05-10T14:30:01Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[DISH announced that satellite subscribers will now have the choice to automatically skip over commercials. The new "Auto Hop" capability for the Hopper whole-home HD DVR system is being activated today, and it allows customers to skip all commercials for most recorded primetime HD programs shown on ABC, CBS, FOX and NBC when viewed the day after airing.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Is West Virginia Wasting Stimulus Funds on Over-Powered Routers?</title><category term="Monitor"/><category term="Stimulus Funding"/><category term="The Broadband Monitor"/><category term="The Stimulus Monitor"/><id>http://jsicapitaladvisors.com/monitors/2012/5/10/is-west-virginia-wasting-stimulus-funds-on-over-powered-rout.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://jsicapitaladvisors.com/monitors/2012/5/10/is-west-virginia-wasting-stimulus-funds-on-over-powered-rout.html"/><author><name>Deborah Rand</name></author><published>2012-05-10T14:18:39Z</published><updated>2012-05-10T14:18:39Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[According to an article on the West Virginia Gazatte-Mail, the state of West Virginia has spent $24 million in stimulus awards to put high-powered Internet routers in tiny schools and libraries. The routers are designed to serve major research universities, medical centers and large corporations. The Cisco 3945 series routers, which cost $22,600 each, are built to serve "tens of thousands" of users or device connections, according to a Cisco sales agent. The routers are designed to serve a minimum of 500 users, the article reported.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>LICT Finalizes 2011 Earnings, Reports $3.1 Million Goodwill Impairment</title><category term="Earnings - 4Q11"/><category term="Goodwill Impairment"/><category term="LICT Corporation:LICT"/><category term="Monitor"/><category term="The Earnings Monitor"/><category term="The RLEC Monitor"/><id>http://jsicapitaladvisors.com/monitors/2012/5/10/lict-finalizes-2011-earnings-reports-31-million-goodwill-imp.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://jsicapitaladvisors.com/monitors/2012/5/10/lict-finalizes-2011-earnings-reports-31-million-goodwill-imp.html"/><author><name>Deborah Rand</name></author><published>2012-05-10T14:09:10Z</published><updated>2012-05-10T14:09:10Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[LICT Corporation announced its earnings for the fourth quarter of 2011. On March 13, 2012, the company announced preliminary fourth quarter and full year earnings. Two significant adjustments were made to the preliminary results including a $3.1 million impairment of goodwill and a $1.4 million reduction in equity income.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>T-Mobile Kicking the Tires on MetroPCS?</title><category term="Deals - Wireless"/><category term="Deals: Mobile Wireless"/><category term="MetroPCS:PCS"/><category term="Monitor"/><category term="T-Mobile USA"/><category term="The Deal Monitor"/><category term="The Wireless Monitor"/><id>http://jsicapitaladvisors.com/monitors/2012/5/10/t-mobile-kicking-the-tires-on-metropcs.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://jsicapitaladvisors.com/monitors/2012/5/10/t-mobile-kicking-the-tires-on-metropcs.html"/><author><name>Deborah Rand</name></author><published>2012-05-10T14:05:22Z</published><updated>2012-05-10T14:05:22Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[According to an article on Bloomberg, Deutsche Telekom AG is discussing a merger of its T-Mobile USA unit with MetroPCS. Bloomberg reported that Deutsche Telekom is considering a stock-swap transaction that would give the German company control over the combined entity, which would be publicly listed, said two of the people, who declined to be identified because the talks are private.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Hawaiian Telcom Loses Lines But Gains Traction on BB and TV in 1Q12</title><category term="Earnings - 1Q12"/><category term="Hawaiian Telcom:HCOM"/><category term="Monitor"/><category term="The Earnings Monitor"/><id>http://jsicapitaladvisors.com/monitors/2012/5/10/hawaiian-telcom-loses-lines-but-gains-traction-on-bb-and-tv.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://jsicapitaladvisors.com/monitors/2012/5/10/hawaiian-telcom-loses-lines-but-gains-traction-on-bb-and-tv.html"/><author><name>Deborah Rand</name></author><published>2012-05-10T14:00:08Z</published><updated>2012-05-10T14:00:08Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[Hawaiian Telcom reported financial results for its first quarter ended March 31. First quarter revenue was $97.6 million, compared to $98.5 million in the first quarter of 2011. The 1 percent decrease was due primarily to the impact from access line loss, largely offset by increased equipment sales and growth from video, business data and HSI services.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>FXall Extends and Expands Hosting Agreement with Savvis</title><category term="CenturyLink:CTL"/><category term="Data Center"/><category term="FXall"/><category term="Monitor"/><category term="Savvis"/><category term="The Data Center Monitor"/><id>http://jsicapitaladvisors.com/monitors/2012/5/10/fxall-extends-and-expands-hosting-agreement-with-savvis.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://jsicapitaladvisors.com/monitors/2012/5/10/fxall-extends-and-expands-hosting-agreement-with-savvis.html"/><author><name>Deborah Rand</name></author><published>2012-05-10T13:28:18Z</published><updated>2012-05-10T13:28:18Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[Savvis, a CenturyLink company, announced that FXall, an independent electronic foreign exchange platform, has renewed its hosting and infrastructure services agreement with Savvis and will take additional data center space to accommodate client demand and ongoing market growth.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Windstream Says Business and Broadband Made up 68% of 1Q12 Revenue</title><category term="Earnings - 1Q12"/><category term="Monitor"/><category term="The Earnings Monitor"/><category term="The RLEC Monitor"/><category term="Windstream:WIN"/><id>http://jsicapitaladvisors.com/monitors/2012/5/10/windstream-says-business-and-broadband-made-up-68-of-1q12-re.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://jsicapitaladvisors.com/monitors/2012/5/10/windstream-says-business-and-broadband-made-up-68-of-1q12-re.html"/><author><name>Deborah Rand</name></author><published>2012-05-10T13:02:51Z</published><updated>2012-05-10T13:02:51Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[Windstream Corp. reported first-quarter results. In the first quarter, Windstream reported total revenues and sales of $1.55 billion, operating income of $253 million and net income of $65 million, or 11 cents per share. That compares to net income of $29 million, or 6 cents per share, on total revenues of approximately $1 billion during the same period in 2011.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Verizon Moves to End Dry DSL, Congressman Asks “Why?”</title><category term="House Energy and Commerce Committee"/><category term="Legislative Update"/><category term="Monitor"/><category term="Naked DSL"/><category term="Rep. Mike Doyle"/><category term="The Broadband Monitor"/><category term="The RBOC Monitor"/><category term="Verizon"/><category term="Verizon Wireless-SpectrumCo/Cox"/><id>http://jsicapitaladvisors.com/monitors/2012/5/9/verizon-moves-to-end-dry-dsl-congressman-asks-why.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://jsicapitaladvisors.com/monitors/2012/5/9/verizon-moves-to-end-dry-dsl-congressman-asks-why.html"/><author><name>Cassandra Heyne</name></author><published>2012-05-09T16:45:13Z</published><updated>2012-05-09T16:45:13Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[Representative Mike Doyle (D-PA) has taken note of Verizon's decision to stop offering standalone DSL to new customers, and he quickly sent Verizon ceo Lowell McAdam a letter asking why Verizon made this seemingly consumer-unfriendly decision. Rep. Doyle also asks Verizon "the hard questions" about whether or not Verizon will continue to deploy FiOS and target new customers if the joint marketing agreements with the cable companies are approved.]]></summary></entry></feed>