Leadership Profile: Maggie Wilderotter (Part 11)

The rural telecommunications market has over 1,500 telecommunications companies, many of them owned privately. Major telecoms such as AT&T and Verizon also own some rural markets, while others are private companies. Here we explore the possibilities of consolidating this market, and the strategies of the larger players. SM: Sounds like the perfect market to consolidate!

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Leadership Profile: Maggie Wilderotter (Part 10)

As a telecommunications company focused on rural markets, Maggie’s challenges are quite different from the urban carriers. When we were scheduling this interview, Maggie absolutely insisted that she would not do it on Skype: “they try to take the food out of the mouth of my babies as a competitor” … In this segment, we’ll

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Leadership Profile: Maggie Wilderotter (Part 9)

After Microsoft, Maggie moved to her current role as CEO of Citizen Communications. Here she explains the reasons for her move and provides some background information about Citizen. The consumer business of Citizen is done under the Frontier brand. SM: After Microsoft you switched to Citizen? MW: I did. I was enjoying the job I

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CZN: Rural Connectivity

We have been talking with Raj Reddy about education, and that led us to the subject of rural connectivity. This morning, we started talking with Maggie Wilderotter, CEO of Citizen Communications, a rural telecom company. Most likely, you have not heard about this company, so here is an overview.

Eisner’s Web Studio

Michael Eisner has put his muscle behind a web studio, Vuguru. I have already said a few times, that user generated content will find it difficult to sustain itself as the central content on the web, unless business models shape up to monetize that content. Looks like, Eisner is placing a bet on the fact

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The Case for IPTV in India (Part 2)

By Dharma Kuthanur, Guest Author [Part 1] Broadband prices are steadily declining and already very much within the reach of the middle-class. Today, basic broadband services start as low as $5-6 per month; these often include a cap on total download volume and unlimited use packages are priced at much higher levels ($20 & up).

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The Case for IPTV in India (Part 1)

by Dharma Kuthanur, Guest Author If you look at different elements of the quadruple play (wireline, wireless, broadband and cable TV), the Indian urban consumer has abundant choices for wireline, wireless and broadband services. In fact, in most areas, there is vibrant competition with 3-4 different service providers vying for the consumer – more choice

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Some Musings on the Future of Broadband

[Over the Thanksgiving weekend, we had dinner with Frank Levinson and his wife, Monika. As we got into all sorts of interesting conversation threads, I invited Frank to write a Guest Column. Below is Frank’s piece on Broadband, which he calls somewhat whimsical. Enjoy!] By Frank Levinson In a series of web essays (1), (2),

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