May 4, 2013
Dan HumanState officials want to know how an Oklahoma City company managed to set up 30,000 Indiana accounts for a federally subsidized
phone program in less than a year. The Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission has launched an investigation into whether TerraCom
LLC is repeating federal violations it allegedly committed in Oklahoma.
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February 16, 2013
Chris O'MalleyUnusual merger of Hancock Telecom and Central Indiana Power is paving the way for network deployment in rural areas.
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December 1, 2012
Dan HumanA top BrightPoint Inc. executive expects little employment change for the distribution and logistics company’s 1,100-person
central Indiana work force, despite the potential for job cuts and facility closings across the country.
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November 10, 2012
Chris O'MalleySmithville Telephone, headquartered in Ellettsville, near Bloomington, is the state’s largest independently owned phone
company. Its Smithville Digital division, which provides fiber-optic communications to businesses, hospitals and schools in
17 Indiana counties, mostly in the south, has quietly been growing on the periphery of Indianapolis.
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October 13, 2012
IBJ StaffThe Evansville company plans to install more than 200 miles of fiber-optic lines in Franklin.
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March 5, 2011
Mike HicksDeregulation of monopolies tends to almost always make consumers better off. Indiana’s broad and effective telecommunications
reform of 2006 is a classic example of this.
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February 12, 2011
IBJ StaffThe merged Hancock Telecom and Central Indiana Power have become NineStar Connect.
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February 10, 2011
Sean MorrisonCustomers waiting outside the Verizon Wireless store in Castleton early Thursday wanted two things: iPhones and warmth.
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December 16, 2010
Cory SchoutenThe FBI is asking land-line phone customers across the country to check their bills for phantom charges from more than 20
companies controlled by or connected to embattled financier Tim Durham.
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November 3, 2010
Scott OlsonConsolidation of Central Indiana Power and Hancock Telecom will become official on Jan. 1. It took a change in state law to
allow the merger to proceed.
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October 7, 2010
The center, operated by Indianapolis-based TeleServices Direct, is set to close Dec. 4. The company attributed the closing
to a loss of business.
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July 7, 2010
Mason King
Albert Chen, founder of Telamon Corp., revels in a messy desk, espouses
the benefits of humility, and admires Warren Buffett.
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April 24, 2010
Chris O'MalleyAn Anderson firm that provides a “one number” service that rings all of a client’s phones has filed suit
against Web giant Google, alleging Google Voice infringes on two of its patents.
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November 7, 2009
Chris O'MalleyEvery neighborhood has its battles, but the 1,017-resident Centennial subdivision in Westfield is embroiled in one of the
most unusual: a very public fight over the adequacy of its phone, Internet and video service.
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November 6, 2009
Scott OlsonCarmel-based Telamon Corp. rose to become one of the largest minority-owned businesses in the area largely by serving telecommunications
giants. Now it is veering off its traditional course to supply racing teams with an ethanol-based fuel made from Indiana corn.
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July 27, 2009
Chris O'MalleyA municipality has filed the first formal complaint against a cable television operator since state telecommunications reform
three years ago unplugged local government oversight of operators.
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May 11, 2009
Chris O'MalleyA trade group for the state's telephone companies is wringing its hands over budding efforts of electric companies to offer
so-called smart grids to better monitor and manage electric distribution.
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December 17, 2007
Scott OlsonThe fiercely competitive local telecommunications landscape should get even more heated, following Cincinnati Bell Inc.'s
$18 million acquisition of Carmel-based eGix Inc. eGix provides bundled voice and data services, as well as high-speed Internet
access and messaging products, to about 17,000 commercial customers.
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September 17, 2007
Chris O'MalleySome in the telecom industry think AT&T had the Indiana General Assembly twirled around its finger like a coil of phone cord
last year. It lobbied legislators to rewrite the state's telecommunications laws so it could more easily deploy its "U-verse"
video product.
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June 4, 2007
Chris O'MalleyThe state's 30-or-so independent payphone operators--a conveyance nearly made extinct by wireless phones--may begin receiving
refunds next month from AT&T Indiana and Verizon for excess charges the phone companies billed independent payphone operators
for dial tones from 1997 to 2004.
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these guys only skill was to steal from other's hard earned savings.
I voted for him last time and it WAS the LAST time. He needed to to quit running around the world on useless trips, and giving our $$ away to sports teams. I'll vote for anyone but Ballard next time. BTW...we gave $40M to the Pacers and cannot even watch the games on TV.
For the people concerned about traffic, you should know that mixed-use projects (like the one being proposed), actually allows for and encourages more people to walk and bike, thereby mitigating additional automobile traffic. If we continue to design and build suburban-type projects in the City (i.e. automobile-oriented projects), we are not offering anything different from what the suburbs offer, which means we will continue to lose jobs/people to the suburbs. The reason Broad Ripple is somewhat successful today is that people want to live in a place that offers the convenience of being able to walk/bike to restaurants, retail, nightlife, the Monon, etc. Why would you not want to support a project that is complimentary to what already makes the area desirable? The real argument with this project should be its lack-luster design and layout, not the density.
It is unfortunate that there is a perception that celebrities validate an event. The Indy 500 stands on its own, especially for those coming in from out of town. It was always so disturbing to read the gushing descriptions of Ashley Judd threaded throughout the local coverage. Very happy that era is at an end.
Good ole' Obamacare. Thanks liberals and those who didn't bother to vote.