O.tel.o is now Germany's fourth-largest wireline phone company, after Deutsche Telekom, Mobilcom and Arcor.
"The issues of wireless versus wireline gets very messy, " Mr. Schmidt told one news site.
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The second quarter marked the eighth consecutive quarter of year-over-year growth in wireline consumer revenues.
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While wireless revenue was up 9.9% in the quarter, wireline voice revenues dropped 13.2%.
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The primary services provided by the company include: hydraulic fracturing, coiled tubing, wireline, and equipment manufacturing.
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Wireline also includes Verizon Business, which delivers innovative and seamless business solutions to customers around the world.
Verizon's Wireline operations provide converged communications, information and entertainment services over the nation's most advanced fiber-optic network.
Last year, for instance, the FCC opened an inquiry into the billing practices of wireless and wireline companies.
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Interesting to see some innovation in voice service, as some wireline customers drop service and go mobile only.
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Last year, by its own reports, Verizon wireline division was down on revenue over year previous by 2.9%.
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Excluding identifiable storm impacts (non-GAAP), wireline operating income margin was 1.0 percent and wireline EBITDA margin was 22.1 percent.
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Twenty-five percent of consumers have ditched their wireline phone and gone completely wireless.
FiOS services produced about 68 percent of consumer wireline revenues in fourth-quarter 2012.
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In December 2008 the G.hn standard group reached consent on a single PHY protocol for next generation wireline technologies.
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Using the attendant, consumers will be able to access programs from sources on the internet, wireline, wireless or WiFi.
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Wireline operating income margin was 1.9 percent, compared with 1.6 percent in first-quarter 2012 and 3.1 percent in second-quarter 2011.
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In second-quarter 2012 in the Wireline segment, revenue growth for FiOS led to overall revenue growth among U.S. consumer customers.
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But its wireline business remained under pressure: revenue fell by 3.6% in the period and operating profit slumped by 90%.
For the mobile and wireline phone companies, the market-based reaction would be to embrace the new technology and extend its applications.
The FCC is taking a semi-approach to net neutrality wherein most of the rules will be applied to wireline broadband networks.
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Uses range from setting up retail kiosks, seasonal storefronts, temporary offices, lottery terminals and wireline backup to remote monitoring and home healthcare.
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What is happening here is that mobile networks have stimulated higher internet usage, beyond what might be possible with traditional wireline networks.
We are confident we will improve Wireline margins for the full year.
FiOS services produced 65 percent of consumer wireline revenues in second-quarter 2012.
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Verizon's Wireline segment continued to expand margins, supported by improved revenue trends.
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Sprint Nextel offers a comprehensive range of wireless and wireline communications services bringing the freedom of mobility to consumers, businesses and government users.
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The battle is still being played out, so expect to see universal serial bus (wireline) charging ports on handsets for several more years.
Smartphone wireline chargers have their downsides, not the least of which are they are cumbersome to use and a hassle to carry around.
We reported sequential improvement in second-quarter Wireline margins, and we expect to see that improving trend carry through the second half of the year.
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