Independent telcos moving quickly to provide video services. (telephone companies planning interactive services) (Cover Story)

Broadcasting & Cable, May, 1994 by Berniker, Mark

The RBOCs are not the only telephone companies offering commercial video services to residential customers. GTE, Southern New England Telephone and Rochester Telephone are leading the way among the independent phone companies, staking their claim to what many think will be a lucrative market.

GTE files for tariffed video service in California GTE, the largest telephone company in the country, has been pursuing a progressive interactive video services strategy for several years. Starting in its landmark Cerritos, Calif., testbed, GTE has been testing consumer demand for interactive services via television and has said it will offer video services to 6 million-7 million customers within the next 10 years. On April 26, GTE filed its first...

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