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Twitter Inc., the fast-growing microblogging service, was inaccessible Thursday morning, struck by a denial-of-service attack, the company said on its status blog. Meanwhile, Facebook's site has been sluggish and unresponsive on Thursday.

No. 1 U.S. cable operator Comcast Corp lost more video subscribers than expected in the second quarter amid the weak economy and stiff competition from phone and satellite companies, but profit beat forecasts due to better cost controls and tax gains.

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Comcast Corp , the No. 1 U.S. cable operator, reported higher quarterly profit on Thursday due to improved cost controls and a tax gain, but lost basic video subscribers as it was hurt by the weak economy and competition from phone and satellite operators.

Comcast Corp , the No. 1 U.S. cable operator, reported higher quarterly profit on Thursday due to improved cost controls and a tax gain, but lost basic video subscribers amid the weak economy and competition from phone and satellite operators.

Britain's recession-hit consumers would rather cut back on eating out and holidays than give up their broadband, mobile phone and pay-TV services, according to a new report from media regulator Ofcom.

Unity Media, Germany's No. 2 cable operator, is preparing for an initial public offering toward the end of this year, raising as much as 1 billion euros ($1.4 billion), people familiar with the matter said.

Verizon Communications Inc posted a lower quarterly profit on Monday as weakness in its wholesale and corporate activities offset strength in its consumer wireless business.

Verizon Communications posted a smaller quarterly profit on Monday but revenue rose due to wireless subscriber growth and its purchase earlier this year of rural wireless operator Alltel.

Apple Inc posted a quarterly profit that blew past Wall Street forecasts thanks to strong sales of Mac computers and improved margins, sending its shares up more than 3 percent on Tuesday.

Mobile broadband in the Middle East and Africa will expand to $6 billion in the next two years from the current $1 billion, spurred by an expanding network and falling prices, a telecoms advisory firm has said.

A U.S. court decided on Friday against tinkering with regulations governing telephone lines largely controlled by AT&T Inc and Verizon Communications Inc .

Comcast Corp has signed up CBS Corp along with 17 more cable networks to participate in the cable company's trial to make more television shows available to its subscribers on the Web.

CBS Corp and 17 other networks will participate in Comcast Corp.'s technical trial to offer television shows online, in an effort to give customers more options and more advertising possibilities to content owners.

Comcast Corp has signed up CBS Corp as the first broadcast network to participate in the cable company's technical trial of a program to make more television shows available to Internet users.

Fans of HBO shows such as the 'Sopranos' and 'The Wire' can now watch them online if they are Comcast Corp subscribers, in the latest move by the cable TV industry to make TV programs available on the Web.

The U.S. Justice Department has begun looking at big telecom companies to try to determine if they have abused their market power, the Wall Street Journal reported in its online edition on Monday.

The U.S. Justice Department has begun looking at big telecom companies to try to determine if they have abused their market power, the Wall Street Journal reported in its online edition on Monday.

U.S. government guidelines to spend $4 billion to expand broadband access to underserved areas across the United States may go beyond current laws, a broadband industry group, said on Thursday.

The U.S. government will soon release $4 billion of loans and grants aimed at expanding broadband access to underserved areas across the United States, officials said on Wednesday.