RCN Corporation
News and overview for RCN Corporation
MEDIA ADVISORY: RCN to Carry Pre-Fight Special and WBO Welterweight Championship Fight Between Manny Pacquiao & Miguel Cotto Saturday, November 14 Live on Pay-Per-View [Press Release]
MarketWire | 10 days 12 hours 30 minutes ago
HERNDON, VA -- (Marketwire) -- 11/13/09 --
RCN Business Services to Offer Wideband Cable Modem Options to Small, Medium Sized Businesses Over Its Own Fiber-Rich Backbone
FierceWireless | 20 days 21 hours 4 minutes ago
RCN Business Services to Offer Wideband Cable Modem Options to Small, Medium Sized Businesses Over Its Own Fiber-Rich Backbone HERNDON, VA, Nov 02, 2009 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX News Network) -- RCN... Read more >>
RCN Offers Free Preview of Two Spanish-Language Networks: CNN en Espa ol and Fox Sports en Espa ol [Press Release]
MarketWire | 26 days 19 hours 21 minutes ago
HERNDON, VA -- (Marketwire) -- 10/28/09 --
RCN Launches Three New Greek Cable TV Channels: MEGA Cosmos, ALTER Globe & STAR International [Press Release]
MarketWire | 39 days 18 hours 43 minutes ago
HERNDON, VA -- (Marketwire) -- 10/15/09 --
RCN's Senior VP Richard Ramlall Recognized as CableFAX: The Magazine's 2009 Top 100 Most Influential Minorities in Cable [Press Release]
MarketWire | 25 days 17 hours 37 minutes ago
HERNDON, VA -- (Marketwire) -- 10/29/09 --
RCN Posts Q3
Cable Digital News | 20 days 13 hours 58 minutes ago
HERNDON, Va. -- RCN Corporation (NASDAQ: RCNI) today announced third quarter 2009 results.
RCN Brings Docsis 3.0 to SMBs
Cable Digital News | 20 days 20 hours 37 minutes ago
HERNDON, Va. -- RCN Corporation (NASDAQ: RCNI), announced today that RCN Business Services is expanding its data product suite by introducing wideband cable modem offerings through the rollout of DOCSIS 3.0 technology to the Small, Medium Business (SMB) market.
Cable Digital News - Broadband - RCN Posts Q3 - Telecom News Wire
Light Reading | 20 days 12 hours 45 minutes ago
HERNDON, Va. -- RCN Corporation (NASDAQ: RCNI) today announced third quarter 2009 results.
RCN Snares More Ethernet Business
Cable Digital News | 34 days 19 hours 1 minute ago
HERNDON, Va. -- RCN Metro Optical Networks, a division of RCN Corporation (NASDAQ:RCNI - News) and a premier provider of fiber optic-based network solutions, announced today that it was selected to provide dedicated Internet service to Lombardi & Co. Inc, a leading provider of access and trading technologies and services to institutional investors. RCN Metro will provide dedicated Internet service to Lombardi & Co. Inc. on the floor of a major, New York-based financial exchange as well as to ...
Cable Digital News - Cable Digital - RCN Brings Docsis 3.0 to SMBs - Telecom News Wire
Light Reading | 20 days 21 hours 27 minutes ago
HERNDON, Va. -- RCN Corporation (NASDAQ: RCNI), announced today that RCN Business Services is expanding its data product suite by introducing wideband cable modem offerings through the rollout of DOCSIS 3.0 technology to the Small, Medium Business (SMB) market.
Cable Digital News - Ethernet - RCN Snares More Ethernet Business - Telecom News Wire
Light Reading | 34 days 20 hours 18 minutes ago
HERNDON, Va. -- RCN Metro Optical Networks, a division of RCN Corporation (NASDAQ:RCNI - News) and a premier provider of fiber optic-based network solutions, announced today that it was selected to provide dedicated Internet service to Lombardi & Co. Inc, a leading provider of access and trading technologies and services to institutional investors. RCN Metro will provide dedicated Internet service to Lombardi & Co. Inc. on the floor of a major, New York-based financial exchange as well as to...
RCN Stamps Rovi's 'Passport' IPG
Cable Digital News | 41 days 18 hours 39 minutes ago
SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Rovi Corporation (Nasdaq:ROVI) today announced that RCN, a leading broadband services provider delivering all-digital and high definition video, high-speed internet and premium voice services, has renewed its multi-year agreement to license Rovi's Passport(R) Guide software, applications and television data.
MYX(R) Announces Agreement With Comcast [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 56 days 20 hours 41 minutes ago
...Digital Basic Cable, DIRECTV 2067 and RCN. For more information, visit http://myx.tv Comcast Corporation ( www.comcast.com) is one of the... CONTACT: Bryan Byrd of Comcast Corporation, +1-916-515-2821,bryan...
Cable Digital News - Services Software - RCN Stamps Rovi's 'Passport' IPG - Telecom News Wire
Light Reading | 41 days 19 hours 42 minutes ago
SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Rovi Corporation (Nasdaq:ROVI) today announced that RCN, a leading broadband services provider delivering all-digital and high definition video, high-speed internet and premium voice services, has renewed its multi-year agreement to license Rovi's Passport(R) Guide software, applications and television data.
J.D. Power and Associates Reports: Improvements in Performance and Reliability Drive Increase in Overall Customer Satisfaction With Residential Internet Service Providers [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 26 days 18 hours 13 minutes ago
WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif., Oct. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Overall customer satisfaction with residential high-speed Internet service providers has increased from 2008, primarily due to improvements in performance and reliability, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2009 Internet Service Provider Residential Customer Satisfaction Study(SM) released today.
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Company Overview
| Company: | RCN Corporation |
|---|---|
| Industry: | Cable & Satellite Services |
| Website: | http://www.rcn.com |
You could say that RCN is at home in the big city. The company operates cable-based broadband networks that serve the Boston, Chicago, and New York City areas, as well as eastern Pennsylvania and Washington, DC. A facilities-based competitive carrier (its fiber network spans 7,000 miles), it offers cable TV, Internet, local and long-distance phone, and Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services to more than 420,000 residential and small business customers. In addition to providing basic and digital cable TV services, RCN offers video on demand (VOD) and HDTV. The company also provides wholesale data transport services to large enterprises and communications carriers through its RCN Metro division.
Key Numbers
| Sales in U.S. Dollars (mil.) | 739.2 (2008) |
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| One-year % Growth in Sales | 16.2 (2008) |
| Net Income in U.S. Dollars (mil.) | -70.7 (2008) |
| One-year % Growth in Net Income | 0.0 (2008) |
| Number of Employees | 1,500 (2008) |
| One-year % Growth in Number of Employees | -6.3 (2008) |
| Fiscal Year-End | December |