Significados de wireline business en inglés

Verizon's traditional wireline business lost money, as is the trend for traditional telephone service among large carriers.

In Verizon's declining wireline business, Killian said the company's key focus would be reducing costs including job cuts.

Verizon has 93,000 workers in its wireline business, of whom 58,000 are unionized.

But not all analysts saw the deal as the first steps in an eventual sale of the wireline business.

They saw the strike as a vital opportunity for the company to push for lower costs in its wireline business.

However, its consumer wireline business grew 4.6 percent to $3.6 billion.

Revenue from the core wireline business rose slightly to C$1.08 billion.

Shaw's wireline business reported revenue of C$1.06 billion, which was flat compared with a year earlier.

Hudson Square analyst Todd Rethemeier noted AT&T's profit margin of 32.3 percent for its traditional wireline business was above his 31.8 percent estimate.

Verizon's legacy wireline business generated about 29 percent of company revenue in 2015, down sharply since 2000, and less than 7 percent of operating income.

AT&T also expects increased content costs on its wireline business, a concern the company has said drove its $48.5 billion bid on DirecTV last month.

AT&T also warned of pressure on its margins, saying it expected margins in both its wireless and wireline businesses to be lower.