Hot Canadian Companies To Watch In Right Now

Hot Canadian Companies To Watch In Right Now: Windstream Corporation(WIN)

Windstream Corporation provides communications and technology solutions in the United States. The company offers various solutions, including IP-based voice and data services, multiprotocol label switching (MPLS) networking, data center and managed services, hosting services, and communications systems to businesses and government agencies. It also provides high-speed Internet, voice, and digital television services to residential customers primarily located in rural areas. The company?s data services include data center and managed hosting, MPLS networking, and dedicated access, as well as high-speed Internet to business customers; integrated solutions consist of multiple voice and data services delivered over an IP connection; voice services comprise local and long distance, call waiting, caller identification, and voicemail; and special access services include point-to-point switching arrangements for voice and data traffic. In addition, it provides wholesale services, which primarily include voice and data services on a wholesale basis to other carriers; usage sensitive services to long distance companies; and other local exchange carriers for access to the network in connection with the completion of long-distance calls, as well as reciprocal compensation received from wireless and other local connecting carriers for the use of its facilities. As of June 30, 2011, the company served approximately 3.3 million access lines, 1.3 million high-speed Internet customers, and operated approximately 60,000 fiber route miles. Windstream Corporation is based in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Anders Bylund]

  Windstream Holdings (NASDAQ: WIN  ) pays a tremendously generous dividend. At 12.3%, its yield is in fact the second-highest among the S&P 500's (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC!   ) components.

• [By Anders Bylund]

  After diving into Windstream Holdings' (NASDAQ: WIN  ) updated plans to spin off an asset-heavy real estate investment trust, I received an email from one of my readers. The reader -- let's call her Betty -- was concerned about what might happen to her generous Windstream dividends when the REIT spinoff takes place.

• [By Anders Bylund]

  Windstream Holdings (NASDAQ: WIN  ) reported second-quarter results on Thursday morning. The regional telecom and business-focused data services specialist saw sales fall 2% year over year, landing at $1.47 billion. Windstream grew its list of enterprise customers by 3%, while all other divisions reported annual subscriber shrinkage.

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