Cablevision Systems Appoints Lawrence Bugden to Head Lightpath Telephone Subsidiary; Industry Veteran Will Report to Joseph W. Cece, Cablevision's President of Telephony and Data Services.WOODBURY, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 17, 1996--Cablevision Systems Corp. (ASE (Adaptive Server Enterprise) A relational DBMS from Sybase that runs on Windows NT/2000, Linux and a variety of Unix platforms. ASE is a comprehensive and robust data management product with a long history dating back to the late 1980s. :CVC See CSC. ) today announced that Lawrence Bugden has joined the company as vice president and general manager of Cablevision Lightpath Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. that provides telephone service to more than 300 business customers on Long Island. A 25-year veteran of the telecommunications industry, Mr. Bugden is responsible for overseeing Lightpath's ongoing operations and spearheading the development and roll-out of new telephony services. He reports to Joseph W. Cece, Cablevision's president of Telephony and Data Services and corporate senior vice president of Strategic Planning. Mr. Bugden joined Lightpath from Teleport Communications Group Teleport Communications Group (TCG) was the first Competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC) in the U.S. First formed in 1985, it competed with the existing telephone companies to provide dial tone and related services in the largest U.S. markets. , where he was a vice president and general manager of the company's Maryland operations. During his seven years at TCG, Mr. Bugden managed several large networks in a multi-switch environment and directed the company's New York private line and switched backbone networks, with particular emphasis on customer service. "Larry's extensive experience and significant accomplishments in sales, service, operations and P&L management will be invaluable as we continue to develop and expand Lightpath's telephony services," Mr. Cece said. Prior to joining TCG, Mr. Bugden was regional manager for customer training at NYNEX NYNEX New York-New England & X for the Unknown (Telephone Company) NYNEX New York Network Exchange in their Business Information Systems Division. He began his career in 1969 as a central office repairman for New England Telephone Verizon New England, Inc., formerly New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., is a Bell Operating Company that serves the majority of New England. It is an operating unit of Verizon Communications. New England Telephone & Telegraph Co. , becoming a market administrator, responsible for large telecommunications projects and clients such as Honeywell, Raytheon, IBM and General Electric, during his 14 years with the company. Cablevision is the nation's sixth largest operator of cable television systems, serving 2.8 million customers in 19 states with major operations in Boston, Cleveland and the New York metropolitan area New York–Northern New Jersey–Long Island is the most populous metropolitan area in the United States and the third most populous in the world, after Tokyo and Mexico City. , where Cablevision has 1.6 million customers. Its wholly owned subsidiary, Rainbow Programming, manages entertainment, news and sports programming services. Cablevision Lightpath Inc., also a wholly owned subsidiary of Cablevision, provides telephone service to more than 300 business customers on Long Island. CONTACT: Cablevision Systems Corporation Charles Schueler, (516) 393-1399 or Valeska Stupak, (212) 614-4106 |
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