Posts by Bernie Arnason
Bernie is publisher and managing editor of Telecompetitor. Bernie follows the telecom industry closely and conducts and authors industry research and whitepapers, provides strategic consulting for clients, and develops compelling telecom mindshare. Bernie is also the managing partner of Pivot Media LLC and a principal with Pivot Group.
Prior to founding Pivot Media and launching Telecompetitor, Bernie spent seven years with the National Telecommunications Cooperative Association (NTCA) as the vice president of business development. Prior to his work with NTCA, Bernie worked for Bell Atlantic (now Verizon) in network operations. Bernie has a comprehensive understanding of the telecom industry and brings a wealth of experience in IPTV, broadband, wireless and next generation telecom strategies. Bernie holds a bachelor of arts in Economics from the University of the District of Columbia and a Master of Science in Telecommunications from the Johns Hopkins University.
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T-Mobile Pushing 42 Mb/s For Mobile Broadband
9/2/10 at 11:54 AM by Bernie Arnason
Among large national carriers, T-Mobile was a little late to the 3G mobile broadband party. They now appear to be trying to make up for lost time.
They’ve selected HSPA+ technology for their push into 3G, and are now aggressively trying to build out a ...
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Everybody Wants In on OTT Video: Amazon Mulling Entry
9/1/10 at 8:16 PM by Bernie Arnason
On the day when Apple introduced its latest OTT effort, the redesigned $99 Apple TV OTT video set-top-box, word is Amazon is mulling a competitive OTT video offer. If true, Amazon would join, Apple, Roku, Boxxee, Vudu, Hulu, Best Buy, Netflix, soon to be Google, ...
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Skype Turns its Attention to Small Business, Offers SMB IP Voice Option
8/30/10 at 9:43 PM by Bernie Arnason
While Skype’s 560 million+ member number is quite impressive, its 8.1 million paying subscribers puts that total number in perspective. Those 8.1 million provide Skype $96 in ARPU per year. To put that in perspective, Verizon’s latest monthly ARPU for its consumer markets is $80.76, which equates to 10X what Skype ...
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Verizon Doubles Speed for DSL Offer
8/30/10 at 12:20 PM by Bernie Arnason
Verizon has taken a lot of heat regarding for its DSL broadband offerings in non-FiOS territories. Some argue that Verizon is ignoring these territories and may even try to sell them off, leaving them to focus on FiOS and 4G LTE as their broadband horses.
Today, Verizon slightly cooled those arguments, at ...
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Cisco May Buy Skype?
8/30/10 at 7:32 AM by Bernie Arnason
No deal is imminent, but the blogosphere is all abuzz this morning about the possibility that Cisco may try to buy Skype before Skype’s pending IPO. The rumored valuation is somewhere around $5 billion for the global IP ...
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Rural Aid Shifting From Farms to Broadband?
8/26/10 at 8:49 AM by Bernie Arnason
Government entities provide over $15 billion in farm and agriculture subsidies every year. Among other goals, these controversial payments are designed to help stabilize food prices and keep American crops competitive in the global economy. Some call these subsidies a ‘sacred cow’ because they are very politically charged and are ...
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Shareholders Approve CenturyLink-Qwest Deal
8/24/10 at 2:26 PM by Bernie Arnason
Shareholders of both companies have approved the acquisition of Qwest by CenturyLink. Shareholder meetings were held today in both Monroe, La (CenturyLink) and Denver, Co (Qwest). Interestingly enough, exactly 97% of the votes cast by both (but separate) shareholder groups approved the ...
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DISH Latest to Offer Online Video Portal, Extends TV Everywhere Strategy
8/24/10 at 8:14 AM by Bernie Arnason
Dish launched DISHOnline.com, a video portal, providing a variety of video content to its subscribers and the general public. DISH joins a list of video service providers to launch their own branded version of Hulu, including Comcast, AT&T, Verizon, ...
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SDN First to Break Ground on Broadband Stimulus Project
8/24/10 at 7:12 AM by Bernie Arnason
It’s been a long time coming, but the broadband stimulus program’s first project is actually underway. SDN Communications, a Sioux Falls, SD based regional fiber network, broke ground yesterday on their $25 million middle mile project which will build a 359 route-mile fiber network across the state ...
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AT&T Completes Divestiture of Centennial Wireless
8/23/10 at 6:42 PM by Bernie Arnason
AT&T purchased Centennial Wireless back in November 2009. As a part of the conditions to get that deal approved, AT&T agreed to divest of eight markets, most of which are in Louisiana. Today, the Centennial divestiture was completed.
Verizon Wireless ...
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