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Sprint Launches ESPN Mobile
3/12/10 at 6:32 PM by Telecompetitor
Fans Can Watch Live Professional and College Games on Their Sprint Mobile Devices
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. & BRISTOL, Conn., Mar 12, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- ESPN and Sprint (NYSE: S) are teaming up to give Sprint customers the ultimate sports experience - in the palm of their hands - with ESPN Mobile TV available on Sprint TV(R). Beginning today, ESPN Mobile ...
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AT&T Offers March Madness Widget for U-Verse TV
3/12/10 at 11:46 AM by Telecompetitor
Dallas, Texas, March 11, 2010 - For basketball fans, March brings the college basketball tournament and 24/7 bracket monitoring. And AT&T U-verseSM TV customers will have both on their TV screen.
AT&T U-verseSM TV customers will soon be able to track their personalized bracket and view tournament results right from their TV screens with the College Basketball from Yahoo! Sports app. ...
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Consolidated Builds Connected Home Capability
3/11/10 at 9:36 AM by Telecompetitor
VANCOUVER, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Consolidated Communications, the 13th largest telecom provider in the U.S., has selected the ClearAccess solution for its managed residential broadband offering. The Illinois-based company has deployed the ClearVision TR-069 platform to manage more than 300,000 subscriber devices that comprise today’s connected home, from Internet capable TVs, laptops, and gaming consoles to iPhones, Internet cameras, and other networked devices. ...
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Broadband Streaming Game Service OnLive to Launch June 17th
3/10/10 at 4:14 PM by Telecompetitor
US Rollout of First Cloud Gaming Service to Begin During E3 2010 in Los Angeles; Launch Titles, Pricing Plans and Early Registration Program Announced at GDC 2010
San Francisco, CA — March 10, 2010 — OnLive, Inc., the pioneer of on-demand, instant-play video games, today announced that the PC and Mac® versions of its game service will begin rolling out to ...
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Pioneer Migrates to Minerva for IPTV
3/10/10 at 1:35 PM by Telecompetitor
Alviso, CA — March 10, 2010 — Minerva Networks, the leading provider of open and IPTV delivery platforms, announced today that Pioneer Telephone, the fourth largest telephone cooperative in the United States, has successfully completed the migration from a legacy third-party system to the Company’s platform.
Minerva’s iTVManager is a comprehensive software solution for the delivery of next-generation IPconnected television services, ...
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Verizon Field Tests 100G Transmission
3/9/10 at 10:30 AM by Telecompetitor
First Real Traffic Demonstration Using Native 100G Router Interfaces and All Standards-Based Transport Optics
NEW YORK – March 8, 2010 –Verizon, Juniper Networks, NEC Corporation of America, and Finisar Corp. announced on Monday (March 8) the successful completion of the first real traffic 100 gigabits per second (100G) optical fiber transmission field trial applying standards-based optics end-to-end and using the latest ...
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Metaswitch Makes First Ever Acquisition, AppTrigger
3/9/10 at 10:00 AM by Telecompetitor
Leading telecom vendor broadens carrier IP migration solutions and global tier one customer base
LONDON, UK and RICHARDSON, Texas, March 9, 2010 — Metaswitch Networks, a leading provider of carrier systems and communications software solutions, today announced the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire AppTrigger, Inc., the industry’s leading provider of Service Broker solutions. For carriers, Service Brokers dramatically reduce ...
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Guam Telephone Announces Investments in Wireless, Video
3/8/10 at 12:14 PM by Telecompetitor
Improvements setting stage for more competition in wireless, digital TV and broadband
TAMUNING, Guam – (Mar. 4, 2010) – GTA TeleGuam said Thursday it plans to invest about $10 million during 2010 on its integrated communications network in Guam to better position itself for intensifying competition against larger, entrenched competitive providers on the island.
GTA TeleGuam plans to make substantial investments to ...
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Echostar ViP-TV Adds Reseller
3/8/10 at 12:06 PM by Telecompetitor
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. – March 8, 2010 – EchoStar Satellite Services L.L.C., a subsidiary of EchoStar Corporation (NASDAQ: SATS), announced today that Georgia-based Transparent Technologies, Inc. (TTI), a leading provider of integrated video and data services, has joined the ViP-TV™ Reseller Program. As a reseller, TTI will market ViP-TV services to cable systems, telco operators, healthcare facilities, hospitality venues and enterprises ...
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RCN Acquired by Private Equity Firm
3/5/10 at 3:07 PM by Telecompetitor
HERNDON, VA, Mar 05, 2010 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX News Network) -- RCN Corporation (NASDAQ: RCNI) and ABRY Partners today announced their entry into a definitive agreement for an investment fund managed by ABRY to acquire RCN for total consideration of approximately $1.2 billion, including the assumption of debt. As part of this agreement, each share of RCN common stock issued ...
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