Mobile Operators and IoT: Why the Big Interest?
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Any way one looks at the matter, telecom service providers have to invent or create big new revenue sources to replace dwindling voice revenues that historically have driven revenue and profits. In 2001, about 65 percent of total consumer end user spending for all things related to communications and video services went to “voice.” In...Learn More
Symmetrical FiOS Broadband on Tap from Verizon
Verizon said today it will tap into a unique capability of its fiber-to-the-home infrastructure that could provide a significant differentiation point in the competitive home broadband market. The company plans to upgrade the speeds of its FTTH-based FiOS broadband offering so that customers receive the same speed upstream that they do downstream. This is a...Learn More
ABI Ultraportable PC Forecast: 26% Annual Growth
Though still small, the ultraportable segment of the PC market is turning out to be a bright spot in an otherwise declining PC market, with shipments surging 65 percent year over year in 1Q 2014 to reach 5.1 million units worldwide, according to the latest market data report from ABI Research. ABI forecasts growth will...Learn More
Time Warner Cable Los Angeles Gigabit Network Plans
Time Warner Cable on Friday issued a press release to tout the gigabit network it proposes to deploy in the city of Los Angeles. The company’s proposal came in the form of a response to a request for information (RFI) issued last year by the City of Los Angeles. Los Angeles Gigabit Network Plans Los...Learn More
Peering Dispute: Level3 Says Fix Would Cost Verizon A Few Grand Per 10G
Level3 says Verizon could fix the congestion problems the companies have been arguing over by spending “a few thousand dollars” per 10 Gbps of traffic from Level3.The comment came in a blog post from Level3 Vice President of Content and Media Mark Taylor in a blog post penned in response to a Verizon blog post...Learn More
Verizon 100 Gbps Switched Ethernet Access Trial Completed
Verizon said Wednesday that it successfully tested a 100 Gbps switched Ethernet access link using a network interface device from Canoga Perkins. Previously the carrier had done “extensive testing in a lab,” but “it was important to validate [this] in the field,” said Vin Alesi, Verizon director of regional Ethernet product technology, in an interview....Learn More
Millennials and BYOD: Study Finds 70% Use Unapproved Apps
Dubbed “Digital Natives,” U.S. adults coming of age around the turn of century – aka Millennials – are driving fundamental change in information and communications technology (ICT) throughout organizations. Millennials, according to a new study from TrackVia, “have embraced the Bring-Your-Own-Device (BYOD) and Bring-Your-Own-Application (BYOA) revolution like no other generation in the workplace.” TrackVia, a...Learn More
LTE Connections Forecast to Exceed 1 Billion in 2017
In a new report, Juniper Research foresees rapid uptake of 4G LTE technology over the next five years. The firm’s LTE connections forecast calls for more than 1 billion worldwide connections by 2017 and 1.8 billion by 2019. Attaining that level will mean active LTE connections will represent 22 percent of all mobile SIM connections....Learn More
IHS: Set-top Box Revenues Rebound; Set Record-High Revenue Total
The set-top box (STB) market rebounded strongly in 2013 following three years of essentially flat growth, setting a record-high total in terms of annual revenue, according to the latest market data from IHS Technology. 2013′s performance sets the foundation for ongoing growth through 2015, the market research company says. Digital set-top box revenues totaled a...Learn More
Dish/nTelos Broadband Wireless Priced at $29.99 Monthly
As planned, Dish Network and regional wireless carrier nTelos said today that they have commercially launched their fixed wireless Internet service in five Virginia markets. The service will support download speeds up to 10 Mbps and will sell for a competitive $29.99 monthly when bundled with a qualifying package that includes Dish satellite TV service,...Learn More
CEA: Smartphone Shipments to Increase 8%; Revenues Up 7%
Consumer electronics (CE) industry revenues will reach a record-high $211.3 billion this year, fueled “in part by the skyrocketing sales of connected devices,” according to the latest semi-annual installment of the Consumer Electronics Association’s (CEA) “U.S. Consumer Electronics Sales and Forecasts 2010-2015” report. “Industry revenue is reaching all-time highs, fueled in large part by a...Learn More
Columbia U Studies Mobile Advertising Do’s and Don’ts
Though they appear on small screens, mobile display ads – banner ads that pop up in mobile Web browsers – “can have a big effect on consumers who are in the market for certain types of products,” according to researchers at the Columbia Business School. “Digital advertising in mobile channels is experiencing explosive growth,” Miklos...Learn More