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Cable Industry’s Newest Target – CLECs
3/17/10 at 8:36 AM by Bernie Arnason
The FCC approved Comcast’s acquisition of CIMCO, a Chicago based CLEC, paving the way for Comcast to continue its march towards significantly growing its SMB and Enterprise telecom market share. Comcast is also in the process of ...
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Comcast Rolls rDVR App for the iPhone
3/2/10 at 4:50 PM by Andrew Burger
Comcast is rolling out the latest of a string of mobile applications for the Apple iPhone, one that enables remote programming of Comcast DVRs, SVP and General Manager of Communications and Data Services Cathy Avgiris wrote on the Comcastvoices blog yesterday.
The remote ...
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Cities Start Lining Up for Google Fiber Network, Seattle to Make a Bid
2/12/10 at 11:28 AM by Bernie Arnason
Let the wooing begin. Google’s approach to select locations for its new FTTH initiative should be interesting to watch. They are asking localities (including their respective citizens) to basically compete with each other and woo Google to come build their ultrafast ...
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Comcast to Double Down on Xfinity
2/3/10 at 9:54 PM by Bernie Arnason
Comcast recently launched their version of TV Everywhere and branded it Xfinity. They took a lot of heat for that brand choice. Let’s just say it wasn’t universally accepted. How do you pronounce that thing anyway?
In true ‘300 lb gorilla’ fashion, Comcast could obviously care less. ...
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Comcast to Acquire New Global Telecom, Continuing March Toward Business Services
2/2/10 at 10:05 PM by Bernie Arnason
Comcast has reached a deal to acquire New Global Telecom (NGT), a Colorado based provider of business class VoIP services. The move follows a previous business focused CLEC acquisition of Cimco Communications by Comcast.
In addition to offering VoIP ...
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Comcast Adds Norton Security Suite for Broadband Customers
1/20/10 at 12:17 PM by Telecompetitor
PHILADELPHIA, PA and MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA - January 20, 2010: Comcast (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK), one of the nation’s leading providers of entertainment, information and communication products and services, starting today is offering the #1 brand in Internet security, Norton from Symantec, to residential and business high-speed Internet subscribers for no additional cost. Norton Security Suite, powered by ...
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Comcast’s Version of TV Everywhere Goes Live with Nationwide Beta
12/17/09 at 8:49 AM by Andrew Burger
Taking another step towards achieving its "multi-platform" media strategy, Comcast on Tuesday announced that the re-branded beta version of On Demand Online, or Comcast's spin on TV Everywhere, will be available nationwide to cable and Internet subscribers at no extra cost.
Now dubbed "...
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Comcast-GE Reach Agreement on NBC Universal
12/3/09 at 9:24 AM by Telecompetitor
Comcast and GE to Create Leading Entertainment Company
Philadelphia, PA and Fairfield, CT - December 3, 2009
Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA, CMCSK) and General Electric (NYSE: GE) announced today that they have signed a definitive agreement to form a joint venture that will be 51 percent owned by Comcast, 49 percent owned by GE and managed by Comcast. The joint venture, ...
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Comcast Intros Broadband Metering Tool
12/1/09 at 11:56 PM by Bernie Arnason
One of the knocks on the movement by some broadband carriers to ‘metered broadband,’ or broadband caps, is customers have no way of knowing how much broadband they use during a given time period. Comcast is the first major broadband carrier to address this issue, with the ...
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Mediacom Promises ‘Nation’s Fastest Broadband’
11/30/09 at 9:34 AM by Bernie Arnason
Mediacom has selected Waterloo, Iowa as its launch market for a new DOCSIS 3.0 (D3) powered 105 Mbps broadband service. "That will make it the fastest Internet service in North America," Lee Grassley, Mediacom's senior manager of government relations tells ...
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