Comcast on April 26 launched its latest Xfinity Wireless Gateway, which boasts of delivering the fastest in-home wireless network speeds in the nation and the most coverage throughout customers’ connected homes. The largest U.S. Internet Service Provider (ISP) also announced it has boosted the speeds...
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Comcast is turning up the heat on their broadband competitors by upping broadband speeds in several markets today. They are doubling speed for a couple of their packages and increasing speeds by about 60% for one, all at no additional charge for customers. Comcast may...
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Washington, DC – March 5, 2013 — Comcast Executive Vice President David L. Cohen today announced details about the 2nd Annual Internet Essentials Progress Report, which features key milestones for the program as well as a number of program enhancements and a new award designed...
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February 20, 2013 — PHILADELPHIA–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Comcast Corporation, a global media and technology company, today announced the Upware™ marketplace, a suite of cloud-based business solutions that can be purchased through one integrated web portal. The Upware marketplace contains a carefully selected list of third-party, cloud-based business...
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Comcast announced in a blog post today that it has surpassed the 10 million subscriber mark with its Xfinity Voice offering – a milestone that reminds us of the huge impact that cable voice services have had on the telecom market. The company has more...
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Customers of Cablevision, Comcast, Verizon FiOS and ViaSat/Exede routinely receive higher broadband upload and download speeds during peak usage periods than what their service provider advertises, according to a report released today from the Federal Communications Commission. The report, based on data collected by the...
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February 15, 2013 — PHILADELPHIA–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Comcast Corporation, a global media and technology company, today announced it is the first service provider in the world to achieve Carrier Ethernet 2.0 (CE 2.0) certification from the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) for E-Line and E-LAN services. As more...
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February 12, 2013 — Philadelphia, PA — Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK) announced today it will acquire GE’s entire 49% common equity stake in the NBCUniversal joint venture for approximately $16.7 billion. Also, NBCUniversal will purchase from GE the properties used by NBCUniversal at 30...
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PHILADELPHIA, PA – Feb. 7, 2013 — To address growing security threats to consumers’ mobile devices, today Comcast announced it has launched Constant Guard Mobile, an app that can be downloaded onto smartphones and tablets to help prevent online threats. Constant Guard Mobile helps to...
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In their ongoing quest to grow business services, Comcast announced a new business unit, Comcast Business Hospitality, which will target hotels and the like. This new suite of services will include “… Ethernet, Internet, video and voice services packaged in one integrated offering customized for...
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A Comcast executive told Telecompetitor today that if 400 Gbps transport equipment were “commercially available and viable,” the company would be prepared to deploy it. “Today we bundle multiple 100 gigabit [connections] together so we could use 400 G technology today,” said Kevin McElearney, senior...
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SUWANEE, GA, January 14, 2013 – ARRIS Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARRS), a global innovator in broadband media technology, announced today that it has entered into an agreement to sell approximately 10.6 million shares of its common stock, valued at $150.0 million, to Comcast Corporation. The...
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