by Pivot
Month: September 2007
Move Over DSL, Here Comes IPSL
Internet Protocol Subscriber Line™ (IPSL™) technology is the newest broadband technology on the block. IPSL is a proprietary broadband technology invented by Rim Semiconductor. Rim recently announced a trial of IPSL with Ringgold Telephone of…
Clearwire Trialing Portable WiMAX
Clearwire is trialing a portable WiMAX solution in Seattle, WA. The solution offers a wireless broadband enabled laptop card, similar to ones offered by Verizon and Sprint (which utilizes CDMA EVDO Rev. A technology). The…
Cable MSO’s Are Increasingly Flexing Wireless Broadband Muscle
Bresnan Communications, a Purchase, NY based MSO, is building a metro Wi-Fi network in Billings, MT. Bresnan joins a growing list of cable MSOs, including Wave Broadband of Seattle, WA, who are building metro wireless…
Primetime for IP Prime
NRTC and NTCA formally unveiled their SES AMERICOM powered IP Prime product today at the NTCA Fall Conference. IP Prime is a centralized end to end IPTV network, targeting small telcos with a managed IPTV…
Sprint Aiming to Accelerate Wireless Substitution
Sprint unveiled a consumer-targeted femtocell base station for use with all of their CDMA handsets today. Femtocell strategies aim to improve indoor wireless coverage, and may help to accelerate wireless substitution for traditional landlines. The…
Paetec/McLeod Merger Creates Massive CLEC
Paetec and McLeod reached an agreement over the weekend to merge. The combined company will create one of the largest CLECs in the country – one that can more competently compete with the likes of…
AT&T May Be Pondering WiMAX
AT&T may launch WiMAX service in old Bellsouth territory, according to a post on Light Reading’s Unstrung site. AT&T owns, as a result of the Bellsouth acquisition, considerable 2.3 Ghz spectrum which can be used…
Sprint Launches Mobile Shopping Service
Sprint announced the launch of Mobile Shopper, a mobile shopping and buying comparison service. Mobile Shopper is powered by mShopper and features more than 7 million products for sale at more than 30 popular online…
Best Buy Subsidiary to Launch ADSL2+ Service
Best Buy subsidiary Speakeasy will launch ADSL2+ service, targeting the small/medium business market. Speakeasy OneLink™ will have download speeds of up to 8, 10, and 15 Mbps, and upload speeds of up to 1.0 Mbps.…
South Carolina Investigates Statewide Wireless
South Carolina is studying a statewide wireless program which would utilize 700 Mhz spectrum. Unlike muni wireless programs that are quickly falling out of favor, South Carolina’s plan offers some distinct differences. First and foremost,…
Is Google, Apple, or EBay Your Next Wireless Competitor?
There is little doubt that the future of telecom lies in wireless. Just ask Randall Stephenson, CEO of AT&T. “Wireless is the core of the business now,” Stephenson told USA Today in a recent article.…
FiOS Tops Video Customer Satisfaction
We live in a strange world these days. Not too long ago, J.D. Power released telephone customer satisfaction ratings that had cable companies leading telephone companies. Now it’s payback time. A recent research study by…