by Pivot
Month: April 2009
ABC, Disney Join Forces With Hulu
LOS ANGELES, CA – April 30, 2009 – Hulu and The Walt Disney Company today announced that Disney, through its subsidiary ABC Enterprises Inc., has agreed to join NBC Universal, News Corporation and Providence Equity…
Rural Sees Less Access Line Loss, More Broadband Growth
When compared with urban carriers, rural carriers are seeing less access line loss and more broadband growth on a percentage basis. This is the key finding of our most recent market report, Rural vs. Urban:…
Clearwire Uses Gov’t Grants for Rural WiMAX
The city of Milledgeville, Georgia may be a revealing case study of how broadband stimulus grants may impact rural WiMAX, and may also hint at Clearwire’s potential broadband stimulus grant strategy. Milledgeville is a city…
NRTC and DigitalBridge Partner for Rural WiMAX
NRTC and DigitalBridge Communications (DBC) announced a partnership agreement for rural WiMAX services, where NRTC will distribute DBC WiMAX solutions to its 1,400+ rural utility members. William Wallace, Chairman of DBC tells Telecompetitor,”Partnering with NRTC…
Cable Launches 101 Mbps Broadband
New York based cable MSO Cablevision will launch a DOCSIS 3.0 powered broadband tier of 101 Mbps to become the fastest broadband offering in North America (for now at least). The service is scheduled to…
DirecTV Launches ScoreGuide, Interactive Sports App
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. – The little red button on the DIRECTV remote is about to come up big for sports fans. That’s how DIRECTV customers with advanced receivers will activate ScoreGuide™, a new on-screen feature…
Verizon Now Nation’s Seventh Largest Cable Company
Verizon announced 1Q09 results and cited 299K net new FiOS TV adds, bringing their total to 2.2 million. By our estimate, that places Verizon as the seventh largest cable company, behind Brighthouse Networks. Verizon is…
AT&T Sees Wi-Fi Surge
Dallas, Texas, April 23, 2009 – AT&T, the U.S. Wi-Fi leader with nearly 20,000 domestic hotspots, today reported dramatic growth in the number of Wi-Fi users and connections. AT&T Wi-Fi connections totaled 10.5 million in…
WildBlue to Demo 18 Mbps
WildBlue, the Colorado based satellite broadband provider, is scheduled to demo an 18 Mbps satellite broadband service on April 29th in Colorado. If the demo translates to an actual product offering, it would be about…
Clearwire Facing Potential Class Action Lawsuit
Clearwire is facing a potential class action lawsuit from a group of subscribers who are voicing concern about ‘slow and unreliable’ service. The lawsuit claims that Clearwire does not live up to its advertising of…
Magic Jack Femtocell Coming?
Magic Jack, the little USB VoIP engine that could, has some interesting improvements on the way. Magic Jack is a USB device that provides VoIP service by connecting a traditional phone to a broadband connected…
Trends to Watch From AT&T 1Q09 Results
Several interesting trends emerge from AT&T’s 1Q09 numbers. iPhone mania aside, AT&T’s wireline trends are worth observing too. These trends include competitive implications of U-Verse TV and access line loss implications of U-Verse Voice. CFO…