by Pivot
Month: December 2009
Chevy Brings Wi-Fi to Cars
Owners of seven new Chevrolet models can drive into dealerships and have their vehicles converted to car Wi-Fi hotspots, thanks to a partnership between the auto manufacturer and Autonet Mobile. Truth be told, it’s really…
GVTC Launches 40 Mbps Broadband Tier
GVTC, a South Central Texas based triple play provider, announced the launch of a 40 Mbps broadband tier using FTTP. The service is available to any of GVTC’s 31,000 residential and businesses customers connected to…
Verizon Launches Holiday Femtocell Promotion
BASKING RIDGE, NJ — This year, give a gift that will spread cheer long after the holiday decorations have been taken down: Network Extender from Verizon Wireless. The “mini-cell site” is: * Easy to wrap…
AT&T U-verse TV Lineup Expands to Include Five New HD Channels
Dallas, Texas, December 14, 2009 – AT&T* today announced several additions to the AT&T U-verseSM TV channel lineup, including five new High Definition (HD) channels and new international programming channels for Filipino and Cantonese viewers.…
Frontier Launches Small Business Focused Website
Frontier recently launched a small business focused website, the Frontier Small Business Center. The site hopes to engage small business customers with a variety of tools, including a ‘merchant discount center.’ The merchant discount center…
The Upcoming Google Phone: Should We Care?
The blogosphere is all abuzz about the so called Google Nexus One – a Google manufactured mobile phone that was revealed on Google’s Mobile blog over the weekend. The consensus (or speculation) is that Google…
Verizon Launches FiOS TV Based Self Care Tools
Verizon announced the launch of a TV version of its In-Home Agent. The new self care tool allows “uses the advanced FiOS network to diagnose issues, report back to customers, and then quickly and automatically…
Verizon Launches TV Caller ID
NEW YORK – December 10, 2009 – Verizon has launched its newest feature for FiOS TV and voice customers – Caller ID on TV. Customers in Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Texas are the first to…
Cox Launches SMB Online Data Back Up
Cox Business Internet subscribers will be able to back-up online voice, data and video, the result of Cox Business signing an agreement with EMC’s Decho Corp. to make use of its Cloud-based, petabyte-scale Mozy online…
Rural Telcos Battle Bresnan Over Broadband Stimulus Plans
A battle brewing in Montana between the rural telco establishment and Bresnan Communications, a Purchase, New York based cable MSO is illustrative of the potential competitive impact of the broadband stimulus program. Bresnan applied for…
Cox Brings 50 Mbps to Vegas
LAS VEGAS – Cox Communications-Las Vegas is unveiling the fastest non-fiber Internet speeds available in the state of Nevada during a news conference designed to publicly demonstrate the power and capability of Ultimate Internet, the…
AT&T Claims 2 Million IPTV Subs
New York, New York, December 9, 2009 – AT&T* today announced at the UBS 37th Annual Global Media and Communications Conference that it will reach its 2 millionth AT&T U-verseSM TV customer today. In the…