by Pivot
Month: February 2010
Access Avoidance Hurts Small Telco Revenues, Threatens PSTN
Some non-traditional carriers, and some third-party carriers that terminate traffic for them, have established unconventional–some say devious–routing, signaling and numbering schemes
Verizon Enables Cell Phones for FiOS Remote Control
Customers of Verizon’s FiOS TV can now control their television sets using Motorola Droid or HTC Imagio mobile phones.
Walmart to Acquire Vudu, Re-enters OTT Video Arena
We reported earlier that Walmart was looking at Vudu as a potential acquisition target, and apparently that rumor has proven true.
HickoryTech Lands School District Contract, Covering 12 Counties, 69 Schools
HickoryTech announced it has been awarded a three-year contract to provide services to 69 schools and libraries within a distance-learning network spanning across a 12-county
Avail-TVN Announces First Cable MSO Customer for Linear MPEG4 Product
Avail-TVN announced that Zito Media will become the first multi-system cable company in the United States to deploy its MPEG-4 linear video service across its footprint.
RUS Awards $277 Million in Broadband Stimulus Funds
Tom Vilsack on Feb. 17 announced the awarding of 11 broadband infrastructure projects in nine states–an investment of more than $277 million