by Pivot
Month: April 2010
No Surprises for Apple iPad Day
Apple Computer reports selling approximately 300,000 units of its heavily hyped iPad unit the first day. The product, which has been called “nearly a laptop killer,” weighs a pound and a half, is just half…
XO Communications Expands Broadband Wireless Coverage
Provides Businesses With Alternative High-Speed Network Access and Redundancy HERNDON, VA–(Marketwire – April 5, 2010) – XO Communications (OTCBB: XOHO) today announced that it has expanded its carrier-grade broadband wireless coverage across the Washington, DC…
The Blurring Lines of OTT, IPTV
What happens when the lines blur between broadcast TV, cable, and Internet content? Is this what IPTV was supposed to be? CNET hosted a roundtable of experts to address such questions and tackle the ever…
FCC, Cable Companies Spar Over Actual Broadband Speeds
The FCC recently published the results of an independent study aimed at giving broadband customers a more accurate and reliable gauge of the actual, as opposed to advertised, broadband speeds they could expect from ISPs.…
Cambridge Telephone Selects Enablence for Active FTTH
OTTAWA, ONTARIO–(Marketwire – March 31, 2010) – Enablence Technologies Inc. (“Enablence” or the “Company”) (TSX VENTURE:ENA), a leading supplier of fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) equipment for triple-play residential and business services and optical components and subsystems for…
Verizon Launches FiOS Baseball Widget
Widget Enables Fans to Keep Up to Date With All the Action and Key Developments This Baseball Season NEW YORK – April 1, 2010 – With the start of the baseball season just a few…
In Rural Markets, IPTV Isn’t Just for Telcos Anymore
Like rural telcos, rural cable companies are in transition. Their legacy service, analog cable, which provides limited channel capacity, is no longer competitive. Like their telco telecompetitors, many have upgraded their networks to be more…
Prepaid Wireless Net Adds Outnumber Postpaid for the First Time
Having forecast a decided shift from postpaid to prepaid cell phone service in the U.S a year ago, 4Q 2009 marked the first time that the number of new prepaid wireless customers outnumbered new postpaid…
Most FTTH Infrastructure in the U.S. is Flawed, Needs Replacement
In a stunning development with massive implications for the U.S. market, Telecompetitor has learned that most fiber optics used in FTTH deployments since 2001 is flawed, with replacement probably required. Due to the impact to…
NTCA, OPASTCO to Merge
It’s been talked about for years, maybe decades, and it’s apparently coming true. NTCA and OPASTCO, the two leading trade associations for small, rural telcos have announced a merger. “Our boards of directors have decided…
Retransmission Reversal of Fortune
Perseverance can pay off. In a true reversal of fortune, a small IPTV carrier in rural Texas has turned the tables on the nasty (and expensive) retransmission fights that many operators are engaged in. Several…