by Pivot
Month: July 2010
TV Everywhere – Is it Under the Bottom?
Is TV Everywhere the answer to the threat posed by over-the-top video services (OTT) to video service providers (VSPs)? This was one of the themes of the TV Everywhere panel at the ongoing Independent Show,…
Ookla: Average U.S. Monthly Broadband Cost – $47.32
The FCC has hired UK-based SamKnows to put together an independent rating guide to actual vs. advertised ISP broadband speeds across the US. Seattle’s Ookla today announced their approach to rating ISPs, which among other…
Industry Consolidation Coming in Different Flavors
The consolidation trend continues in telecom, touching all corners of the business, including service providers, equipment vendors and consultants. Much of the consolidation attention focuses on service providers with Frontier’s recent acquisition of Verizon rural…
AT&T Adds More Wi-Fi Hotzones, Hopes to Offload Mobile Broadband Traffic
Charlotte , North Carolina, July 26, 2010 – AT&T* today announced it has created an AT&T Wi-Fi hotzone in downtown Charlotte, N.C. to enhance the mobile broadband experience for AT&T customers. The large outdoor Wi-Fi…
Motorola Targets Rural Cable with Hosted Switched Digital Video
An inherent advantage of IPTV systems may be coming to a rural cable system near you. Motorola announced today a hosted solution for switched digital video platforms at the Independent Show. Switched digital video (SDV)…
Sprint Expands Voicemail-to-Email and Text with NextMail
OVERLAND PARK, Kan., Jul 26, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) — To further enable fast and easy communications for mobile workers, Sprint (NYSE:S) today announced the expanded availability of NextMail(R), powered by Pacific DataVision, to all Sprint…
New Mexico Telco Turns to ADTRAN for Broadband Upgrade
HUNTSVILLE, Ala.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–ADTRAN®, Inc., (NASDAQ:ADTN), a leading provider of next-generation converged access solutions, today announced that WNM Communications (WNMC), formerly Western New Mexico Telephone Company, has selected ADTRAN’s Total Access® 5000 Multi-Service Access and Aggregation…
Mobile Broadband Not Just About Smartphones, Netbooks
Mobile broadband owes much of its explosive growth to smartphones and netbooks. But another segment is increasingly contributing to wireless broadband and it has implications for all broadband carriers. The growth of connected devices to…
Qwest Introduces New Heavy Duty Internet Service
DENVER, July 22, 2010 – Today, Qwest (NYSE: Q) is introducing the availability of the world’s first Heavy Duty™ Internet service. Qwest Heavy Duty Internet is the culmination of Qwest’s commitment to providing dependable, fiber-optic-fast…
Facebook Claims 500M Members: Should You Care?
Facebook announced this week they reached the 500M member mark. You’ve probably heard the statistics comparing Facebook’s size to that of the population of a large country. So, is there anyone left that hasn’t signed…
Zayo Joins Independent Telcos for Colorado Regional Fiber Network
State and regional fiber network expansion continues with the announcement that Zayo Bandwidth is joining forces with ten independent telcos to form Colorado Communications Transport, LLC (CCT). Besides Zayo, the founding members of CCT include…
AT&T Adds Solar Power to its SmartGrid Portfolio
In another instance of the growing influence of SmartGrid on telecom, AT&T will sell Petra Solar’s Utility Grade SunWave UP Series products to utilities, it announced this week. The agreement comes out of AT&T’s “Advanced…