by Pivot
Month: October 2010
FiOS to Feature 3D Movies
NEW YORK – October 29, 2010 – During the next two months Verizon FiOS TV customers will have a chance to see more 3D programming, with the launch of 10 feature films on demand. Beginning…
Broadband Satisfaction Declines, But So Does Churn
Dissatisfaction with the cost of service, offerings and promotions has led to a year-over-year drop in customer satisfaction with residential high-speed Internet service, according to the latest 13th annual J.D. Power and Associates survey. Overall…
Agri-Valley is First Rural Carrier to Deploy LTE
Many rural carriers won spectrum in the same 2008 auction in which Verizon won most of the spectrum that underlies the fourth-generation LTE networks it has been rolling out. But although many of the rural…
Hosted Unified Communications Builds More Momentum
Broadband service providers continue to look to hosted unified communications as a promising value add product — one they hope will generate significant revenue going forward. With that in mind, ADTRAN, BroadSoft and Polycom are joining forces to offer…
Sprint Debuts Mobile Wallet
SANTA CLARA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Delivering the keynote at the company’s 2010 Open Developer Conference, Sprint (NYSE: S) CEO Dan Hesse emphasized Sprint’s commitment to developers with three additional announcements that prove Sprint is delivering on promises…
Does Plain Old Voice Mail Have a Future?
“Does plain-old voicemail face an imminent demise?” Jon Arnold, the noted telecom analyst and blogger, says “yes,” Metaswitch SVP of Product Strategy, Martin Taylor says “no.” “It will be sad to see an old friend…
One Minute in Voice
Metaswitch VP of Operations, Ben Miller, called eminent historian and anthropologist Simon Sharma to discuss the vital role of voice in the development of global civilization. SS: Hello? BM: Hi Simon, it’s Ben. SS: Aah…
More Insight on Verizon’s 10 Gb/s XG-PON2 Trial
Service providers have not yet deployed XG-PON except in limited trials, but they’re already looking at an enhanced version of the next-generation PON technology known as XG-PON2. Verizon announced yesterday that it had completed what…
FTTH Council: FTTH Wins the Broadband Stimulus Prize
There was $7.2 billion up for grabs from the broadband stimulus program, $2.5 billion of which was mostly earmarked for last mile broadband access. According to the FTTH Council, most of the projects and corresponding…
Knowledge Networks: One in Five Video Game Console Users is Watching Video
Twenty-one percent of viewers 13-54 surveyed by market researchers at Knowledge Networks are using video game consoles for on-demand access to TV programs and movies at least once a month. That includes viewing DVDs and…
DOCSIS 3.0 Continues Migration Into Smaller Markets
Cable broadband customers in the Indiana’s Evansville/Henderson area and in Bowling Green, Kentucky will be the first ones able to take advantage of Insight Communications’ DOCSIS 3.0 rollout, CEO Michael Willner announced on his “Michael’s…
Matanuska Turns to Hatteras for Metro Ethernet
ANCHORAGE, Alaska–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Hatteras Networks, the global leader in multi-service Ethernet solutions for enterprise access services and next-generation mobile backhaul, today announced that its market-leading Mid-band Ethernet and Pseudowire Plus solutions are being deployed by Matanuska…