by Pivot
Month: January 2011
Mediacom Looks to Complete Digital Transition in Iowa
Mediacom, Iowa’s largest cable MSO, announced they are close to completing an all digital transition for their eastern Iowa properties. The transition will reclaim bandwidth used for analog channels – bandwidth they can then use…
Apple Hits 10 Billion App Download Milestone, Adds to Apple Effect
Apple’s meteoric rise has again been validated with the news that its 10 billionth app was downloaded by someone in the U.K. Gail Davis of Orpington, Kent, U.K. downloaded Paper Glider, and won a $10K…
TDS Expands Business Services Footprint
Jan. 21, 2011 – TDS Telecommunications Corp. (TDS®) is expanding its footprint in Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. Specifically, TDS is expanding its service area to reach businesses in: Southfield, Mich. Elk River, Oak Grove, Ham…
comScore: Mobile Email Access Surging as Web-based Declines
Web-based email usage declined 6% in the U.S. in November 2010 as compared to a year ago while email access via mobile devices exhibited strong growth. Thirty percent of mobile users (70.1 million) accessed email…
Verizon: Not So Fast With Your Net Neutrality Ambitions FCC
Less than a month after the Federal Communications Commission adopted a Net Neutrality order, Verizon has filed an appeal in federal court challenging the order. “We are deeply concerned by the FCC’s assertion of broad…
EPB Hits Smart Grid Milestones, Leverages FTTH
The telecom industry knows Chattanooga-based utility company EPB primarily as the company that was the first to offer 1 Gb/s data service to residential customers. But the company also is achieving some major milestones with…
Calix Gets Another Stimulus Win with North Central
PETALUMA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Calix, Inc. (NYSE:CALX) today announced that Broadband Stimulus award winner North Central Telephone Cooperative (NCTC) has selected the Calix E7 Ethernet Service Access Platform (ESAP) to bring advanced broadband services to north central…
NTELOS Launching 20 Year Anniversary Promotion
WAYNESBORO, Va.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–From bag phones to Smartphones, nTelos Wireless has seen a lot of technological advancements over the last 20 years. Now, its customers and employees prepare to celebrate its 20th year anniversary of providing…
Venus Telephone Turns to Skitter for Hybrid OTT/IPTV
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 18, 2011 (Atlanta) – Skitter, Inc. today announced that Venus Telephone Corporation of Venus, PA will implement Skitter.TV as an alternative TV services offering to the company’s current Digital TV services. …
Google Voice Porting Number Experiment
For some recent brief moments, Google was allowing Google Voice subscribers to port their phone number away from their current provider to Google Voice. The Engadget blog discovered and reported on this and then the…
Hughes Riding Stimulus Funded Broadband Satellite High
Hughes Network Systems reported that its 2010 broadband satellite terminal shipments surpassed 327,000, setting an annual company record. Cumulatively, Hughes has shipped more than 2.5 million terminals worldwide. “Every one of those 2.5 million terminals…
New RUS Report Summarizes Broadband Stimulus Program Achievements
Awards made by the Rural Utilities Service in the broadband stimulus program last year will bring broadband service to 2.8 million households, 364,000 businesses and 32,000 anchor institutions across more than 300K square miles, according…