by Pivot
Month: January 2011
Cellcom Also Partnering with Verizon for Rural 4G LTE
Just as I finished my post announcing Thumb Cellular’s partnership with Verizon for Rural LTE, I got word that Cellcom has also inked an agreement with Verizon for the program (thanks @RTGWireless). This brings the…
NTIA Seeks to Use FCC Form 477 Broadband Subscribership Data
The National Telecommunications and Information Agency (NTIA) apparently wants to avoid a situation in which the right hand doesn’t know what the left hand is doing. According to the Federal Communications Commission, the NTIA has…
Thumb Cellular Latest Rural Carrier to Partner with Verizon for 4G LTE
Four rural wireless carriers have now joined the Verizon Rural LTE program, with the announcement this morning that Thumb Cellular of Michigan is the latest carrier to reach agreement with Verizon. Thumb joins Bluegrass Cellular,…
Are We Witnessing the Beginning of the End for the Set-Top-Box?
There’s a ton of noise coming out of Vegas this week, thanks to CES. Lots of announcements of cool gadgets and the coming 4G mobile broadband revolution. That’s par for the course for this time…
CES: 4G’s Coming Out Party?
With 4G wireless dominating mainstream news headlines, it’s not surprising that 4G wireless announcements dominated opening day of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Thursday. Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg set the stage with…
18.5 Million WiMAX, 6.5 Million LTE Subscribers by Year-End
The next twelve months should be a pivotal year for next-generation 4G mobile broadband service deployments as growth in mobile data traffic continues to outpace operators’ revenues, according to Maravedis’s 4GCounts Quarterly Report. As of…
Calix Gets Another Stimulus Win With Clearwave
PETALUMA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Calix, Inc. (NYSE:CALX) today announced that Broadband Technology Opportunity Program (BTOP) Broadband Stimulus award winner Clearwave Communications (Clearwave) has selected the Calix Unified Access portfolio to bring advanced broadband services to 23 counties…
Sprint to Debut BlackBerry PlayBook Tablet with 4G Access
It’s interesting to watch the new tablet product segment evolve, especially considering tablets are less than a year old and are already the fastest adopted consumer electronic product in history. This week’s CES is awash…
AT&T Outlines 4G Plans, Plans 20 Devices
Las Vegas, Nevada, January 05, 2011 – AT&T* today said it is building the nation’s most advanced mobile broadband experience by pursuing three key initiatives: NETWORK: AT&T operates the nation’s fastest mobile broadband network today,…
Frontier Says Content Costs Forced it to Raise FiOS Video Prices
Frontier Communications may be looking like the bad guy after announcing rate hikes of as much as 46% for FiOS TV service for customers in Washington and Oregon, two of numerous markets the company acquired…
Comcast Looks to Content Portability Advantage with Xfinity TV iPad App
The TV wars are in full swing now. Comcast just announced that they’ll enable live TV viewing and VOD access to the iPad and Android tablets “in the coming weeks.” The move illustrates the growing…
Cisco Now Rumored to Join OTT Set-Top-Box Party
Update: Cisco unveiled their new STB at CES after this post was originally published. Details at the end. Just yesterday we reported on CES rumors of a new OTT video set-top-box (STB) coming from Microsoft.…