by Pivot
Month: August 2011
Ericsson Touts Mobile Video Streaming
Social Media Adoption: Difference Isn’t Necessarily a Problem
Though one should always be circumspect about cross-national comparisons of consumer or business behavior, given the distinct governmental, regulatory, social and cultural environments, KPMG’s survey of 1850 managers and 2016 employees from 10 countries suggests…
Nex-Tech Partners With Local University for Mobile Apps
Partnering with rural telecoms provider Nex-Tech and its wireless joint venture, Nex-Tech Wireless, Fort Hays State University has launched Blackboard Central, a mobile service that provides access to an initial set of six mobile apps…
Frontier Partners with MaxPreps to Launch Local OTT High School Football Video Channel
Stealing a page from social media, local content, and the appeal of local high school sports, telecompetitor Frontier Communications is going local with the launch of Game On!, which will distribute original videos of local high school football across 14…
Windstream Ups Business DSL Speeds
Windstream introduced three new DSL tiers for business customers, including 10 Mbps down/2 Mbps up, 24 Mbps down/2 Mbps up and 24 Mbps down/4 Mbps up. The new tiers are available in select markets in…
Apple, Under Jobs, Has Been “Different”
Most people are lucky if they can change the world in one important way, but Steve Jobs, in multiple stages of his business career, changed global technology and media in multiple ways on multiple occasions,…
Rural Carriers Urge FCC Not To Tamper With Brokered Solution
In comments filed with the FCC this week, organizations representing rural telcos urged the commission not to make changes to the brokered USF reform solution that they proposed in combination with six larger telcos. Signing…
Pennsylvania Telco Chooses Zhone for FTTH
Oakland, CA — August 25, 2011 — Zhone Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZHNE), a global pioneer in FTTx network access solutions, today announced the addition of Venus Telephone (Venus) to its customer roster. The 100-year-old local…
Verizon Acquires CloudSwitch
NEW YORK – August 25, 2011 – Verizon Communications Inc. announced today that it has acquired CloudSwitch, an innovative provider of cloud software technology, in a deal that will simplify the move to the enterprise…
Two Tennessee Telcos Go With Calix for Stimulus Projects
PETALUMA, CA―August 24, 2011―Calix, Inc. (NYSE: CALX) today announced that two Tennessee Broadband Stimulus award winners – Bledsoe Telephone Cooperative (Bledsoe) and Millington Telephone Company and Cable TV (Millington) – have selected the Calix B6…
Motorola Sells Broadband Wireless, Canopy Division – Cambium Networks Emerges
The former Motorola is quite busy selling parts of itself lately. Private equity firm Vector Capital has reached an agreement with Motorola Solutions to acquire their broadband wireless business unit, which includes Point-to-Point (PTP) Orthogon…
Ahead of Googleorola, Small Independents Broaden Their STB Options
Assuming the Google acquisition of Motorola Mobility is approved, Google will join the virtual STB duopoly of Motorola/Cisco. That already has some advocates of smaller independent video providers concerned. Many of these tier 3 video…