by Pivot
Month: November 2011
Report: Enterprise Sector to Fuel Initial LTE Growth Curve
Four hundred thirty million (430,000,000) — that’s how many global 4G LTE subscribers by 2016, as telecompetitors around the world ramp up infrastructure development and service deployments for the leading mobile broadband technology, according to…
CDG Announces New ILEC, CLEC Customers
November 16, 2011 — CHAMPAIGN, IL – Communications Data Group, Inc. (CDG) is pleased to announce the signing of 12 new contracts for MBS and CABS services during the first three quarters of 2011. The…
Windstream Continues Broadband Stimulus Momentum with Missouri Project
Windstream announced yesterday that Missouri joins their broadband stimulus construction momentum with a project in their Myrtle market now underway. Missouri is now the tenth announced state where Windstream has announced ARRA funded broadband network…
Smart Phone Subsidies are Expensive, but Work
Though most executives in the U.S. mobile industry arguably would rather not spend as much money as they do on device subsidies, it is hard to argue with the results. U.S. mobile penetration is up…
Sprint to Wholesale Fixed 4G Access for Small, Medium Business
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (BUSINESS WIRE), November 21, 2011 – Sprint [NYSE: S] Wholesale Solutions today announced the availability of 4G Fixed Business Access, a business grade solution that offers high availability, secure connectivity that can…
Broadband Gap?
Cross-country comparisons always are nuanced, no matter what the metric. So it is that gaps between “typical” deployment of some services, including voice and broadband, tend always to exist between large countries and small countries,…
Universal Service Reform Order Yields a Surprise or Two
Weighing in at 750 pages, the Universal Service and inter-carrier compensation reform order from the FCC was made public on Friday. The commission issued a fairly detailed executive summary in late October when the order was…
Why Republic Wireless Wouldn’t Work as Well in Europe
The Republic Wireless model of offering very low cost mobile access primarily built on use of Wi-Fi hotspots, and augmented with mobile network capability, “wouldn’t work in Europe” because of key differences in the way…
Cloud Computing Creates “App-Centric” Operating Model
Traditionally, enterprise information technology operations have been a server-centric affair, says James Urquhart, enStratus VP. With cloud computing, that changes to an “applications-centric” model. That obviously has business implications for application, computing technology and communications…
Report: Home WiFi Usage to Double by 2015
Austin, Texas-based iGR forecasts that home WiFi bandwidth use will more than double in the next four years. Eighty percent of U.S. homes are using WiFi to connect an rapidly increasing number of devices to…
Top 10 Enterprise Tablet Applications
So far, some lead applications for enterprise-deployed tablets have emerged. CEOs often prefer tablets for distributing material for board of directors meetings. Salespeople are using them in client-facing situations; sales configuration tools help close more…
Large Stimulus Winner Turns to Clearfield for Fiber Management
Minneapolis (November 21, 2011) — Clearfield, Inc. (NASDAQ: CLFD), the specialist in fiber management and connectivity platforms for communications providers, today announced that West Kentucky and Tennessee Telecommunications Cooperative (WK&T) is deploying its FieldSmart platform…