by Pivot
Month: July 2012
A Deeper Look into the Digital Home
If you follow Telecompetitor regularly, you know we pay close attention to developments involving the digital home. Check out our coverage here. We’re really at the beginning stages of this important trend, as the mainstream…
Sprint Plans Microsoft Office 365 Cloud Offering
July 31, 2012 — OVERLAND PARK, Kan.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Sprint (NYSE: S) today announced that it will deliver Microsoft Office 365 to small and mid-sized businesses this year. Joining the power of Sprint’s network with Microsoft’s cloud-based…
Enventis Reaches Cisco Cloud Designation
July 30, 2012 — MANKATO, Minn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Enventis, a subsidiary of HickoryTech (NASDAQ: HTCO) announced today that it has achieved the Cisco Cloud Builder Designation within the Cisco Cloud Partner Program. This designation recognizes Enventis’ competencies…
Report: U.S. Smartphone Shipments Sink 5%
Totaling 24 million units, U.S. smartphone shipments dropped 5% annually in 2Q, according to the latest results from Strategy Analytics’ research. “Smartphone shipments fell 5 percent annually to reach 23.8 million units in the United…
Olympics Data Traffic Offers Up Some Surprises
Streamed live, stored for time-shifted access and delivered through digital networks to screens of all sizes worldwide–from smartphones and tablets to smart TV sets– the 2012 Summer Olympics in London is set to be the…
ABI: Wireless Carriers’ Capex Stalls in 2012
Uncertainty regarding the outcome of the US presidential election and the ripple effects from contracting European economies are crimping North American wireless carriers’ capital outlays this year, but they’ll manage to hold about steady year-over-year…
As Foretold, TDS Launches ReliaCloud IaaS Offering
Last month the president of TDS Hosted & Managed Services (HMS), Bill Megan, alerted Telecompetitor to the company’s plans to launch an infrastructure-as-a-service offering this summer – and today that move became official. In a…
Bluegrass Cellular Selects New B/OSS Platform
July 30, 2012 — Mitchell, SD –Bluegrass Cellular has purchased and implemented the integrated eLation OSS/BSS suite of software applications from Innovative Systems. The new system will enable Bluegrass Cellular to increase efficiency by automating…
Even Cutting Price 50% Would Not Entice Many Video Cord Cutters
About 33 percent of people who have “cut the cord” on their video entertainment subscriptions would not buy again, even if prices were cut in half, a study by TechBargains.com has found. That opinion illustrates…
Wireless Carriers Ask for Extension to 700 MHz Build-Out Deadline
The Rural Cellular Association has asked the FCC for a two-year extension to the build-out deadline for Lower 700 MHz A-block licenses – a band in which many small rural wireless carriers own spectrum. To…
CenturyLink Extends Fiber Reach to Data Centers
CHARLOTTE, N.C., July 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) today announced that it has extended its fiber network in Charlotte, N.C. into five data center facilities, providing Charlotte businesses, as well as businesses nationwide,…
Can Google Pull a “Sonic.net?”
If Google Fiber winds up being a profitable venture, as Google says it is aiming to achieve, it probably will have to operate its business much as does Sonic.net, a facilities-based Internet service provider that…