by Pivot
Month: October 2012
FairPoint Boosts Speeds Across 14 States
CHARLOTTE, N.C., Oct. 9, 2012 — FairPoint Communications, Inc. (NasdaqCM: FRP), a leading communications provider of high-speed Internet access, local and long-distance phone, television and other broadband services, now offers greater speeds – up to…
More Verizon Wireless 4G LTE Markets to Come in 2012
BASKING RIDGE, N.J., and SAN DIEGO — Oct 9, 2012 — Verizon Wireless released today a list of markets it will launch on Oct. 18 as well as additional markets planned for launch in November…
Verizon Launches Cloud-Based PBX and Unified Communications for SMBs
Small- and medium-size businesses without internal information technology resources are the target market for Verizon’s new cloud-based Virtual Communications Express service launched today. Verizon developed the product because it saw a need for “something simple…
Digital Home: TR-069 Helps Meet Growing Customer Expectations
As the number of devices proliferates in the digital home, the number of potential quality of experience problems multiplies. Customers are coming to expect flawless performance throughout the home on a range of devices. Service…
NetZero Mines Facebook Users for New Customers
When end users can get your offering for free, you need to find inexpensive ways to market your product – and NetZero, which offers 200 MB per month of free mobile data service —has found…
CDW: 89% of Small Business Employees Use Their Own Wireless Device for Work
Nearly all small business mobile device users (94%) believe their mobile devices make them more efficient, according to results from a new survey released by technology solutions provider CDW LLC. Some two-thirds (67%) believe their…
AT&T Partners with IBM on Private Network Cloud Connectivity
DALLAS and ARMONK, NY, Oct. 9, 2012 — AT&T* (NYSE: T) and IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced a business agreement to deliver a highly secure, first-of-its-kind “network-enabled” cloud service that uses private networks rather than…
Digital Home: Pursuing Video Harmony in a Multiscreen World
As the amount of video playback devices in the home proliferates, service providers need to look beyond delivering raw bandwidth, and focus on delivering the right bandwidth to the right devices. As multiple devices jockey…
Sprint Launches **Me
Sprint is launching a new “call by name” service called “StarStar Me,” that lets customers use a name they choose in place of their mobile telephone number. StarStar Me allows consumers to choose a name,…
Frontier to Resell AT&T Wireless, But Won’t Have the iPhone
Frontier Communications will offer two Android devices — the HTC One X and Samsung Galaxy Sill — as part of its plan to resell AT&T Wireless services in several markets announced today, Frontier President of…
Bye Bye Telephone Numbers, It Was Nice to Know You
For many years now, we’ve seen a trend of replacing actual telephone numbers with contact names or even pictures, at least as it relates to the physical process of dialing on cell phones, or even…
Microsoft Sponsors Free Boingo Wi-Fi in NYC and San Francisco
LOS ANGELES–Oct 8, 2012–Boingo Wireless (NASDAQ: WIFI), the Wi-Fi industry’s leading provider of software and services worldwide, announced today that Microsoft is sponsoring free Wi-Fi access at high-traffic New York and San Francisco locations from…