by Pivot
Month: December 2012
Two Kansas Telcos Change IPTV Middleware to Innovative Systems
Will Appeals Court Overturn “Network Neutrality” Rules?
A U.S. Court of Appeals finally will hear a Verizon challenge to Federal Communications Commission network neutrality rules. How the court rules could lead to big changes for the broadband access business.
Middle Mile Provider FiberLight Secures $105 Million Financing Package from CoBank
Big 4 Wireless Carriers Sign On to FCC-Driven Text-to-911 Plans
AT&T, Verizon, Sprint and T-Mobile have agreed to accelerate the availability of text-to-911, with major deployments in 2013.
$100 Million Stimulus Project Halted Over Environmental Concerns
Eagle-Net Alliance, a Colorado intergovernmental entity, has had its broadband stimulus project halted because of questions about its documentation.
4G Americas Finds 128 LTE Deployments Worldwide
North America LTE connections totaled 22.3 million at the end of 3Q 2012, according to research conducted by Informa for 4G Americas.
AT&T’s 2012 Consumer Industry Analyst Conference: A Digital Life Update
An inside look at AT&T’s Digital Life home automation and home control offering, Project Velocity IP, connected vehicles and mobile payments.
FairPoint Wins E911 Contract from Maine
Nielsen: More than 80% of Tablet Owners Use Them While Watching TV
Smartphone penetration in U.S. homes is now more than 50%, but tablet adoption is rising fast– and increasingly both devices are being used while watching TV to
Interview: Broadband Networks Buys Omnicity Out of Bankruptcy
Fixed broadband wireless provider Omnicity should gain a new lease on life, now that a new management team has purchased the bankrupt company.
IDC: Rapid Smartphone Growth, but Slow Growth in Mobile Phones Overall
Global mobile phone shipments will grow 1.4% year-over-year (YoY) in 2012, the lowest rate in three years, despite what’s projected to be a record-high level of smartphone shipments.
AT&T and Akamai Partner on Content Delivery
Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM) and AT&T* today announced a strategic alliance to deliver a global suite of content delivery…
AT&T’s 2012 Consumer Industry Analyst Conference: A U-verse TV Update
AT&T hosted its 2012 Consumer Industry Analyst Conference in Atlanta recently, offering great insight into its U-verse TV strategy
Google Takes a Pass on Voice Service
If you were starting a broadband carrier from scratch today, would you include traditional home phone service as a part of your bundle? If you are Google, apparently not.
SoCal Carrier Launches Mobile UC With Metaswitch
AT&T Launches Personalized Video Bill for Wireless Customers
AT&T uses an idea that worked for Facebook with personalized video bills for wireless customers. Just as no two Facebook feed are the same, no two video bill
TDS Breaks Ground on Stimulus Project in Maine
AT&T Alerts Sends “Meaningful” Offers to Wireless Customers
CenturyLink Overhauls OSS with Amdocs
Researchers Offer Creative Idea for Maximizing Use of TV White Spaces
University of California Berkeley researchers propose maximizing the mobile broadband bandwidth TV white spaces spectrum can support by allowing different power levels for
Verizon Wireless Sells 700 MHz Spectrum to Another Rural Carrier
Verizon Wireless is selling part of one 700 MHz lower A-block license to Colorado Valley Communications, a small Texas-based rural carrier. Verizon agreed to divest some of its 700 MHz
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Court Upholds FCC Data Roaming Rules
An appeals court denied Verizon’s challenge to the FCC’s data roaming order – a victory for telecom industry stakeholders other than AT&T and Verizon.
With Savvisdirect, CenturyLink Offers Cloud on Demand
CenturyLink’s new savvisdirect service offers looks to take on Amazon AWS and offer a cloud on demand offer to a broader audience of smaller businesses and enterprises