by Pivot
Month: March 2013
AT&T Continues Home Phone Service Push with Wireless, Now Offering Prepaid
AT&T will now offer no-contract prepaid services for Wireless Home Phone, which provides home phone service over AT&T’s wireless network, bypassing the traditional wireline network.
FCC Seeks Stricter 911 Rules; McDowell to Leave Soon
The FCC wants to impose stricter rules on 911 service providers.
Defending Super Wi-Fi
A hot issue is how much spectrum relinquished by TV broadcasters should be unlicensed. None, says a recent GigaOm post that attacks “Super WiFi” technology used in rural
Report: TV and Film Viewing Rises Worldwide
Film viewing has risen from 5 to 6 hours and TV viewing is up from 10 hours in 2011 to 19 hours this year, says new Motorola Mobility research
Google Fiber Announces Expansion to an Additional City
Ever since Google announced their Google Fiber initiative, the broadband carrier ecosystem has debated their intentions. Is Google looking to become a broadband…
Alteva Expands Wholesale Support for Unified Communications
Alaska Communications Brings Carrier Ethernet 2.0 to Alaska and U.S.
Liberty Media Buys 27.3% of Charter for $2.6B
NPD: Connected Devices in U.S. Internet Homes Reaches Half Billion Mark
There are about 5.7 connected devices, on average, for every Internet connected U.S. household, up from 5.3 devices just 3 months ago.
ANPI Launches Hosted Communications for Rural Telco Owners
Another example of small telco diversification into the business market comes from ANPI — a company partly owned by numerous small rural telcos that announced a hosted unified communications platform and IT services.
AT&T Adds Microsoft Lync Unified Communications
Report: Higher Rural Broadband Adoption Linked with Economic Health
Does broadband adoption does have an impact on rural household income and employment?
CenturyLink VP Shares Rationale for 100G Network Upgrade
Data center connectivity requirements and burgeoning residential broadband traffic are driving CenturyLink to deploy 100G optical equipment in the metro said Pieter Poll, who is
Can the Samsung Galaxy S 4 Solve LTE Interoperability Issues?
The Samsung Galaxy S4 can support up to six spectrum bands, including LTE bands, on a single device. But that doesn’t mean you’ll see one that can work on multiple U.S. networks.
CEA Measures Interest in Voice-to-Text, Voice Control
The Consumer Electronics Association found more than a third of U.S. consumers are interested in having voice-to-text and voice control capability
Backhaul Specialist PEG Adds 1,500 Cell Sites
ACA: We Need a Cable Bill Crisis
Some American Cable Association members believe it may take a consumer crisis before problems with escalating content costs are addressed.
Sprint Targets SMB Segment
Small Telcos Ask Obama to Intervene with FCC on Funding Cuts
42 small rural telcos asked Obama to encourage the FCC to reconsider the elimination of the Safety Net Additive component of Universal Service support.
AT&T Poll: Nearly 100% of Small Businesses Use Wireless
Wireless communications technology is effectively ubiquitous among U.S. small businesses, according to the results of the 2013 AT&T Small Business…
Report: Spectrum Shortage Not as Dire as Predicted
Infonetics says mobile operators are using spectrum more efficiently thanks to technology developments; hence an acute spectrum shortage has not come to pass
TDS Rolls Out Hosted VOIP in South Carolina
CCA Members Offered LTE Roaming Option
A new offering from Transaction Network Services available to members of the Competitive Carriers Association aims to facilitate LTE roaming between…
CableLabs Wi-Fi App Available Through mPortal
CableLabs has licensed new Wi-Fi application software developed with Cablevision and other member companies to mPortal