by Pivot
Month: August 2013
MCNC Celebrates Benefits of Stimulus-Funded North Carolina Network
As projects funded through the broadband stimulus program reach completion, network operators may want to consider borrowing an idea from MCNC, the non-profit organization that operates the North Carolina Research and Education Network (NCREN). MCNC…
Verizon Fellow: 200G Trial is a Prelude to 2014 Deployment
Verizon sees an opportunity to substantially reduce the cost of delivering data services on shorter routes using equipment supporting speeds of 200 Gbps on a single fiber. The carrier anticipates deploying the technology in the…
WeFi: 4x More Data Consumed on Wi-Fi than Cellular
Wi-Fi data traffic is exploding as users access greater amounts of data-intensive Web services and as wireless network operators offload greater amounts of traffic to Wi-Fi networks. In the U.S. in 2Q 2013, the amount…
Google Fiber Tops the Netflix ISP Speed Index
More data on the delivery speed of Web services came out August 12, as Netflix released its July ISP Speed Index. Google Fiber continued atop the Netflix charts with an average speed of 3.63 Mbps…
GCI, Pace and TiVo Launch New Platform for Cable Television Subscribers
BOCA RATON, FL – August 12, 2013 — Pace (LSE:PIC), a leading global developer of advanced technologies for service providers, today announced its first deployment resulting from the global partnership agreement with TiVo Inc. GCI…
GSA: LTE Deployments Up 112% in One Year
Wireless network operators worldwide launched 106 LTE networks in the past 12 months, an annual growth rate of 112%. In total there are 200 LTE networks up and running in 76 countries as of July…
FCC: We’re Still on Target for 2014 Incentive Auction
FCC officials today said they believe the agency is still on track to conduct a voluntary incentive auction of TV broadcast spectrum in 2014. In addition the commission today took steps that could boost the…
Report: Wi-Fi Sees 16.8% Growth in One Quarter
Shipments of Wi-Fi customer premises equipment (CPE) surged 16.8% quarter-to-quarter in 1Q 2013, surpassing the 43.3 million mark. Shipments of 802.11n devices continue to dominate, making up over 2/3 of the total, though 802.11ac access…
TDG: Net-Connected TV Owners Twice as Likely to Cut the Pay-TV Cord
Households with Internet-connected TVs are more than twice as likely to downgrade or “cut the cord” and cancel their pay TV subscriptions, confirming one of the cable and pay TV industry’s worst fears, according to…
Chattanooga’s GigTank Day Showcases Gigabit Network Apps
Unlike last year, this year’s GigTank Day in Chattanooga did not include any monetary prizes for entrepreneurs with promising ideas about how to use the city’s gigabit network. Nevertheless the event, held on August 6,…
ComScore: U.S. Smartphone Ownership Increases 4% in 2Q
The percentage of Americans who own smartphones rose 4% in 2Q 2013, with Apple the leading original equipment manufacturer (OEM) and Google the leading smartphone platform provider, according to comScore’s latest quarterly MobiLens market research…
Aereo Expands into Dallas, Other Markets
LONG ISLAND CITY, NY – Aug 08, 2013 — Aereo, Inc., today announced plans to launch its groundbreaking online television technology in the Greater Houston area on September 16, covering a 20-county area in Texas.…