by Pivot
Month: October 2014
Frontier West Virginia Lawsuit Attacks Company’s Broadband Service
Frontier has some big headaches in West Virginia, where it faces a class action lawsuit about its broadband service. A report from local media outlet Charleston Gazette quotes from the lawsuit, which states that Frontier…
OTT Video Adoption: Why the Inflection Point Matters
As a rule, major transitions in technology and revenue models are slower to develop than most predict. In other words, when looking at the transition from linear TV to online TV, or the business impact…
NTIA: Broadband Usage at Home Climbs to 72%, Non-Adopters Say Why
Nearly three –quarters (72%) of U.S. households used broadband at home as of October 2012, according to a report released last week by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA). That was an increase of…
TiVo: Percent of TV Viewers Multitasking Hits 94%
Excerpts from TiVo’s “Second Annual TiVo Multitasking and Social TV Survey” reveal that TV viewers are doing a lot more multitasking while watching TV. Just over half (51 percent) of TiVo’s 856 survey respondents said…
Millimeter Wave Small Cell Backhaul Forecast to Grow 100% Annually
Millimeter wave telecommunications is poised to play an important role in small cell deployments, fulfilling the need for backhaul aggregation as small cell deployments scale up, according to a new report from Infonetics Research. Growth…
FCC: TDM-to-IP Transition Was a Cause of 911 Outage Affecting Seven States
The transition to next-generation 911 (NG911) emergency services based on IP played a role in the April outage that prevented people in seven states from being able to reach emergency dispatchers, said Rear Admiral David…
Zayo Group Holdings, Inc. Prices Initial Public Offering of Common Stock
October 16, 2014 — BOULDER, Colo.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Zayo Group Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: ZAYO) (the “Company”) announced today the pricing of its initial public offering of 21,052,631 shares of its common stock at a price to the…
Smart Home Device Ownership Measured at 13% of Broadband Households
Americans will purchase more in the way of smart home products and systems within the next year, according to a new market research report from the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) and Parks Associates released October 16.…
Atlantic Broadband Expands Business Services Portfolio to Include 10 Gigabit Metro Ethernet Service
October 16, 2014 — QUINCY, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Atlantic Broadband, the nation’s 13th largest cable operator and premier Business Services provider, today announced enhancements to its Metro Ethernet service offering for businesses looking for greater flexibility, scalability…
Chicago CIO Shares Internet of Things Success Stories
The Internet of Things is becoming a reality in the city of Chicago, where sensors send an alert when trash cans get too full and sensors at city beaches report hourly on water temperature and…
J.D. Power: OS is Increasingly Important Smartphone Purchase Criteria
An operating system (OS) lies at the heart of any mobile data device, and their importance is only growing with uptake of more more powerful mobile devices and more advanced mobile application software. For mobile…
TeleGeography: Phone Line Decline Driven More by VoIP Than Mobile
Exponential growth in wireless and mobile telecommunications has created the perception that fixed-line telephony, and subscribership, is on the way out. The evidence isn’t as clear-cut as many may believe, however, according to market research…