by Pivot
Month: November 2014
ABI: Carrier Wi-Fi Equipment Revenue to Reach $8 Billion by 2019
Global Carrier Wi-Fi equipment revenue will grow to reach $8 billion by 2019 as wireless network operators roll out Hotspot 2.0 and next-generation Wi-Fi hotspots to provide mobile broadband Internet connectivity, according to a new…
Net Neutrality and Title II: Obama’s Proposal
President Obama weighed in today on the Net Neutrality/ Open Internet issue, asking the FCC to classify broadband as a Title II or telecommunications service. “The time has come for the FCC to recognize that…
Seven New Hampshire Communities to Get TDS Gigabit Service
November 07, 2014 — Before Concord and Manchester get it, New Hampshire residents in Antrim, Bennington, Chichester, Deering, Henniker, Hillsborough, and Hopkinton will have access to 1Gbps Internet service announces TDS Telecom (TDS®). The company…
USF’s Rural Healthcare Connect Offers Network Operator Opportunities
The rural healthcare portion of the Universal Service Fund offers some significant opportunities for rural network operators and their communities. The USF Rural Healthcare Connect program pays up to 65% of network costs for rural…
iPad’s Tablet Traffic Share Measured at 80%
Apple iPad users were responsible for a whopping 79.9 percent of Web traffic from North America’s population of media tablets in September. That’s actually down from 81 percent a year ago, but 1.9 percentage points…
IDC: Internet of Things Base to Reach 30 Billion in 2020
The Internet of Things (IoT) is widely touted as having the potential to open vast new vistas of opportunity across economic sectors as devices and equipment used in power, manufacturing and industrial plants, the transportation…
Lumos Networks Reaches 28 Connected Data Centers
November 07, 2014 — WAYNESBORO, Va.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Lumos Networks Corp. (“Lumos Networks” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ:LMOS), a fiber-based service provider of data, voice and IP-based telecommunication services in the Mid-Atlantic region, is now connected to 28…
What Cogent Traffic Management Revelations Mean for Net Neutrality Proposal
While the FCC ponders whether to give itself tighter control over the connections that Internet providers offer to websites, a kerfuffle involving Cogent Communications this week raises more questions about what the FCC might be…
Average Household Bandwidth Needs Forecast to Rise 31% Per Year
Average household bandwidth requirements will increase 31 percent annually over the next five years as Internet users consume more high-bandwidth content and connect more often and for longer periods of time using a greater variety…
Report: Reasons for Keeping Landline Phone Include Reliability, Connection Quality
Telephone cord cutting has been an important trend in recent years, but most Americans still have a landline phone at home – and those with landline phones keep them because of their reliability, their connection…
Add Showtime OTT to Growing Streaming Content Availability
It was just a matter of time before Showtime joined the growing list of content options embracing OTT delivery, considering HBO tipped their OTT hand a couple of weeks ago. CBS (parent company of Showtime)…
Zayo Announced as Google Cloud Platform Authorized Services Partner
Boulder, Colo. – November 5, 2014 – Zayo Group, LLC (“Zayo”), a global provider of Bandwidth Infrastructure services, today announced Google Cloud Interconnect (GCI) has been added to Zayo’s Connect to the Cloud program. Zayo…