by Pivot
Month: July 2015
ATIS to Manage OneM2M App-ID Registry
One of the organizations aiming to establish global industry standards in the fast growing world of machine-to-machine (M2M) connections and the Internet of Things (IoT) is taking shape. ATIS (Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions) and…
Messaging Forecast Calls for 160 Trillion Messages in 2019
Mobile and online messaging traffic will continue growing fast to reach 160 trillion messages per year by 2019. That would be 70 percent higher than 2014’s 94.2 trillion messages, according to new market research from…
What Does AOL Really Mean for Verizon?
Verizon sees tremendous content monetization capabilities coming from its recent AOL acquisition, according to Verizon Digital Media Services (VDMS) Chief Product Officer Ted Middleton. In addition to generating a lot of quality content, AOL brings…
Comment Invited on Improving FCC Video Competition Report
The FCC is asking for input on the data it should collect for its annual report on video competition. In a 20-page public notice released last week, the commission seeks comment from video providers, consumers,…
CenturyLink Launches Big Data, Cloud and Security Forums for IT Executives
MONROE, La., July 7, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — CenturyLink, Inc. (NYSE: CTL) today announced its plans for a multi-city tour featuring industry analysts and select CenturyLink customers and executives to share technology insights and lessons learned…
WaveNation Wireless Launches New WiFi First Service Offering
July 07, 2015 — CHICAGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–WaveNation, a leading provider of WiFi wireless services, is pleased to announce the availability of our WiFi first wireless service in over 80 markets nationwide. This new WiFi revolution will…
Verizon Positioning to Enable OTT Services with Verizon Digital Media Services
Verizon Digital Media Services (VDMS) is a content delivery network (CDN) unit within Verizon, formed through a series of past acquisitions. VDMS works with content publishers and broadcasters to distribute their content throughout the world,…
Broadband Coalition Launches Pro-Competition Petition
At least 6800 people have signed a petition created a month ago by competitive carrier organization Broadband Coalition that asks policy makers to take steps to improve broadband competition. Broadband Coalition was formed in 2012,…
Next Century Cities Reaches 100 Members
The addition of Boise, Idaho brings the Next Century Cities’ coalition roster to 100. Launched in October 2014, Next Century Cities’ members share and exchange information and other resources aimed at assuring access to affordable,…
IDC Cloud Spending Forecast: 26% Growth in 2015
Spending on cloud IT infrastructure will grow 26.4 percent to reach $33.4 billion this year, according to the latest from the IDC Worldwide Quarterly Cloud IT Infrastructure Tracker. IDC’s forecast encompasses spending on private and public…
AT&T/DirecTV Approval Expected to Include Broadband Deployment Condition
AT&T may be required to commit to deploying higher-speed broadband to more rural customers and to offering stand-alone broadband as a condition of its acquisition of DirecTV, which could receive Justice and FCC approvals as…
Big Data Survey: 55% of Organizations Operate Systems
Information security research and training provider SANS Institute released its first study regarding the use of and security challenges large enterprise businesses and government face as more and more of them make use of “Big…