by Pivot
Month: August 2015
TDG: Internet Set-Top Box Penetration Reaches 21%
Internet set-top boxes (iSTBs) are present in 1 of 5 (21 percent) U.S. broadband households, an increase of 63 percent in the last year and 13 percent percent above that early last year, according to…
Low-Income Broadband for Seniors: Comcast Internet Essentials Expanded
“I was totally ignorant of the whole computer thing . . . and terrified of it,” says a senior citizen in a video from Comcast promoting the company’s low-income Internet Essentials program, which the company…
DirecTV Expands 4K Video Capability
EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Aug. 19, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — A new set-top box from DIRECTV, now part of the AT&T family, makes it possible for more customers to watch 4K Ultra HD (UHD)* programming on nearly any…
Pew Teens Online Research: Making Friends Online is Commonplace
Nearly 6 of 10 U.S. teens ages 13-17 (57 percent) have made a new friend online. Social media and online game playing were the most common digital media channels teens used to strike up new…
Windstream Partners With HP to Deliver New Cloud-Ready Solutions
LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Aug. 18, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Windstream (NASDAQ:WIN), a leading provider of advanced network communications and managed cloud services, today announced that it has joined the HP PartnerOne Program for service providers…
Report: Windows Platform Building Strong 2-in-1 Tablet Base
The market for detachable 2-in-1 tablets will grow at a 57 percent compound annual growth rate (CAGR), a bright spot in an overall tablet market set to drop to 2 percent CAGR in the next…
FairPoint Accepts CAF Support of $37.4 Million Annually, Rejects Two States
Updated August 20th with information about Hawaiian Telcom Add FairPoint Communications to the list of carriers that have accepted Connect America Fund dollars in exchange for agreeing to bring broadband to portions of their local…
Google OnHub Poised to Shake Up Wi-Fi Router Market
Is this Google Fiber or the Nexus smartphone and tablet all over again? Google today announced OnHub – a new Wi-Fi router from networking equipment manufacturer TP-LINK that the Internet giant apparently had a hand…
No Herd Following for AT&T on Subsidized Cellphones: Smart Move?
Some fresh thinking about wireless comes from Anthony Ruben of Inflection Point Consulting, who penned a research note titled “AT&T Has a Unique Opportunity to Zig While the Market Zags” for Seeking Alpha. According to…
Large Telco Broadband Losses – Giving up on Broadband?
If you read analysis from Leichtman Research Group, you may come to the conclusion that large tier one telcos, namely Verizon and AT&T, have all but given up on the residential broadband business – at…
With $3.3 Billion in Bidding Credits Rejected, What’s Next for DISH Network?
The possibility of DISH Network offering fixed broadband in rural areas could be in jeopardy now that the FCC has denied bidding credits in the recent AWS-3 spectrum auction to two companies that are majority…
Integra to Acquire opticAccess
VANCOUVER, Wash., Aug. 18, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Integra, a provider of fiber-based, enterprise-grade networking, communications and technology solutions has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire opticAccess, LLC. Founded in 2012, opticAccess provides high-capacity, fiber-based…