by Pivot
Month: December 2015
TDS Launches Cloud-Based Storage Backup
TDS® Backup Online — It’s back A cloud-based service, TDS Backup Online is accessible from anywhere and includes 200GB of storage. Madison, Wisconsin — Dec. 15, 2015 — Just in time for all those holiday photos,…
AT&T Shift from U-verse to DirecTV: Do Risks Outweigh Rewards?
AT&T will de-prioritize U-verse video in favor of DirecTV in 2016, creating both threats and opportunities for the carrier, notes financial research firm Bernstein in a couple of recent research notes. According to the researchers,…
Frontier Secure Enhances Computer & Mobile Security Offerings
December 15, 2015 — NORWALK, Conn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Frontier Secure, a service of Frontier Communications Corporation (NASDAQ:FTR), today announced an enhancement to its computer and mobile security products. The new Multi-Device Security combines computer and mobile protection…
Survey Finds Top 3 Drivers of Managed Services Adoption
Simplifying information technology management is the primary benefit of using managed services, according to survey results from IT solutions provider JDL Technologies. Ranking a close second was improved security, JDL found from results of a…
Three Companies Awarded $5.2 Million for FCC Rural Broadband Experiments
The FCC has authorized more than $5 million in funding for three more rural broadband experiment awardees. The funding will help cover some of the costs of bringing broadband service to parts of price cap…
Bell Brings Direct Netflix Access To All Fibe and FibreOP TV Subscribers
MONTRÉAL, Dec. 14, 2015 /CNW Telbec/ – Bell today announced that Bell Fibe TV and Bell Aliant FibreOP TV subscribers can now access their Netflix accounts directly from their existing TV receivers, the latest service innovation…
Parks Finds 31 Percent of Broadband Homes With Streaming Media Players
Streaming media players (SMPs) were present in 3 in 10 (31 percent) of U.S. broadband households as of end-3Q 2015, up from 27 percent at the start of the year. That’s poised to increase, as…
Health and Fitness Device Survey Finds Strong Interest in Smartwatches
Nearly three quarters (74 percent) of Americans are likely to buy health and fitness devices in the next 12 months, according to the latest research from the Consumer Technology Association (CTA). Of those, one in…
Quarterly Enterprise Phone System Sales Measured at $1.6 Billion
Global sales of pure IP, hybrid and TDM PBX enterprise telephone systems rose on a quarterly basis in 3Q 2015 but were down year-over-year. Sales of unified communications (UC) also rose from 2Q, but were…
Mayors Ask FCC For Lifeline Low-Income Broadband
A bipartisan group of mayors and officials from 44 cities sent a letter to the FCC December 11 supporting the agency’s proposal to improve low-income families’ Internet access through the federal Lifeline program. Most important…
Southern Light Announces Planned Network Expansion
MOBILE, Ala., Dec. 9, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Southern Light, LLC, a provider of broadband infrastructure solutions, announced today a long-term contract with one of the nation’s top wireless carriers to provide a dedicated fiber network to…
Ooyala Measures Mobile Video Viewing Growth at 616% Since 2012
Having increased 616 percent since 3Q 2012, mobile video views now account for 45 percent of all video views globally, Ooyala highlights in its ¨Global Video Index 3Q 2015.¨ Year-over-year, mobile video’s share of 3Q’s…