by Pivot
Month: June 2016
Report: VoLTE Subscribers to Total 310 Million Come Year-End
The number of VoLTE subscribers is on the rise as carriers launch commercial VoLTE networks and services. A total 23 VoLTE networks were launched worldwide in 1H 2016 – more than in all of 2015…
Cloud Spending by Manufacturers Expected to Increase
Cloud spending by manufacturers is expected to increase dramatically by 2017, according to a manufacturer survey conducted at the Manufacturing ISV Cloud Summit earlier this year. Spending will see particularly strong growth within manufacturing, engineering…
CenturyLink Unveils Fully Managed SD-WAN Service
MONROE, La., June 22, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — CenturyLink, Inc. (NYSE: CTL) today announced the market introduction of CenturyLink® SD-WAN, a fully managed software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) solution. CenturyLink SD-WAN, the latest solution in the…
Skinny Bundles, OTT Upset the Programming Landscape for Pay-TV
Video operators are seeing dynamic change in the pay-TV marketplace as consumers embrace skinny bundles, OTT, and other emerging video products. That was one conclusion from Telecompetitor’s recent broadbandTV event. Madeleine Forrer, Vice President of…
GCI Broadband Wireless Brings Social Benefits to Remote Areas of Alaska
Residents have seen higher high school graduation rates and improved healthcare since GCI broadband wireless came to remote areas of western Alaska, said GCI Executive Vice President Greg Chapados yesterday. Chapados made his comments at…
Investors React Positively to $230 Million CSAL Tower Cloud Purchase
The $230 million CSAL Tower Cloud purchase announced yesterday should enhance CSAL’s focus on dark fiber and on providing backhaul for cellular, and in particular, small cell networks. And the investment community seems to approve,…
Neustar Announces Intention to Separate into Two Independent Publicly Traded Companies
June 21, 2016 — STERLING, Va.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Neustar, Inc. (NYSE:NSR) today announced its intention to separate into two independent and publicly traded companies. One company will consist of the majority of Neustar’s Information Services, while the…
US Ignite Launches Smart Gigabit Communities Initiative
Fifteen communities have joined together as part of a US Ignite Smart Gigabit Communities initiative. The goal is to create a national network of Smart Gigabit Communities that will leverage next-generation Internet and Smart City…
Wheeler Wants 200-MHz or Wider Blocks for 5G Spectrum Frontiers Proceeding
The FCC will vote in mid-July on a 5G Spectrum Frontiers proceeding aimed at opening up huge amounts of spectrum for fifth-generation wireless services, said FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler today. “If the Commission approves my…
RFD-TV and NCTC Announce Multi-Year Distribution Agreement
(NASHVILLE — June 20, 2016) RFD-TV and the National Cable Television Cooperative (NCTC) announced today that they have entered into a multi-year distribution agreement, which allows over 800 video service providers across the United States…
Frontier: Excited at the Prospects of DSL and IPTV
Frontier just completed a $10.5 billion transaction for Verizon wireline assets which included significant FiOS FTTP assets, but Frontier is equally excited about the future of DSL and IPTV, says Frontier EVP and General Counsel…
Report Finds Roku with Biggest OTT Video Set Top Box Market Share
Set-top boxes from the likes of Apple, Google and Roku are the fourth-most popular means of streaming OTT video in homes, according to OTT video set top box market share research from comScore. The OTT…