by Pivot
Month: August 2016
Oregon Vineyard, Local Students Benefit from Agricultural IoT Project
A project in rural Oregon illustrates the potential of the Internet of Things in agriculture, as well as providing an example of how technology can motivate students and support new ways of learning. The agricultural…
California Gigabit Footprint Grows with Consolidated Expansion
California gigabit options will increase with the news that Consolidated Communications will bring the ultra-broadband service to their Roseville, California market. Roseville will join Kansas City and Houston as Consolidated gigabit markets. The California gigabit…
LTE-A Deployment Survey: 84% of Service Providers Have Made the Move
More than 8 in 10 network service providers are running advanced LTE networks based on LTE-A, according to an LTE-A deployment survey from IHS Markit. Eighty-four percent of service provider respondents said they were already…
AT&T Wins Dept. of Labor Contract
VIENNA, Va., Aug. 23, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — AT&T is the awardee of a 5-year contract by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division. AT&T will serve as its primary mobility provider. AT&T will…
Three FCC Rural Broadband Experiment Awardees Rejected Over Letters of Credit
An FCC order released last week denies petitions from three entities that were provisionally awarded funding in the FCC Rural Broadband Experiment program because the awardees were unable to obtain satisfactory letters of credit —…
Mobile IPv6 Milestone: More Than Half of Mobile Requests Now IPv6
A mobile IPv6 network milestone was passed last week as Facebook and Akamai reported that more than half the requests from the four largest U.S. mobile networks were IPv6-based. Facebook’s Paul Saab marked the achievement…
Sprint Launches Unlimited Plans
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (BUSINESS WIRE), August 18, 2016 – Sprint (NYSE: S) is giving customers unprecedented value and simplicity with the launch of Unlimited Freedom: two lines of unlimited talk, text and data for the…
Android Market Share Regains Stride as Consumers Await Introduction of New Smartphones
Smartphone sales rose in emerging market regions worldwide in 2Q 2016, helping increase Android market share and lifting global sales 4.3 percent as compared to 2Q 2015, according to Gartner’s latest market data. A total…
AT&T SDN/NFV Initiatives include Joining Intel’s ‘Super 7+1’
Network traffic continues to soar as broadband connectivity expands and end users make greater use of a wider variety of connected devices and data-hungry software applications. Growing adoption of augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR), 4K…
Verizon One Talk Targets Mobile Workers with Integrated Business Phone Solution
Verizon launched One Talk, a ‘mobile first’ solution that gives mobile workers an integrated business phone solution for their mobile devices. The solution allows small and medium businesses to seamlessly move business calls between a…
T-Mobile Offers Unlimited Data With T-Mobile One
New York, New York — August 18, 2016 — T-Mobile (NASDAQ: TMUS) is at it again. With its 12th iconic Un-carrier move, the renegade wireless company today smashed the biggest wireless barrier yet – the…
AT&T Introduces Mobile Share Advantage
Dallas, Texas — August 17, 2016 — AT&T is continuing to simplify pricing with new plans that eliminate data overage charges for our wireless customers. The new Mobile Share Advantage plans are available Aug. 21.…