by Pivot
Month: May 2017
AT&T Awarded $119M, 5-year Contract to Support Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
May 16, 2017 — AT&T will help the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) modernize its communications and reduce costs. The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) awarded AT&T a task order valued up to…
CFO Touts Benefits of AT&T Broadband Bundles, Sees Broadband as a Growth Area Again
AT&T broadband will be a growth area again, said John Stephens, senior executive vice president and chief financial officer for the carrier, at an investor conference today. He added that AT&T broadband bundles have helped…
Report: Gigabit Broadband Availability Reaches Over 200M Globally, 56 Million in the U.S.
Just shy of 220 million people worldwide have gigabit broadband availability, according to the latest Gigabit Monitor from test and measurement vendor Viavi. That’s roughly 3 percent of the world population. Seventeen percent of the…
Carolina West Wireless Touts 600 MHz Spectrum Win
Carolina West Wireless issued a press release earlier this week detailing its winnings in the recent auction of broadcast spectrum in the 600 MHz band. The company bid a total of $10.2 million to win…
Hargray Communications Sale Closes
Hilton Head Island, South Carolina — May 16, 2017 — Hargray Communications Group, Inc. (“Hargray”) announced today the closing of its previously announced acquisition by Tom Pritzker Family Business Interests advised by The Pritzker Organization (“TPO”),…
8×8, Ring Central Tie for Top Spot in North American UCaaS Rankings
UCaaS (Unified Communications as a Service) providers 8×8 and RingCentral tied for the top spot in the North American UCaaS scorecard from IHS Markit, the first first-place tie in the nine years the market research…
CEO: Great Plains Communications Sees International Opportunities
We were surprised to see Great Plains Communications exhibiting at International Telecoms Week in Chicago this week. The company operates a statewide Nebraska wholesale fiber network that also connects to several other cities in the…
Sprint Targets Next Generation IoT Across Nationwide Network
Sprint announced an ambitious and far reaching plan to support next generation IoT devices across its nationwide network. Notably, Sprint is taking advantage of new LTE wireless broadband standards and technology in doing so. In…
Comcast SD-WAN Beta Marks Move into Fast Growing SD-WAN Market
An announced Comcast SD-WAN beta trial signals a continuing move into business and enterprise services by the largest U.S. cable MSO. Comcast claims to be the first major cable company to introduce a carrier-grade SD-WAN…
North State Consolidates Data Center, IT Subsidiaries, Pursues Cloud Strategy
Regional broadband carrier North State announced the formation of a new integrated Technology Solutions business unit that will pursue cloud and IT opportunities throughout the southeastern U.S. The new unit is formed from existing subsidiaries,…
ATIS Smart City Roadmap: 3D Geolocation, Crowdsourcing, LPWAN
Crowdsourced data, low power wide area network (LPWAN) technology and 3D geolocation are all poised to be important elements of the smart city, argues the Alliance for Telecom Industry Solutions (ATIS) in a report released…
Report Finds Global WAN Traffic Increase of 200%
A new report from SD-WAN specialist Aryaka found a global WAN traffic increase of 200 percent in one year. The Aryaka “State of the WAN Report” aggregated and analyzed data from more than 5,000 WAN…