by Pivot
Month: June 2017
Virtual MSOs Bigger Threat to Cable, Satellite, Telco Pay-TV than Netflix, Amazon
The launch of “skinny” streaming TV and video service bundles by OTT providers, such as YouTube, poses the latest real and present danger to incumbent cable, satellite, and telco pay-TV vendors. A more recent market…
Broadband Access Coalition Asks FCC for Spectrum for Gigabit Fixed Wireless
An industry coalition wants access to mid-band airwaves that, according to the group, could support as many as three providers of gigabit fixed wireless service in the same geographic area. The group, known as the…
Evolution Digital Reaches eVUE-TV Agreement with GCI
Centennial, Colorado — June 20, 2017 — Evolution Digital today announces that it has reached an agreement with General Communication Inc. (GCI) to deploy its fully managed eVUE-TV® IPTV Solution to GCI customers in select…
Stakeholders Urge Senate to Address USF Funding Shortfall for Rural Broadband
Stakeholders today urged the U.S. Senate to address a funding shortfall in the Universal Service Fund estimated at approximately $210 million annually, with the goal of spurring broadband deployment to rural areas by covering a…
Connected Car Survey: Only 29% Would Pay for In-Car Wi-Fi
More consumers worldwide are expressing a desire for advanced, in-vehicle automotive technology when considering the purchase of their next new vehicle. The trouble, at least from the perspective of auto manufacturers and connected car and…
Exec: Juniper Universal Chassis Router Can Work at Network Edge, in Core or in a Data Center
A Juniper universal chassis router announced today is designed to work at the network edge, in the network core or in a data center and to take on the functionality required for each application based…
Nokia Bell Labs First To Show Use of Ultra-low Latency 10G PON for Mobile Fronthaul
Espoo, Finland – Nokia has announced a significant industry breakthrough in the effort to better support mobile fronthaul and latency sensitive services. In a world-first, Nokia Bell Labs showed it is now possible to use…
AT&T Releases FirstNet State Plans; States Have 90 Days to Opt In
AT&T and the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) released their state-by-state plans for the FirstNet nationwide public safety network yesterday. Individual states will have 90 days to determine whether they want to opt in or…
Verizon Wireless Beats Back T-Mobile for PC Magazine’s Fastest U.S. Mobile Network Title
Verizon Wireless held on to the title of the fastest U.S. mobile network, at least when it comes to mobile network speeds among the nation’s four largest carriers, which amounts to essentially the same thing,…
C Spire LTE Now Supports Peak Mobile Download Speeds of up to 100 Mbps
New enhancements to the C Spire LTE network have the regional wireless provider talking peak speed capabilities of up to 100 Mbps, up from the current 5 to 12 Mbps. C Spire, the nation’s sixth…
CenturyLink Offers Gigabit Service to 32,827 Minnesota Businesses
June 14, 2017 — CenturyLink, Inc. (NYSE: CTL) announced today that fiber-ready broadband speeds up to 1 gigabit per second (Gbps) are now available to 32,827 small to large business customers in 1,131 multi-tenant unit…
Lake Connections Sale Highlights Municipal Decision to Get Out of the Broadband Business
The Lake County board of supervisors recently unanimously voted for a Lake Connections sale, offering the municipal broadband network up to what they hope is the highest bidder. Lake Connections was formed seven years ago…