by Pivot
Month: July 2018
Consolidated Expands Kansas City Fiber
A Consolidated Kansas City network expansion will support new data and communications solutions, including cloud and managed and hosted services to businesses. Since the company acquired . . .
CBRS Alliance OnGo Certification Labs, First Participants Announced
Eight labs worldwide will offer CBRS Alliance OnGo certification testing. The certification is a collaboration between the alliance and the Wireless Innovation Forum. Testing will focus on . . .
ILSR Offers Harsh Connect America Fund Critique, Says Large Carriers Not Investing in Rural Broadband
According to a Connect America Fund critique from the Institute for Local Self-Reliance, price cap carriers generally only invest where they have cable competition. But the CAF program targets unserved areas. So what gives?
T-Mobile, Nokia Teaming up on $3.5 Billion 5G Deal
A new T-Mobile Nokia deal calls for the Un-carrier to use end-to-end Nokia products to support a mobile 5G network operating at 600 MHz or 28 GHz.
DISH Offering Billing Credits to Customers over Univision Retransmission Dispute
With Univision renewal talks in an apparent deadlock, DISH today has announced it will be offering
MOBITV Counts 50 Providers for App Based MOBITV Connect
New York PSC Wants to Kick Charter Out of State, Force Asset Sale
The New York public service commission gave Charter 60 days to transition operations in the state to a successor company. New York Charter actions also have included imposing fines of $3 million and referring a false advertising claim to the state attorney general.
USDA Seeks Input on $600 Million E-Connectivity Pilot for Rural Broadband Funding
The USDA E-connectivity pilot targets rural areas with populations less than 20,000 in which no more than 10% of the area served can get broadband at speeds of 10 Mbps downstream and 1 Mbps upstream. The USDA is considering . . .
NCTC Philo Deal Provides OTT Option for Small Video Providers
A new NCTC Philo deal will give NCTC members another OTT video offering, joining several other previously inked deals. A spokesperson for Philo declined to reveal if NCTC members would get an upfront fee or recurring monthly revenue on Philo sales.
Attitudes Toward a Sprint T-Mobile Merger: 73% Will Remain With Current Carrier
A survey from MATRIXX Software about attitudes toward a Sprint T-Mobile merger found that 16% of current subscribers would leave the…
RootMetrics Mobile Performance Report: Verizon Leads in Five of Six Categories
The latest RootMetrics mobile performance report found that AT&T remains a strong competitor at the national level, while T-Mobile saw gains in U.S. metro markets.
U.S. Cellular Wins Fifth Straight J.D. Power Award for Highest Network Quality Performance
Comcast: OTT and vMVPD Trends Equate to Short Term Pain, But Long-Term Opportunity
OTT and vMVPD are impacting Comcast and taking video subscribers. But Comcast isn’t worried, in fact they seem encouraged about the changing video landscape…
California Provider Brings NG-PON2 Broadband to Rural Markets with Calix
Calix, Inc. today announced that Inyo Networks is deploying the Calix AXOS NG-PON2 solution to bring the first 10 gigabit services…
Two NCTC Cable Providers Upgrade Cable VoIP With Alianza Cloud Voice Platform
Streaming Media Usage: Smart TVs are More Common, But Streaming Media Players are Used More
Streaming media usage data reveals streaming media player owners use the devices daily or nearly daily, watching an average of 10.4 hours of streaming video per week. In comparison, smart TVs are used . . .
Windstream SD-WAN Passes 1,000 Customer Mark
Windstream SD-WAN is one of two key growth areas for the company, along with unified communications as a service. The company saw a quick uptake in SD-WAN after introducing the service just a year ago.
Report: At $37, vMVPD ARPU About 1/3 of Traditional Pay-TV
With vMVPD ARPU of $37, Kagan, S&P Global Market Intelligence forecasts total revenue of $2.2 billion in 2018, growing to $7.8 billion by 2022.
Levin: Cities Know How to Get Broadband Done, Not a Dysfunctional Federal Government
Cities should have autonomy in negotiating deals with network operators, said Blair Levin in an address about the role of cities in broadband. Levin said the Broadband Deployment Advisory Committee was biased toward . . .
RTO Wireless is Latest Microsoft Airband Fixed Wireless Rural Partner
A new Microsoft RTO Wireless partnership calls for the companies to bring mobile and fixed wireless to rural areas of New York and Maine. The companies plan to use white spaces and CBRS band spectrum.
Houston is Latest Verizon 5G Market, Service Expected Later This Year
Verizon 5G market Houston will get fixed service this year, Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam said. In trials, the company has achieved gigabit speeds in millimeter wave spectrum over distances of 1900-2000 feet
FCC Authorizes an Additional $36 Million Annually to A-CAM Carriers for Rural Broadband Support
175 A-CAM carriers who get broadband support based on a cost model will get additional funding for 10 years. In exchange, they commit to bringing broadband to more locations — although the total number of locations is still less than . . .
Antietam Broadband and OnTrack Join Forces
Verizon and Ericsson Expand 4G LTE Partnership, Prepare for 5G Launch