by Pivot
Category: Carrier Evolution
FCC Reports “Striking” Improvements in U.S. ISP Performance
The Federal Communications Commission reports “striking across-the-board-improvements” in U.S. broadband access services in its July 2012 “Measuring Broadband America Report.” The study focuses on three primary improvements in residential broadband service over the last year,…
65% of Verizon Fixed Network Revenue Dip was Intentional
Sometimes a year over year revenue decline is “self induced.” That isn’t entirely why Verizon fixed network revenue dropped about $300 million, year over year, but Verizon argues much of the decline is intentional. Verizon…
Illiad “Free” is Hammering Mobile Service Provider Revenue
Iliad, which launched its “Free Mobile” service in January 2012 in France, has been wrecking havoc on its competitors France Telecom, SFR and Bouygues Telecom. Vivendi SFR, for example, anticipates a 2012 earnings decline of…
AT&T to Introduce Family Mobile Broadband Plans in August 2012
AT&T is introducing family mobile data plans, as expected. Starting in late August, new and existing AT&T customers can share a single bucket of data across smart phones, tablets, and other compatible devices on a…
Cost Savings Drive SIP Trunking Adoption
Among enterprises, use of SIP trunking has provided an average 33 percent cost savings over legacy access methods, a study conducted by Webtorials, and sponsored by Sonus Networks, has found. For 73 percent of respondents,…
Call Volumes Fell Sequentially, on Both Fixed and Mobile Networks in U.K., Ofcom Reports
Overall time spent using voice communications fell by five percent in 2011, Ofcom, the U.K. communications regulator, reports. “This reflects a 10 percent fall in the volume of calls from landlines, and for the first…
Global Telecom Industry Has Made a Historic Leap in Serving People in Developing Regions
A high-level study sponsored by Alcatel-Lucent and conducted by the ENPC (Ecole des Ponts ParisTech) illustrates an important and historic change in global communications, especially the decades-long effort to figure out how to provide communications…
U.S. Carrier Ethernet Service Provider Revenues to Hit $11 Billion by 2017
U.S. enterprises and consumers are expected to spend more than $47 billion over the next five years on Ethernet services provided by carriers, according to a new market research study from The Insight Research Corporation.…
Facilities-Based Competition is Why Some Tout “White Spaces” Broadband
One important element in any nation’s communications landscape is the degree to which competitors are able to use facilities-based competition. The ability to control one’s own network, when such networks are scarce, obviously is an…
EC Makes Major Regulatory Shift
In a significant “u turn,” telecom commissioner Neelie Kroes seemingly has backed off a plan to increase the discounts offered to third parties who buy wholesale access from incumbent European Union service providers. That is…
Whether DirecTV or Viacom Can “Win” in the Long Term is the Real Issue
You can take your pick about which partner–DirecTV or Viacom–has more leverage in the programming dispute that has taken all the Viacom channels off DirecTV, at least temporarily. Some might argue it is a mistake…
U.S. Hosted PBX Spending Will Nearly Triple Between Now and 2016
U.S. spending on unified communications technologies will increase by an average of 10 percent per year, led by spending on hosted IP telephony services, which will almost triple between 2011 and 2016, estimates InfoTrack. Among…