by Pivot
Tag: Carrier Evolution
Verizon Again Declines CAF Funding But AT&T Accepts
Verizon declines $20 million aimed at bringing broadband to rural areas. But AT&T accepts the full $47,000 it was offered — and offers to accept even more.
CenturyLink Accepts More Than Half of This Year’s Connect America Funding
CenturyLink accepts $54 million of $90 million it was offered through the Connect America Fund program to help cover some of the cost of bringing broadband to areas that cannot get broadband today.
Testing the Waters on POTS Phaseout on Fire Island
An FCC notice issued last week about Verizon’s Voice Link wireless landline replacement service illustrates the challenges with modernizing POTS phone service
Broadband in the Home is No Longer Tied to the PC
In a post-PC era, tablets, connectedTVs, smartphones, and streaming video players (Roku) can bring broadband to life in different and more appealing ways to some
Sprint Makes 100G, 400G Moves
SDN, NFV Get a Boost from Multi-Vendor Group CloudNFV
Software defined networking, network function virtualization and cloud computing gained further traction yesterday with the announcement of an implementation platform tying these three technologies together.
CenturyLink CFO Outlines Four Key Growth Areas
CenturyLinkCenturyLink sees its future in four key growth areas, said Stewart Ewing, executive vice president and chief financial officer for the company at the Oppenheimer Technology, Internet & Communications Conference today.
Comcast Internet Essentials Reaches 220K Families
Verizon Fellow: 200G Trial is a Prelude to 2014 Deployment
Verizon sees an opportunity to substantially reduce the cost of delivering data services on shorter routes using equipment supporting speeds of 200Gbps on a single fiber.
New Deal Illustrates Importance of Partnership for Carriers
The recent AT&T/CSC cloud partnership deal highlights the growing importance of partnership
All IP Wireless Carrier for Data and Voice Emerges
The shift to an all IP wireless network is well underway, with a new service from TextNow as a great example.
Cox Launches “Contour” Personal TV Experience
Why is the Tier 2 Wireless Business Shrinking?
The number of customers served by tier 2 and tier 3 wireless carriers dropped from 22.2 million to 12.5 million in one year, notes iGR. We talked to the report author about why..
Report: 2015 Will be Key Year for SDN/ NFV Transition
Just 13% of network operators in a Heavy Reading survey said SDN would ‘significantly impact’ the competitive landscape before the end of 2014.
Megapath Launches Any-To-Any Failover Service
AT&T Adds Karaoke App To U-Verse
Hughes VP Details Company’s Capacity-Boosting Satellite Technology
Hughes Network Systems has thought ahead with its latest generation Jupiter satellite, said Hughes Vice President of Corporate Marketing Arunas Slekys in an interview.
Sprint Expands LTE
AT&T To Buy Rural Carrier’s Wireless Business
Long Lines, a multi-play service provider based in rural Iowa, announced late last week that it has agreed to sell its wireless business to AT&T Mobility.
T-Mobile Offers Zero-Down Handset Pricing
Charter Debuts In-Home Wi-Fi Service
Savvis Launches Cloud Data Center Services
Wisconsin Independent Network Announces Acquisition of Fiber Network Assets
CCA Offers Text-to-911 Using Intrado
Competitive Carriers Association (CCA) and Intrado announced a strategic partnership that affords CCA carrier members the opportunity…