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Tag: Carrier Evolution
Parks: SMB IT Spending is Just $90-$150 a Month
An attractive business development opportunity exists for broadband services providers, along with CE products manufacturers and technology brand owners, to provide IT services to small- and medium-size businesses (1-250 employees), according to Parks Associates. U.S.…
No Herd Following for AT&T on Subsidized Cellphones: Smart Move?
Some fresh thinking about wireless comes from Anthony Ruben of Inflection Point Consulting, who penned a research note titled “AT&T Has a Unique Opportunity to Zig While the Market Zags” for Seeking Alpha. According to…
Behind Bell’s LTE-A Tri-Band Launch
Canadian carrier Bell is touting its new LTE-A Tri-Band capability, which the company says is the first to launch in North America. The service uses spectrum in the 700 MHz, AWS (2100 MHz) and PCS…
Is Rise Broadband the New Carrier of Last Resort?
Rise Broadband issued a press release yesterday touting the $16.9 million it will receive through the FCC rural broadband experiment program. The company plans to use broadband wireless to bring broadband to areas in price…
Verizon NG-PON2 Field Trial Sets Stage for FiOS Multi-Gigabit Access Services
Verizon’s continued testing of next-generation PON technologies for FiOS continues, with news of a NG-PON2 trial, which delivered Internet download and upload speeds of up to 10-Gbps per wavelength. Verizon sees NG-PON2 as a platform…
5G Revenue Forecast to Surpass $65 Billion by 2025
Revenues for 5G services will exceed $65 billion by 2025, according to a forecast from Juniper Research. That would be up from a forecast $100 billion in 2020, the year the first commercial 5G roll-outs…
Windstream VA Contract Win Could be Worth $450 Million
Windstream has won a major contract with the Department of Veterans Affairs – a five-year agreement potentially worth more than $450 million. The carrier will provide services such as voice and high-speed Ethernet connectivity to…
AT&T MobileTV Featured in New All in One Bundles of Pay TV, Wireless
AT&T didn’t waste any time putting together service bundles that include its traditional offerings as well as the nationwide satellite TV service the company gained through its recently completed DirecTV acquisition. The company on August…
Gigabit and the Economy: A First-Hand Look at Chattanooga
Despite all the gigabit announcements we’ve seen over the last couple of years, the number of major cities where gigabit service already has been deployed to any major extent is still quite small. A July…
IHS: Cable Migration to DOCSIS 3.1, Distributed Access is Well Under Way
Decentralization is a concept that has gained credence, proponents and adherents as it has spread, providing the basis for strategic plans across a wide range of industries, including cable and telecoms. Digital information and communications…
GSA: Number of Carriers Offering LTE Rises to 422
Commercial 4G LTE services are now up and running for 422 wireless carriers in 143 countries, according to the latest update to GSA’s ¨Evolution to LTE¨ report. A total of 106 began offering LTE services…
TIS: All Paths Lead to OTT, IP Video
Independent cable operators met this week in Boston at NCTC’s annual The Independent Show (TIS), and a growing sense of urgency was on display. That urgency involves correctly positioning a small cable company in a…