by Pivot
Tag: Triple Play
Report Confirms Triple Play Has Lost its Luster, Double Play Bundle Has the Action
Cable providers and telecom companies are changing their strategy in how they approach customers, according to a double play bundle report from GlobalData. The firm says that changes in demand and cost considerations are leading…
Report: Communications Spending Reached a Massive $118B in 2020
Driven by the COVID-19 pandemic and demand for reliable high speed data, consumers spent $118 billion on new communications services, (voice, video and data) — a massive spending increase over the 2020 estimate of $91…
C Spire Expanding Fiber Broadband Footprint
C Spire Home is bringing its Gigabit FTTH platform to the Mississippi markets of Saltillo and Gulfport, with plans to add Biloxi to C Spire markets beginning next year. The expansion will cover roughly 78K…
Gigabit Adoption Research: Subscribers Not Really Feeling Gigabit Service, Only 6% Subscribe
The most popular U.S. broadband service tiers provide service at between 100 Mbps and 999 Mbps, according to new gigabit adoption research from Parks Associates. More than one in five households (22%) take service at…
Report: North American Multi-Play Service Penetration Hits 43%
Though there will be a slowdown in service adoption, North America will remain the largest multi-play service market through 2023, according to a new report about multi-play service penetration from GlobalData. Multri-play services include bundles…
Muni Broadband Provider Dalton Utilities/OptiLink Launches $80 Gigabit Broadband
Dalton Utilities/OptiLink, a municipal utility company serving northwest Georgia, yesterday announced the launch of GigLink, a gigabit internet service. The Dalton Utilities gigabit service is priced at $79.95 per month. Two months ago, the company…
TDS Gets Aggressive, Plans to Overbuild Charter, Frontier with Fiber Broadband
TDS is flexing some fiber broadband muscle, with announcements today that the carrier intends to overbuild two Wisconsin communities with fiber. Both communities, Oregon and McFarland, are suburbs of Madison, Wisc. and both are currently…
Report: Disruption of the Traditional Bundle Will Only Get Worse, Next-Gen Bundles Now on Tap
U.S. consumers are embracing next-gen bundles and telco and cable providers need to adapt or risk losing significant market share to disruptors, says market research firm Ovum. Their new report, Digital Consumer Insights 2017: Multiplay,…
Mediacom Adds Free International Calling to Its Most Popular Triple-Play Service
September 26, 2016 — MEDIACOM PARK, N.Y.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Mediacom Communications today announced it added a new 30-minute international calling feature to its Xtream triple-play service, a change that comes at no additional cost and offers customers…
Frontier Video Strategy Aims to Have IPTV in 50% of Footprint
Frontier has a goal of offering a triple-play bundle of voice, video and data using its home-grown Vantage video offering in 50% of the company’s local service footprint, said Frontier President and CEO Dan McCarthy…
Fiber Phone Joins the Line-Up for a Google Fiber Triple Play
Google announced a coming Google Fiber triple play, with the introduction of Fiber voice service. The service will be in a phased roll-out and it follows an announced trial for the service back in February.…
CEO: CountryWide Broadband Acquires iTV-3, With More Deals in the Works
The tier 3 telecom market gained another consolidator yesterday with the news that St. Louis-based startup company CountryWide Broadband plans to acquire iTV-3, operator of an open access gigabit network serving several central Illinois communities,…