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Comcast hires former Cisco exec as SVP of finance and strategic planning
February 3, 2012 1:42 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsInder Singh is responsible for Comcast Cable's forecasting, strategy, business trends, and long-range plan preparation.
MetroPCS Revives $40 LTE Plan
February 3, 2012 1:37 pm | by Maisie Ramsay | News | CommentsThe company brings back a popular plan that was suspended when the company stopped selling a specific handset.
Towns push back as Georgia tries to crush municipal broadband
February 3, 2012 1:36 pm | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsThe state government is set to consider legislation that backers claim will make public broadband networks play by the same rules as private service providers.
Japanese Entrepreneurs Aim for Silicon Valley
February 3, 2012 1:34 pm | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsFor an emerging generation of Japanese innovators, the dream isn't a job for life at a big company. They have new ambitions, and they're determined to go places.
Evolution on evolution
February 3, 2012 12:49 pm | by Brian Santo | Blogs | CommentsThe digital terminal adapter is one-way device, a limitation that both justifies its existence and bars it from being a long-term solution. From its introduction, the DTA has been considered a dead end – a very, very useful device – but a dead end. Evolution Digital thinks maybe not.
Comcast, Verizon's joint marketing effort docks in Bay Area
February 2, 2012 2:25 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsAmid increasing congressional scrutiny over their spectrum and reselling deal, Comcast and Verizon Wireless are now cross-promoting each other's products in San Francisco.
Comcast's Coblitz to keynote SCTE's SEMI Forum
February 2, 2012 2:19 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsThe Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers has lined up a heavy-hitter for the keynote address at its upcoming SEMI Forum with Comcast's Mark Coblitz.
U.S. Cellular plans March LTE launch
February 2, 2012 2:17 pm | by Maisie Ramsay, Wireless Week | News | CommentsU.S. Cellular will light up its LTE network in six states, covering about a quarter of its customers in Iowa, Wisconsin, Maine, North Carolina, Texas and Oklahoma.
U.S. digital textbook proposal puts a premium on broadband
February 2, 2012 2:16 pm | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsThe Department of Education and the FCC propose to phase out physical textbooks for electronic versions that can be easily revised and updated.
Suddenlink completes fiber network in Ark.
February 1, 2012 2:19 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsSuddenlink Communications has put the finishing touches on a new 162-mile fiber-optic network that was designed to better serve its customers in Arkansas.
FCC OKs Lifeline reforms
February 1, 2012 2:17 pm | by Maisie Ramsay, Wireless Week | News | CommentsThe FCC passed broad reforms of its Lifeline program at its open meeting, paving the way to overhaul a program that provides subsidized telephone service to low-income families.
Report: Service providers tap into home automation to reduce churn
February 1, 2012 2:15 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsHome automation is a burgeoning sector for service providers because it provides incremental revenues and reduces customer churn, according to a report by Infonetics Research.
Amdocs launches M2M, Connected Home services
February 1, 2012 2:13 pm | by Brian Santo | News | CommentsAmdocs is launching two new programs that enable service providers to quickly enter the connected devices market – one focused on machine-to-machine (M2M) services and the other on connected devices in home and office.
Sprint gives LightSquared until mid-March for FCC clearance
February 1, 2012 2:11 pm | by Maisie Ramsay, Wireless Week | News | CommentsSprint has agreed to give LightSquared until mid-March to resolve GPS interference problems that have delayed the launch of its LTE network.
Clearleap hires Van Orden as product marketing VP
February 1, 2012 2:06 pm | by Brian Santo | News | CommentsClearleap said it has hired television technology industry veteran Bob Van Orden as the company's new vice president of product marketing.
