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Jab Broadband advances network upgrade
February 15, 2012 2:18 pm | by Maisie Ramsay, Wireless Week | News | CommentsOne of the country's largest wireless Internet service providers is upgrading more than 200 towers with new backhaul equipment as part of a large-scale network upgrade project.
Chicago asked not to stifle wireless at summits
February 15, 2012 2:12 pm | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsA city councilman wants to forbid the Police Department from pulling the plug on all of that electronic communication during the G-8 and NATO summits in May, taking away a tactic employed by authorities during a crackdown on democratic protests in Egypt.
U.S., EU clear Google's $12.5B Motorola Mobility bid
February 14, 2012 3:33 pm | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsGoogle's $12.5 billion bid to buy cell phone maker Motorola Mobility has won approvals from U.S. and European antitrust regulators, moving Google a major step closer to completing the biggest deal in its 13-year history.
AT&T, Verizon top 2011 Ethernet Leaderboard
February 14, 2012 3:31 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsAT&T, Verizon and tw telecom held down the top three spots, respectively, in Vertical System Group's 2011 U.S. Business Ethernet Leaderboard, while Cox Communications ranked fourth overall.
Groups push Congress to protect white space spectrum
February 14, 2012 3:28 pm | by Maisie Ramsay, Wireless Week | News | CommentsMore than 100 corporations, trade associations and public interest groups are worried that white space spectrum could become a casualty of the showdown between the House and Senate over the payroll tax cut extension bill.
Alcatel-Lucent introduces Wi-Fi solution
February 14, 2012 3:27 pm | by Monica Alleven, Wireless Week | Products | CommentsOver at Alcatel-Lucent, they're feeling the love for Wi-Fi, which might not have been the case some years back. But times have changed.
Start-up that streams broadcast TV picks up $20M in venture funds
February 14, 2012 3:25 pm | by Brian Santo | News | CommentsIAC Chairman Barry Diller takes a seat on the board of Aereo, which has devised a new over-the-top scheme based on antenna farms and network DVRs.
Report: March launch for smaller, LTE-capable iPads
February 14, 2012 3:24 pm | by Andrew Berg, Wireless Week | News | CommentsA pair of reports attempted to shed light on the rumored early-March iPad 3 release, claiming Apple is planning to launch a smaller 8-inch iPad and will offer LTE-capable versions of its slate through Verizon Wireless and AT&T.
LaJoie keynote speaker at SCTE Canadian Summit
February 14, 2012 3:22 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsTime Warner Cable executive vice president and CTO Mike LaJoie will be the keynote speaker at the SCTE Canadian Summit 2012 in Toronto.
Verizon betting big on medical IT
February 13, 2012 4:46 pm | by Brian Santo | News | CommentsA collaboration with Health Evolution is designed to figure out how to transform the delivery of medical services.
Verizon defends cable deal redactions
February 13, 2012 3:07 pm | by Maisie Ramsay, Wireless Week | News | CommentsVerizon Wireless is refusing to reverse redactions about its marketing side deal with cable operators forged in its $4 billion acquisition of their AWS spectrum.
N.Y. cable dispute blacks out Knicks, 4 NHL teams
February 13, 2012 3:02 pm | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsMore than 2 million Time Warner Cable subscribers lost TV access to the NBA's Knicks and the NHL's Rangers, Devils, Islanders and Sabres because of a fight over rate increases between the cable giant and MSG Network.
Comcast’s thePlatform promotes three execs
February 13, 2012 3:00 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsVideo management and publishing vendor thePlatform announced that three of its executives have been promoted.
AT&T customers surprised by 'unlimited’ data limit
February 13, 2012 2:55 pm | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsUnder a new policy, AT&T has started cutting their data speeds as part of an attempt to manage data usage on its network.
Netflix trims Q4 earnings to account for $9M settlement
February 13, 2012 2:49 pm | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsNetflix pressed the rewind button on its fourth-quarter earnings after settling allegations that the video subscription service violated a consumer privacy law.
