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Behind the blackouts: Power plays for profits
July 16, 2012 3:13 pm | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsProgrammers are profiting at the expense of distributors, and in the middle of it all, consumers are the ones paying the price.
Report: Mobile broadband pushing mobile services to $976B
July 16, 2012 3:03 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsMobile broadband is poised to push mobile services to $976 billion, according to a recent report.
House Dems again criticize Verizon AWS deal
July 10, 2012 3:11 pm | by Maisie Ramsay, Wireless Week | News | CommentsHouse Democrats are pressuring federal regulators for the second time in a month about Verizon Wireless' marketing deals with those cable operators from which it has proposed buying AWS spectrum.
Comcast’s VoiceEdge arrives in Houston
July 9, 2012 3:26 pm | by Brian Santo | News | CommentsThe MSO has now extended the new cloud-based business services product to 19 states in its footprint.
C Spire gets into landline replacement biz
July 9, 2012 3:19 pm | by Maisie Ramsay, Wireless Week | News | CommentsC Spire Wireless is taking on AT&T's dominance in the home phone market with a new fixed wireless device designed to serve as a replacement for subscribers' landline phones.
Report: Net wireless adds plunge in Q1
July 6, 2012 1:41 pm | by Andrew Berg, Wireless Week | News | CommentsThe major wireless providers fell flat in the first quarter on slowing smartphone adoption, according to a report from Fitch Ratings.
Report: Cable will have 25% of fixed broadband subs by 2017
July 3, 2012 1:57 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsCable operators’ rollout of DOCSIS 3.0-based data services and digitization efforts in developing economies were cited as key drivers.
Microsemi adds voice chips for DOCSIS modems
July 2, 2012 5:10 pm | by Brian Santo | Products | CommentsThe semiconductor company has introduced a pair of new subscriber line interface circuits for DOCSIS applications.
Fiber backbone provider Alpheus to expand workforce, network
July 2, 2012 1:47 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsHouston-based Alpheus Communications will invest more than $10 million to expand its workforce and fiber network to support its new market of selling high-bandwidth services directly to Texas businesses.
C Spire hires Alcatel-Lucent for LTE build
July 2, 2012 1:41 pm | by Maisie Ramsay, Wireless Week | News | CommentsAfter naming Samsung as its LTE vendor, C Spire Wireless said that Alcatel-Lucent is building and deploying the network ahead of its debut.
Study: LTE in the driver’s seat for IMS deployments
July 2, 2012 1:38 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsInfonetics Research recently analyzed trends in the IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) market and found that LTE was the top driver for IMS deployments.
Incognito offers CPE management server
June 29, 2012 12:12 pm | by Brian Santo | Products | CommentsThe software-based system uses the TR-069 protocol to manage customer equipment, regardless of the type of network.
Moloney exits Motorola; Fawaz takes helm at Home division
June 28, 2012 4:45 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsMotorola Mobility President Dan Moloney is leaving the company, and former Charter CTO Marwan Fawaz is now on board as EVP of the company’s Home division.
Bright House reels in multi-year services contract with Fla. school district
June 28, 2012 2:24 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsBright House Networks has landed a multi-year services contract with Orange County Public Schools in Florida.
Motorola intros denser optical terminal
June 27, 2012 2:02 pm | by Brian Santo | Products | CommentsThe new product in the company’s optical LAN portfolio for business users handles a higher concentration of users – both human and machine.
