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Report: Residential gateways boost broadband revenue
May 29, 2012 1:46 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsResidential gateways are adding to service providers’ bottom lines by enabling new services.
UXP Systems, Motorola winners of CIO.IT | Competition 2012
May 25, 2012 2:31 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsUXP Systems and Motorola Mobility bested 35 other companies to win The Cable Show’s CIO.IT | Competition 2012 in Boston.
Minority groups ask FCC for Lifeline extension
May 25, 2012 12:14 pm | by Andrew Berg, Wireless Week | News | CommentsNine leading senior, consumer, disability and minority organizations are calling on FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski to allow states seven additional months to modernize the Universal Service Fund’s (USF) Lifeline program.
Comcast dials up free phone calls over Wi-Fi
May 23, 2012 10:22 am | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsComcast has added some new bells and whistles to its Xfinity Voice service, including the ability to make free phone calls over a home or public Wi-Fi hotspot.
@ The Cable Show: User interfaces that don’t stink?
May 21, 2012 4:36 pm | by Brian Santo | News | CommentsEven though HTML5 is still evolving, creating user interfaces using the Web-based markup language are perfectly feasible today.
Suddenlink’s Kent sounds off on cable industry, Vanguard Award
May 21, 2012 11:42 am | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsSuddenlink Communications Chairman and CEO Jerry Kent will be honored with the NCTA’s Vanguard Award for Distinguished Leadership during a luncheon and awards ceremony.
Cablevision promotes Kanouff to EVP of corporate engineering, tech
May 18, 2012 2:46 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsKanouff worked her way up to president at SeaChange International prior to leaving the company to join Cablevision.
N.H. House resurrects Internet access tax ban
May 17, 2012 1:47 pm | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsAfter it killed it, the House resurrected a bill that would ban taxing Internet access in New Hampshire.
Verizon: Data sharing will end ARPU metric
May 16, 2012 2:29 pm | by Andrew Berg, Wireless Week | News | CommentsVerizon Communications CFO Fran Shammo revealed more than had previously been released about the company's plans to launch data sharing plans
Cox, Verizon Wireless debut cross-promotion in Oklahoma
May 15, 2012 2:47 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsAfter previous deployments by Comcast and Time Warner Cable, Cox Communications is on the scoreboard now that it has rolled out its cross-promotional effort with Verizon Wireless in Oklahoma.
Rogers launches SIP trunking for enterprise businesses
May 14, 2012 2:08 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsRogers Business Solutions is now offering its SIP trunking services to enterprises in Canada that are seeking scalable voice services while using less equipment.
Cable gets the lead out
May 11, 2012 3:00 pm | by Brian Santo | Blogs | CommentsCableLabs’ booth at the upcoming Cable Show will demonstrate how cable is moving at a gallop to innovate, with everything from augmented reality to a new way to tag and ID video content.
Cox teams up with hospital to launch a patient channel
May 11, 2012 2:56 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsCox Communications has developed a new internal channel for Phoenix Children’s Hospital.
SeaChange sticks a fork in broadcast and storage unit sale
May 11, 2012 2:54 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsAfter passing regulatory muster, SeaChange announced that it had completed the sale of its broadcast server and storage unit to a private investment group that has named the newly formed company XOR Media.
Mediacom adds more data subs to help offset video losses
May 10, 2012 2:33 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsMediacom Communications released unaudited financial results for the first quarter, which included a boost in data subscribers that somewhat offset its basic video subscriber losses.


