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Wave Broadband buys fiber partner
January 10, 2013 3:04 pm | by Brian Santo | News | CommentsExpanding its Northwest footprint, Wave Broadband has acquired a fiber network operator that specializes in high-capacity links to public and business customers. Wave Broadband’s parent, WaveDivision Holdings, paid $50 million for Black Rock Cable, which provides fiber connectivity in northwest Washington State.
Former Rogers exec O’Carroll joins Sandvine’s board
January 10, 2013 2:55 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsFormer Rogers Communications executive Dermot O’Carroll, who retired from Rogers last year, has joined Sandvine’s board of directors. O’Carroll had almost 40 years of experience in the telecommunications industry, including 15 years at Rogers, before he retired.
Can MVNOs help peel the cap off Big Data?
January 7, 2013 2:24 pm | by Ben Munson, Wireless Week | News | CommentsImaginative minds have sometimes pegged the Internet as the new Wild West, a vast land of opportunity fraught with peril. That’s a bit of a stretch, but if there’s one ideal that should hold as true in this new frontier as it did in the old, it’s Roy Rogers’ plea to never fence him in
Engineering-Wise - Some lessons from Sandy
January 2, 2013 12:28 pm | by Derek DiGiacomo, senior director of the information systems and energy management program at the SCTE | Articles | CommentsIn the weeks after Superstorm Sandy ravaged the Mid-Atlantic region, cable was a whirlwind of activity. Engineering crews worked tirelessly to ensure that critical facilities were up and running and that key telecommunications services would be quickly restored.
An industry insider’s thoughts on Arris’ pickup of Motorola
December 21, 2012 1:30 pm | by Mike Robuck | Blogs | CommentsAccording to Needham and Co. analyst Richard Valera, Arris stands to triple its sales and double its EPS while adding $2 billion in debt. All well and good, but how Arris goes about executing its merger strategy with the much larger Motorola Home assets remains a work in progress.
Netgear’s new gateway garners CableLabs DOCSIS 3.0 certification
December 19, 2012 3:10 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsNetgear announced that its new CG4500TM voice/data gateway, which has the capability for 24 x 4 channel bonding, has received CableLabs DOCSIS 3.0 certification. On the channel-bonding front, Netgear is using MaxLinear’s MxL267 Full-Spectrum Capture (FSC) digital cable front-end receiver.
Celtics team up with Comcast Business Services
December 11, 2012 2:43 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsWith an assist from Comcast Business Services, the Boston Celtics have upgraded their data and voice services between their administrative and practice facilities. The Celtics are using Comcast’s Ethernet service to download and transfer bandwidth-intensive video files and images.
Cablevision hikes data cost by $5 a month
December 7, 2012 2:17 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsThe cost of Cablevision’s video and voice services will remain the same, and the price increase doesn’t apply to subscribers who are currently part of a promotional package, but the new pricing will go into effect once a customer’s promotion ends.
Cablevision changes name of business services division to Lightpath
December 5, 2012 3:57 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsCablevision announced that it was rebranding its business services division as Lightpath. Lightpath was formerly known as Optimum Lightpath, but the name change separates the commercial service offerings from Cablevision’s Optimum-branded residential services.
AT&T to offer personalized ‘video bills’ to wireless customers
December 5, 2012 3:53 pm | by Ben Munson, Wireless Week | News | CommentsGoing it alone against a long, winding wireless bill can be scary and confusing. It’s an affliction AT&T will look to alleviate as it rolls out “video bills,” personalized online videos explaining account statements with a soothing voiceover, graphics and music.
Sigma Systems launches cloud-based SaaS platform
November 29, 2012 3:57 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsSigma Systems announced that its Sigma Cloud ServiceBroker is now generally available to cable operators and service providers around the world. The Cloud ServiceBroker platform manages telecommunications business services, including VoIP and broadband, as well as cloud-based software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications.
Cablevision certifies SIP trunking with Cisco
November 29, 2012 3:25 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsIn order to better serve its small business customers, Cablevision has certified its Optimum Voice SIP Trunking offering with the Cisco Unified Communications 300 Series. Small businesses can now take advantage of an IP Private Branch Exchange (PBX) system while avoiding the costs of an analog gateway or T-1.
Comm giants respond to Chicago broadband RFI
November 28, 2012 3:06 pm | by Brian Santo | News | CommentsChicago may end up succeeding where so many other cities have failed with its plan to build a municipal broadband network. Two dozen communications companies have responded to the city’s request for interest (RFI), including Cisco, Alcatel, AT&T, Verizon, Level 3 and Motorola Mobility.
Videotron rings up new features for phone service
November 27, 2012 3:14 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsCanadian cable operator Videotron has added two new residential telephone call management options for its voice subscribers. Videotron voice customers can use its Customer Centre to manage their privacy options and set up call features.
Bright House signs deal to buy cloud provider Telovations
November 26, 2012 2:47 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsBright House Networks announced that it had signed an agreement to buy the business of cloud communications provider Telovations for an undisclosed sum. Telovations provides businesses with hosted voice solutions, including PBX and managed SIP trunking.
