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Cox steps up to aid Oklahoma tornado victims
May 23, 2013 12:56 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsCox Communications and parent company Cox Enterprises have stepped up to the plate to help customers that were impacted by the tornado that hit the Oklahoma City area on Monday. Cox is offering its TV Everywhere app outside of customers' homes in the affected area.
TWC promotes Picciolo to SVP of technical operations, residential
May 23, 2013 12:49 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsEffective immediately, Time Warner Cable executive Deborah Picciolo was promoted to the newly created position of senior vice president of technical operations, residential. In her new role, Picciolo reports to John Keib, executive vice president, chief care and technical operations officer.
Comcast Business’ VoiceEdge dials up Denver
May 21, 2013 12:34 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsComcast Business’ VoiceEdge, which is a cloud-based VoIP and unified communications platform, is now available in the Denver area. Launched last year, VoiceEdge allows mid-sized business to replace their legacy PBX equipment while adding unified communications features without the need for on-site gear.
Spirent takes Casa’s CCAP on a test run
May 20, 2013 12:34 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsCasa Systems tapped Spirent Communication’s test platform to put its next generation cable modem termination system (CMTS) and integrated converged cable access platform (CCAP) products through their paces. The Spirent TestCenter was used to validate routing performance, asymmetric throughput, latency and packet loss of Casa Systems’ C10G and C3200 platforms.
Rogers Business Solutions extends network with Cologix
May 17, 2013 12:53 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsRogers Business Solutions completed a point-of-presence (PoP) deployment within Cologix's new data center in downtown Toronto. Through its PoP, Rogers Business Solutions can now offer connectivity services on its network to enterprises and carrier organizations globally.
CableLabs names Lookabaugh as new EVP of R&D
May 13, 2013 12:16 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsCableLabs, the cable industry’s research consortium, announced this morning that it had hired Tom Lookabaugh as its news executive vice president of research and development. Lookabaugh’s 20-year telecommunications career includes stops at ViaSat Communications, Entropic Communications and PolyCiper.
Report: Comcast No. 1 for hosted business VoIP service
May 10, 2013 11:03 am | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsComcast was the leader of the pack in a recent study of VoIP services. According to Infonetics Research’s scorecard, Comcast, 8x8, Verizon and West were the top hosted VoIP providers in North America while Verizon, XO, AT&T, and Windstream were the top IP connectivity providers in North America.
Liberty Global appoints Mockridge as CEO of Virgin Media
May 8, 2013 12:33 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsJohn Malone’s Liberty Global announced that it has picked former News Corp. executive Tom Mockridge as Virgin Media’s new CEO. Mockridge will take over for current Virgin Media CEO Neil Berkett once the $23 billion deal, which is subject to shareholder approvals, closes
Charter moves ahead with cloud-based UI
May 7, 2013 12:58 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsWith over a year at the helm of Charter Communications, Tom Rutledge’s vision for the nation’s fourth-largest cable operators is firming up across multiple fronts. Rutledge said on this morning’s first quarter earnings call that Charter’s all-digital conversion project and cloud-based user interface (UI) were two of the company’s biggest objectives this year.
Mediacom’s revenues increase in first quarter
May 6, 2013 12:49 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsThis morning privately held Mediacom Communications released unaudited financial results for the first quarter, which included revenue increases from the same period a year ago. The nation’s eighth-largest cable operator reported basic video subscriber losses, but continued the trend of adding data customers into the fold.
Former Insight, Mediacom execs clock in at BCI
May 6, 2013 12:45 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsBCI Broadband has hired Vin Zachariah as its senior vice president of residential services while Diane Quennoz has joined the executive team as senior vice president of marketing. Starting today, both Zachariah and Quennoz report to BCI Broadband CEO and President Jeffrey DeMond.
Avgiris promoted to CFO of Comcast Cable
May 2, 2013 12:16 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsFollowing a promotion last year, Comcast’s Cathy Avgiris continues to climb the corporate ladder with today’s news that she was promoted to chief financial officer for Comcast Cable Avgiris will start her new job July 1 and report to Comcast Cable president and CEO Neil Smit.
Liberty Media wraps up $2.6 billion investment in Charter
May 2, 2013 12:00 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsCharter Communications and Liberty Media said on Wednesday that they had wrapped up Liberty Media’s $2.6 billion investment in the nation’s fourth-largest cable operator. The investment was first announced in March and now that its completed John Malone’s Liberty Media has a 27.3 percent stake in Charter.
Cox Business launches cloud-based voice service for SBs
May 2, 2013 11:55 am | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsIn an effort to better serve small business customers, Cox Business announced this morning the launch of its VoiceManager IP Centrex service. The cloud-based service is fully managed by Cox Business, which lets small business owners focus on running their day-to-day operations while reducing the demand on their IT staff and other employees.
Comcast's Q1 fueled by price hikes
May 1, 2013 1:49 pm | by Brian Santo | News | CommentsPrice increases on video service and customers upgrading to HD packages and digital video recorders (DVRs) helped boost Comcast’s first quarter profit by 17 percent. It lost 60K basic video subs, but increased its broadband subscriber count by 433,000 in the quarter. It also added 211,000 new voice customers.
