| TelcoTV: Is Vudu carriers` biggest headache or opportunity?
12/11/2008
ANAHEIM, Calif. –Vudu and other over-the-top streaming video providers have the ability to deliver over any broadband providers’ network. This creates a potential headache for network owners like AT&T and Verizon. But whether it becomes a migraine or an opportunity depends on how they approach it, according to Edward Lichty, executive vice president of strategy and corporate development at... |
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| TelcoTV: Microsoft touts IPTV deployment
11/11/2008
ANAHEIM – Six months after hitting the 1 million mark in IPTV deployments, Microsoft announced today that there are now 2 million customers using its Mediaroom IPTV platform globally, with AT&T driving much of that growth.“What we are seeing is a real shift from companies coming out and building and testing IPTV to real deployment and adoption that is driving momentum for the services,” said... |
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| Cisco unveils long-awaited new edge router
11/11/2008
Cisco unveiled today a new high-capacity edge router that it hopes will allow the vendor to take the lead against key rivals Juniper Networks and Alcatel-Lucent. The new ASR 9000 aggregation services router was built using the same family of in-house processors that drive Cisco’s previously introduced edge router, the ASR 1000. But because it was designed to sit upstream of -- and aggregate... |
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| Telco TV: Online video, prime-time TV both growing
11/11/2008
ANAHEIM, Calif. – Consumers are most interested in using Internet video to catch up on prime-time television shows they missed, according to consumer research by Parks Associates, which hosted a day-long research workshop at Telco TV here today. That reality creates opportunity for both IPTV providers and content owners if they are able to package content in a way that generates advertising... |
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| Clearwire: Almost home
10/11/2008
For more coverage of Sprint and Clearwire’s WiMAX plans, see Telephony’s Xohm topic pageClearwire and Sprint are just steps away from finalizing their WiMAX venture, Clearwire Chief Executive Officer Ben Wolff said today, requiring only a shareholder vote next week and the final okay from vendors before the combined company can begin turning up new networks and map out its deployment plans for... |
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| NGN spending pulls back, though hopeful spots remain
07/11/2008
If the industry was curious as to how aggressively service providers are moving to next-generation networks, the current economic downturn and credit crisis certainly should shine a light on whether the evolution to IP networks is urgent or can be deferred to better times.This week, particularly gloomy earnings reports from IP infrastructure providers Cisco and Sonus cast a pall over this sector... |
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| T-Mobile falling behind in data race
06/11/2008
T-Mobile’s data revenue is growing, but not at the same pace as the big three’s. While Verizon Wireless and AT&T are reporting year-over-year data revenue growth numbers of 43% and 50% respectively, T-Mobile’s data yield increased 28%. As more of the revenue mix switches to data, T-Mobile is being forced to play catch-up, but the operator has two key tools to help it in that race: a new 3G... |
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| HP brings NonStop to blade platform
05/11/2008
HP today released a new carrier-grade server platform that for the first time marries the high-availability capabilities of its NonStop line of servers with its more modular, low-power consumption blade platforms. The new HP Integrity NonStop NB50000c-cg Carrier-grade BladeSystem delivers four times the performance in half the physical footprint when compared to an equivalent HP NonStop S-Series... |
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| FCC Votes: Sprint-Clearwire, Alltel-Verizon and white spaces rules pass
04/11/2008
The FCC late this afternoon approved both the Verizon Wireless acquisition of Alltel and Sprint and Clearwire’s merger of WiMAX assets—two deals that could substantially recreate the wireless landscape in the US. It also adopted rules for governing the use of the “white spaces” between existing broadcast television spectrum for use in offering wireless data services.A coalition of companies --... |
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| Clearwire CEO: FCC WiMAX approval would be "good policy"
03/11/2008
Clearwire Chief Executive Officer Ben Wolff is confident that Tuesday’s FCC vote on the merger of Clearwire and Sprint’s WiMAX assets will be a favorable one. Though the two companies plan to create a nationwide 4G network has drawn criticism from other telcos, Wolff said he believes the FCC understands that the new increasing consumer choice for broadband in the US beyond DSL and cable as well... |
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