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09/19/2012
Regulation: Roadblock Or Technology Enabler?
Under the lens of election-year politics, it’s easy to think of all regulations as roadblocks. But regulations can be technology enablers, said Henning Schulzrinne, CTO at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Speaking at yesterday’s “The Regulator’s Perspective: Telecom Regulations in an Internet World” gathering sponsored by Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business, Center for Business […]
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09/18/2012
New Stuff 09/18/12
Multiscreen-services aggregator UXP Systems plans to release version 2.5 of its Multiscreen Interaction Platform (MINT) to coincide with the SCTE Cable-Tec Expo 2012 Conference in Orlando. Features will include extended abstraction for services leveraging OAuth, SAML, LDAP and other authentication protocols; an integrated presence engine to support companion devices, interactive and blended real-time experiences; and […]
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09/18/2012
Inside The Beltway 09/18/12
NCTA CEO/President Michael Powell is lauding yesterday’s FCC decision regarding in-region telco-cable cross-ownership restrictions, saying, “We commend the commission for removing outdated obstacles that have historically deterred pro-competitive transactions between cable operators and competitive local phone companies. The cable industry provides millions of American businesses and consumers with competitive digital voice services and today’s decision […]
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09/18/2012
Global Connections 09/18/12
Canadian on-demand video provider Espial says its Espial TV Browser will power Toshiba’s next-gen LED TVs in North America. Using the browser’s software development kit (SDK), the graphical user interface for Toshiba TVs reportedly can be customized to include such features as multiple browser windows and visual thumbnails for recent and favorite Websites. “The new […]
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09/18/2012
People Watch 09/18/12
As of Oct. 1, Tom Adams will take over as executive vice president/Field Operations, while Kathleen "Kip" Mayo was named executive vice president/Customer Operations yesterday at Charter. Adams will have national oversight of field ops, and Mayo will have responsibility for customer care…Former FCC commissioner Jonathan S. Adelstein joined PCIA- The Wireless Infrastructure Association as […]
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09/17/2012
Deals Of The Day 09/17/12
Belgacom is using Alcatel-Lucent’s Service Quality Manager (SQM) to report on a range of key performance and quality indicators (such as service availability and reliability), and it can use this information to improve corporate customer experience in the mobile voice, data and SMS services…S3 Group, a Calif.-based mixed-signal IP supplier and IC design service provider, […]