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08/22/2012
New Stuff 08/22/12
T-Mobile USA is offering what it claims is an industry first: “a truly unlimited, nationwide 4G data plan” with no data caps, speed limits or bill shock. Starting Sept. 5, the new plan will cost $20/month when added to a “Value” voice and text plan or $30/month when added to a “Classic” voice and text […]
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08/22/2012
Deals Of The Day 08/22/12
Evolution Digital and Rovi Corporation are working together to bring Rovi Guides to Evolution’s Universal Digital Transport Adapters (uDTAs), thus enabling cable subs to navigate “through the hundreds of SD and HD channels offered on these one-way devices,” they say…Google Offers is expanding its sponsorship of Boingo Wi-Fi from six New York subway stations and […]
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08/22/2012
People Watch 08/22/12
Service Electric Cable TV & Communications President John Walson Jr. died Sunday at his home after being diagnosed with terminal cancer a few weeks ago, a company spokesman said. Prior to becoming president of the family-owned business, Walson Jr. spent several years in the company’s field operations, including 10 years as a headend technician, 10 […]
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08/22/2012
Jeers And Cheers: The FCC’s Eighth Broadband Progress Report
The FCC’s most recent 181-page broadband progress report is not garnering good press right now, with commissioners split along party lines when it comes to broadband uptake and questions about the agency’s interpretation of how Congress wants progress measured. (The background: Congress, in Section 706 the Telecommunications Act of 1996, requires the FCC to report […]
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08/21/2012
Events 08/21/12
The opening session of the SCTE Cable-Tec Expo in October will feature the panel “Mid-Size Insights: Challenges and Solutions Faced By Small to Mid-Size Cable Operators.” Moderated by Ken Wright, principal of Wright Solutions and technology advisor to NCTC, the panel includes Michael Giobbi, CTO at Armstrong Communications; Wade Holmes, vice president/Technology at BendBroadband; Joseph […]
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08/21/2012
People Watch 08/21/12
Atlanta-based iNovo Broadband Inc., a start-up specializing in service-provider-centric customer premises equipment, hired cable industry veteran Michael Harney as CEO. Harney recently led Cisco’s Service Provider Video Technology Group.