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07/31/2012
People Watch 07/31/12
Millicom International Cellular S.A., headquartered in Sweden, appointed Hans-Holger Albrecht president/CEO, effective Oct. 31, succeeding Mikael Grahne, who will be stepping down. Albrecht currently is president/CEO of international entertainment/broadcasting concern Modern Times Group MTG AB; he will join Millicom Sept. 16. He’s also been a member of Millicom’s board for the past two years, but […]
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07/31/2012
New Stuff 07/31/12
The Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE) formally adopted SCTE 184 and SCTE 186, the first two standards for energy management in the cable industry. SCTE 184 establishes recommended practices for energy management, while SCTE 186 defines common environmental and sustainability requirements for equipment within those facilities. Operators, vendors and other parties can download a […]
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07/30/2012
Survey Sez 07/30/12
“North American mobile cellular capital expenditure is expected to hold its ground in 2012 year-on-year, with expenditure of around $10 billion,” predicts Jake Saunders, vice president/Forecasting at ABI Research. “In 2013, mobile capital expenditure is likely to surge 4.9 percent to $10.5 billion as North American operators continue upgrading their networks.” For example, Sprint’s wireless […]
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07/30/2012
At The Olympics 07/30/12
Former CableFAX colleague John Ourand, who now reports for the Sports Business Journal, is on the ground at the 2012 Summer Olympics, and he says he was able to post a photo on Facebook via his iPhone, update his Twitter account without Wi-Fi and Skype with his kids via the Mac – all during the […]
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07/30/2012
Deals Of The Day 07/30/12
System integrator Black Box Corporation renewed its Authorized Business Partner agreement with CommScope to continue to deliver that company’s enterprise infrastructure solutions throughout the United States…Carrier-grade Ethernet provider/CLEC Transbeam is deploying Adtran solutions for its wired and wireless Internet service offerings in New York City. For the wired services, Transbeam’s Metro Ethernet-over-Copper (EoC) utilizes the […]
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07/30/2012
Events 07/30/12
Here are some preliminary details regarding the Ethernet Alliance’s next interoperability test event, the TeraFabric Plugfest (Oct. 22 – 26 at the University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory [UNH-IOL]): The cross-discipline event includes Data Center Bridging, 10GBASE-T, 40GbE, high-speed cabling, and Energy Efficient Ethernet. The registration deadline for member companies is Aug. 3. Click here […]