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07/19/2012
Survey Sez 07/19/12
Wireless infrastructure equipment revenues hit a 8.5-year low in 1Q12 (only $11.4 billion), and the second quarter isn’t looking much better, notes ABI Research. Ericsson’s 2Q results reported a 9-percent increase from the first quarter; and preliminary results this week from Alcatel-Lucent and ZTE also predict slight increases in revenues, but they fall short of […]
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07/19/2012
New Stuff 07/19/12
Look out, Flo; Sprint is offering integrated, end-to-end usage-based insurance (UBI) services designed specifically for the auto-insurance industry. The company claims to be the first wireless carrier to offer a low-cost turnkey trial program that would let insurance carriers offer their customers such programs as personalized discounts based on their driving habits. Here’s how it […]
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07/19/2012
Inside The Beltway 07/19/12
ATIS kicked off an initiative aimed at identifying technologies that could provide a backup to the Global Positioning System (GPS) for time-and-frequency transport and delivery in an effort to “free North American communications networks from their critical dependence on GPS-derived timing.” ATIS’ Copper/Optical Access, Synchronization, and Transport Committee (COAST) will consider such alternatives as fiber-based […]
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07/19/2012
To Market, To Market 07/19/12
Starting today, Verizon Wireless cuts over 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) service in 33 new U.S. markets and it plans to cover more than 400 by year’s end…Chicago-based Clearstream has a new platform it says provides “more efficiently priced” access to “millions” of video streams direct from publishers, major ad exchanges, video ad exchanges, YouTube, […]
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07/19/2012
Deals Of The Day 07/19/12
The management team at Suddenlink Communications is partnering with existing equity holders BC Partners and CPP Investment Board to buy the cableco for $6.6 billion. The deal could close in the fourth quarter…Cogeco is acquiring Atlantic Broadband for approximately $1.3 billion…Following its recent purchase of broadband provider AboveNet, Zayo is expanding its fiber footprint in […]
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07/19/2012
People Watch 07/19/12
Claire Hough is the new senior vice president/Engineering at mobile-ad producer Tapjoy, moving over from Citrus Lane to head the Tapjoy engineering and operations teams.