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07/18/2012
Deals Of The Day 07/18/12
Utah’s Gunnison Telephone Company says its activation of the Actelis Broadband Accelerator (BBA) has more than tripled its available business and residential bandwidth while delivering broadband where none was previously available. With the Actelis BBA installed, one customer reports he now can remotely monitor, and better protect and manage his assets…Samsung Venture Investment Corporation made […]
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07/18/2012
To Market, To Market 07/18/12
Following on Verizon’s recently announced family wireless program, AT&T will introduce shared-data wireless plans that let subscribers connect as many as 10 phones or other devices. AT&T says its MobileShare prices will “track closely” with Verizon. Here’s the rub: Subscribers can move SIM cards between devices to save money, and AT&T hasn’t come up with […]
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07/18/2012
New Stuff 07/18/12
Vonage Holdings Corp. was granted a patent for "Systems and Methods for Handoff of Mobile Telephone Call in a VoIP Environment." This invention allows a mobile handset user who is on a VoIP call to move seamlessly between multiple wireless data connections without dropping the call. In other patent news, Vizio says Seiki Digital Inc. […]
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07/18/2012
Survey Sez 07/18/12
Data from TeleGeography’s Global Bandwidth Research Service reveal that demand for international bandwidth grew 45 percent in 2011, and at a compounded rate of 57 percent annually between 2007 and 2011. Although growth has slowed since 2008, when network capacity increased nearly 70 percent, aggregate capacity requirements have more than doubled every two years. While […]
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07/17/2012
Cable Operators Want More Choice For Consumers
Recent disputes between TV networks and distributors (Viacom vs. DirecTV, Rainbow vs. Dish, broadcasters vs. just about everyone) have generated news reports, editorials and blogs about the need for more consumer choice in the selection of TV programming. It is time to set the record straight about who supports more choices for consumers and who […]
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07/17/2012
Events 07/17/12
The recent OIF 3Q12 meeting resulted in three new projects focusing on the 100G and 400G needs for optical and electrical technologies, including assessing the need to synchronize data rates of 4x10G lanes with 4x25G lanes; proposing an electro-mechanical footprint for Optical Engine (OE) modules and addressing the power, footprint and high-density connectivity needs for […]