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03/23/2012
Why 2012 Is LTE’s ‘Breakout’ Year
Global Long Term Evolution (LTE) handset shipments are predicted to grow tenfold to reach 67 million units in 2012, and the winners include Apple, Samsung, Pantech, HTC, LG, Nokia, Motorola and Fujitsu. Neil Shah, an analyst at Strategy Analytics, says, “We forecast global LTE phone shipments to grow tenfold from 6.8 million units in 2011 […]
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03/23/2012
New Country Cutovers Pushed 2011 Broadband Growth
Broadband and IPTV growth spiked to a high in 2011, with rates higher than at any time in the last five years, according to year-end figures published by the Broadband Forum, a nonprofit industry organization focused on engineering smarter and faster broadband connections. Overall, broadband growth is estimated at 65,493,596 lines, bringing the global total […]
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03/22/2012
Cisco, Avaya Tighten Enterprise Voice Grip
New data from TeleGeography partner Synergy Research Group show that enterprise voice-equipment revenues reached $2.4 billion in 4Q11, bringing total revenues to $9.6 billion for the year. The market has plateaued over the last three years, the group says, with quarterly revenues staying within a fairly narrow range of between $2.3 billion and $2.5 billion. […]
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03/22/2012
Canadian Content Heavy-Hitters Set To Merge
In its efforts to acquire Montréal-based Astral Media Inc. and its specialty and pay-TV channels, radio stations, digital media properties and out-of-home advertising platforms in Québec and across the rest of Canada, BCE Inc. (Bell) is purchasing Astral’s issued and outstanding shares for some $2.8 billion. "Bringing together two respected and longstanding Montréal brands, Bell’s […]
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03/22/2012
Survey Sez: WLANs Are Hot With Enterprises
"Sales data for 2011 enterprise networking equipment are in, and the results are very clear: Enterprises are racing to upgrade their infrastructure to support the wave of wireless devices hitting their networks," says Matthias Machowinski, directing analyst/Enterprise Networks and Video at Infonetics Research. He continues, "While the bulk of expenditures still goes toward wired Ethernet […]
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03/22/2012
HBO Vet Joins Synacor’s TV Everywhere Practice
Michael Bishara is joining authentication provider Synacor Inc. as vice president & general manager/TV Everywhere.? Bishara comes to Synacor from HBO Broadband/Digital Group where, as senior vice president, he was responsible for the overall strategy, development and rollout of broadband products, including HBO GO. ??Notes Ron Frankel, Synacor’s CEO, "With more than 30 million households […]