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03/15/2012
Survey Sez: Size Does Matter
Smartphone owners here and across the pond want wireless devices with larger displays, but they also want them to be light and compact. The Strategy Analytics Wireless Device Lab says surveyed smartphone respondents prefer device screens in the 4-inch to 4.5-inch range, as long as the device also is thin. Some differences in size preference […]
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03/15/2012
Live From The ACA Summit: The Times, They Need To Be A'Changin’
“Hundreds of broadcasters are swarming Capitol Hill as we speak to block ACA’s efforts this week,” said Matthew Polka, president/CEO of the American Cable Association (ACA) as he opened the group’s annual summit, which includes trips to the FCC and Capitol Hill to plead the cases of small cable operators. “The message is simple: It’s […]
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03/14/2012
If You Can’t Beat OTT, Join OTT
Tenn.-based Twin Lakes Telephone Cooperative now is using the FusionTV offering from hybrid-TV and connected-home solutions developer Entone Inc. to give its subscribers a unified experience “that combines the best of live HDTV, digital video recorder (DVR) and cloud services via a single TV user interface.” FusionTV is a turnkey, managed, white-label service platform that […]
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03/14/2012
Portable Comms Systems For Emergency Situations
As the storm season, including tornadoes and hurricanes, begins, Verizon will be offering general availability of its Mobile Satellite Solutions to provide backup services and enhanced disaster recovery when normal communications are disrupted. ? “When Mother Nature unexpectedly disrupts communications, Verizon’s Mobile Satellite Services can get businesses back in business by providing private IP customers […]
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03/14/2012
SeaChange Gear Drives Rogers Ad Insertion
Canada’s Rogers Communications is using SeaChange expertise to dynamically insert advertisements into Rogers On Demand program streams during mid-roll breaks, achieving what the operator says is a first among television operators in North America. As one of the systems integrators supporting Rogers, SeaChange added its Advertising Decision Manager to Rogers’ multi-vendor environment, which is based […]
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03/14/2012
Global LTE Progress Report
At the end of 4Q11, the worldwide Long Term Evolution (LTE) subscriber base nearly doubled in size compared with the previous quarter to reach 12.02 million subscribers worldwide, showing a rapid adoption of LTE at the expense of WiMAX. According to research firm Maravedis, this quarter-over-quarter subscriber increase for LTE and WiMAX was 92 percent […]