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12/20/2011
Rutledge Becomes President and CEO of Charter
In a surprising move last week, Thomas Rutledge resigned as chief operating office of Cablevision. Now, Charter Communications’ Board of Directors announced it has concluded its CEO search process and appointed Rutledge as president and chief executive officer. Rutledge joins Charter immediately and will become the president and chief executive officer effective February 13, 2012. […]
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12/20/2011
AT&T and T-Mobile USA: The Fat Lady Sang
The deal that began with a bang ended with a whimper yesterday evening as AT&T finally threw in the towel and gave up on its proposed takeover of T-Mobile USA. While T-Mobile parent Deutsche Telekom walks away with a $4 billion Christmas gift and a “mutually beneficial” roaming deal, what happens next with the Number […]
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12/19/2011
6connect Makes Obtaining IP Addresses Easier
One thing that’s been cumbersome for service providers when obtaining new Internet Protocol (IP) addresses is the process of sending email requests to the Regional Internet Registries (RIRs). With the transition from IPv4 to IPv6 happening, a vendor – 6connect – has created technology to make the request for IP addresses and the registering of […]
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12/19/2011
Optimum Lightpath Reaches Building-Connection Milestone
Optimum Lightpath, a division of Cablevision Systems, says it has connected more than 5,000 buildings to its all-fiber network that now spans more than 4,700 fiber route miles. The new milestone is a result of ongoing network investment to increase availability to mid and large market customers throughout the New York region. Optimum Lightpath’s expanding […]
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12/19/2011
Japan-to-US Backbone Reaches 600 Gbps
NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com) has expanded the data-transmission capacity of its global IP network between Japan and the United States to 600 Gbps. NTT Com’s global IP backbones are connected to fixed and mobile telecom companies, Internet service providers (ISPs), data center operators and content providers, enabling customers to meet their growing needs for […]
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12/19/2011
Time Warner Cable Offers HBO, Cinemax Online Programming
Time Warner Cable will launch HBO’s authenticated online video destinations, HBO GO and MAX GO. The companies will run a brief beta trial and then the service is expected to launch to all Time Warner Cable customers who subscribe to HBO in the next month. Time Warner Cable customers who subscribe to HBO and/or Cinemax […]