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12/19/2011
FCC Names Chief Technology Officer
FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski has appointed Henning Schulzrinne as chief technology officer.? Schulzrinne will guide the FCC’s work on technology and engineering issues, together with the FCC’s Office of Engineering and Technology. He will advise on matters across the agency to ensure that FCC policies are driving technological innovation, including serving as a resource to […]
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12/19/2011
SureWest Boosts Internet Speeds for Businesses in Kansas City
SureWest Communications is giving free speed upgrades for its commercial Internet customers in the Kansas City market who are served over its hybrid fiber coaxial (HFC) network. The speed increases were made possible due to a DOCSIS 3.0 network upgrade, technology that allows the addition of high-speed data transfer over the network supporting these customers. […]
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12/16/2011
Spectrum Fragmentation Must Be Addressed, Says GSMA Research Group
The GSMA’s Wireless Intelligence research service has issued a report indicating that the global adoption of LTE services risks being hampered by device interoperability issues unless harmonized spectrum band plans can be achieved. The new report "Global LTE Network Forecasts and Assumptions – One Year On" predicts there will be 38 different spectrum frequency combinations used […]
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12/16/2011
New Video Protocol Enables Mobile Video Conferencing on Any Device
Applied Global Technologies (AGT) has developed a communications protocol for mobile video – Mobile Pathway – for integrating mobile video conferencing with unified communications and telepresence environments. With the download of an app or the launch of a Web browser, smartphones, tablets, and laptops are enabled with Mobile Pathway. Once a device is enabled with […]
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12/16/2011
Smit, Kent Co-Chair The Cable Show 2012 in Boston
The National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA) Cable Show 2012 will be held May 21-23, at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center and will be co-chaired by Phil Kent, chairman and CEO of Turner Broadcasting System and Neil Smit, president, Comcast Cable Communications. "Phil Kent and Neil Smit are visionaries in the cable industry, and […]
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12/16/2011
Time Warner Cable Launches TV App for Android Phones
A couple of weeks ago, Time Warner Cable announced it was launching its TWC TV App for Android tablets, and now the app is also available for Android phones. Subscribers can download the new app from the Android Market. The key features are: Interactive program guide (IPG) – up to 7 days of TV listings, […]