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12/02/2011
Cable Troika Aligns With Verizon Wireless For Spectrum, Sales
In a stunning announcement, Clearwire investors Comcast, Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks said they will sell 122 Advanced Wireless Service (AWS) spectrum licenses covering 529 million POPs for $3.6 billion to Verizon Wireless. The news comes just one day after Clearwire seemed to have resuscitated itself; it reached a new accord with Sprint, […]
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12/02/2011
Charter Boosts Internet Speeds
In markets where Charter has deployed DOCSIS 3.0 technology, or approximately 95 percent of its Internet service area, the company is increasing Charter Internet Express download speeds from 12 Mbps to up to 15 Mbps, and increasing upload speeds from 1 Mbps to up to 3 Mbps. Charter Internet Plus download speeds are being increased […]
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12/01/2011
The 2011 CT Platinum Award Winners
Cloud Software for Subscribers Comcast Interactive Media – Xfinity TV App (operator winner) Targeting Comcast Xfinity TV customers who have digital cable subscriptions, the Xfinity TV product and its back-end components – introduced in the fall of 2010 as a complementary download that would deliver an expanded entertainment experience customers could take anywhere – were […]
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12/01/2011
Communications Technology’s 2011 Hall of Fame
Jorge Salinger In recognition of his work to explain and promote the Comcast, Time Warner Cable and other CableLabs members’ Converged Cable Access Platform (CCAP) initiative. Jorge Salinger, vice president/Access Network Architecture at Comcast Cable, almost has two jobs. His “day job” is being responsible for the company’s converged-platforms video, high-speed data, voice-access-network strategy and […]
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12/01/2011
Bandwidth Goes Over The Top On 4G LTE Networks
Such “over the top” (OTT) content as that provided by Netflix and Pandora Radio is gaining market traction, opening up opportunities and challenging service provider networks. Internet video is now 40 percent of consumer Internet traffic, and it will reach 62 percent by the end of 2015.* This type of bandwidth-heavy content is wreaking havoc […]
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12/01/2011
The 2011 System of the Year: Buckeye CableSystem – 'The Right People, The Right Comm
To say that the markets served by Buckeye CableSystem are challenged doesn’t quite describe the economic status of much of northwest Ohio and parts of southeast Michigan. “Toledo has been in a recession since 2005, and we aren’t out of it yet,” says Joe Jensen, executive vice president/CTO at Buckeye CableSystem and executive vice president […]