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10/28/2011
Industry Reacts to FCC Action on USF
The Federal Communications Commission finally achieved major Universal Service Fund (USF) reform steps Thursday. It will be a few days before the order is ready for perusal, but policy wonks don’t expect any big surprises. The order shifts USF voice support to broadband and reduces current intrastate rates for terminating traffic to interstate levels over […]
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10/28/2011
MobiTV Extends TV Everywhere Solution To Non-Mobile Operators
MobiTV is introducing a TV Everywhere solution for cable, satellite and IPTV service providers, leveraging the company’s expertise in providing video delivery solutions for mobile devices, PCs and other Internet-enabled consumer electronics. Based on MobiTV’s existing cloud-based video distribution platform, TV service providers can now offer their subscribers live and on-demand programming for viewing inside […]
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10/28/2011
USF/ICC Reform: Shifting Risks And Rewards
Yesterday, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approved significant changes to universal service fund (USF) and intercarrier compensation (ICC) regimes by establishing a framework designed to redirect $4.5 billion of the $8 billion subsidy pool from circuit-switched voice service to broadband service in high-cost rural areas. While the FCC has yet to release the text of […]
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10/27/2011
SCTE, ANGA Ink Joint Marketing/Info Exchange Pact
The U.S.-based Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE) and the Cologne, Germany-based ANGA Cable Show (a subsidiary of ANGA Association of German Cable Operators) signed a cooperation agreement to “mutually promote, enhance and support their respective congress and exhibition events, SCTE Cable-Tec Expo and the ANGA Cable Show.”? ? In the future, both shows will act […]
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10/27/2011
At 4G World, HelloSoft VoLTE Platform, SDK Bow
CHICAGO – THE HelloSoft 4G VoLTE solution for smartphones, tablets and mobile computing devices is the newest offering from Imagination Technologies, a multimedia and communications technologies provider. Imagination says its HelloSoft V.VoIP (voice and video over IP) SDKs enable a comprehensive multiplatform mobile device solution for delivering a range of two-way, real-time communications including Voice […]
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10/27/2011
Seven Companies Win Global GPON Nod
The world’s first certified GPON products were unveiled yesterday at ITU Telecom World in Geneva, a major milestone in expanding the deployment of high-speed fiber broadband and helping to ensure the support of a host of new multi-play, bandwidth-hungry services and devices coming online. The seven vendors whose products won the first GPON certifications are […]