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08/12/2011
Android Grabs Tablet Market Share
Worldwide annual media tablet shipments are expected to top 120 million units in 2015, according to ABI Research’s new “Media Tablets” study. While not quite as strong as traditional PC or smartphone annual sales, media tablets are emerging from the shadow of non-handset mobile devices and rapidly coming into their own. Android media tablets have […]
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08/12/2011
SCTE, WICT Launch 'Women's TechConnect' Initiative
The Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE) and Women in Cable Telecommunications (WICT) have created a new initiative dubbed “Women’s TechConnect,” intended to support the career growth of women in technical positions by teaming a core group of promising engineers each year with recipients of the Women in Technology Award, presented annually by SCTE, WICT […]
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08/12/2011
LightSquared: GPS Industry Failed to Comply with Filtering Standards
LightSquared, which alternately lashes out at GPS providers and then claims to want to work with them, today is taking the GPS industry to task. "The GPS industry’s failure to comply with the Department of Defense’s (DoD) filtering standards is the root cause of potential interference issues involving LightSquared’s proposed broadband wireless network," wrote Jeffrey […]
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08/12/2011
Telco Delivers 200 Mbps Ethernet Over Copper
While cable operators are finding new and lucrative revenue opportunities in the business-services market, telcos are advancing their own technologies for the enterprise. (For more see, Why Cox Is a Business-Services Frontrunner). Paetec Holding Corp., a competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC), says it has successfully provisioned high-rate Ethernet services at speeds faster than 200 Mbps […]
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08/11/2011
Cablevision, Viacom Bury The Hatchet; More iPad Video Coming
Cablevision Systems and Viacom have resolved their legal differences regarding Cablevision’s Optimum Apps and the streaming of content to iPads, resulting in a joint statement issued yesterday. “Viacom and Cablevision have agreed to resolve their pending litigation, and the Viacom programming will continue to appear on Cablevision’s Optimum Apps for iPad and other IP […]
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08/11/2011
Zhone Helps SRT Communications Expand Its Network
SRT Communications will use Zhone Technologies’ MXK multi-service access node in combination with Microsoft Mediaroom to deliver new IPTV and video services via ADSL2+ and fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) networks. SRT is a telephone cooperative in North Dakota serving 48,000 customers for the past 60 years. SRT currently provides broadband and dial-up Internet services, wireless service and […]