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08/05/2011
ADTRAN Tapped For Illinois UC2B Project
The University of Illinois and the cities of Champaign and Urbana have contracted wit next-gen networking solutions provider ADTRAN Inc. for the Urbana-Champaign Big Broadband (UC2B) Broadband Stimulus project aimed at bringing high-speed fiber-to-the-premise (FTTP) services to K-12 schools and to low-income and underserved communities as well as to provide high-bandwidth data services to businesses […]
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08/05/2011
ProMedia Software Solutions Target Multi-Screen Services
The ProMedia family of software solutions from Harmonic optimize live and file-based multi-screen video production and processing for content and service providers. According to the company, the ProMedia family “performs a broad range of functions, including transcoding, packaging, and origination to enable high-quality video creation and delivery of live streaming, live-to-VOD, and VOD services to […]
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08/04/2011
Broadcast Group Bullish On Mobile DTV Future
Mobile digital television (mobile DTV) is on track to reach two-thirds of U.S. households by early 2012, as dozens of TV broadcast stations now are installing new transmission equipment that will allow live, local TV signals to reach viewers wherever they go in a local market. Based on a new survey of member plans, the […]
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08/04/2011
5 Companies Dominate STB IC Market
New findings from ABI Research say five companies own 85 percent of the worldwide set-top-box (STB) system-on-chip IC market. The market, valued at $3.3 billion in 2010, is controlled by the likes of Broadcom, STMicro, Renesas, Trident and Sigma. According to ABI, Broadcom holds a secure first place with the largest percentage of market share, […]
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08/04/2011
LightSquared Shifts Customers To New Satellite
LightSquared has some good news to report: It just transitioned approximately 50,000 public-safety and enterprise customers from its MSAT satellites to its new SkyTerra 1 orbiter that was launched less than a year ago. Service on the new satellite reportedly will emulate existing satellite services, including such features as push-to-talk; and LightSquared says it is […]
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08/04/2011
Syringa Gives Slow Idaho Internet A Swift Kick
After receiving the dubious distinction as being the U.S. city with the slowest Internet speeds, businesses in Pocatello, Idaho, can look forward to a high-speed solution next spring. Syringa Networks, a regional provider of high-speed fiber-optic telecom services founded in 2002 by 12 rural telecom companies, says it recently completed a new central office (CO) […]