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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) […]
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08/04/2011
Surprise, Surprise: Clearwire Goes LTE
While not saying it in so many words, it looks like 4G WiMAX provider Clearwire is chucking that technology moving forward and joining the Long-Term Evolution (LTE) bandwagon in the United States. The carrier now says it will add "LTE Advanced-ready" technology first to its 4G WiMAX markets following tests that showed download speeds exceeding […]
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08/03/2011
Survey Sez: Wireless Carriers Fuel Spike in IPX Services
Global mobile operators consider IP Exchange (IPX) to be an essential ingredient for next-generation wireless services, according to a new study commissioned by Sybase Inc. subsidiary Sybase 365. The findings were based on an online poll by Questex in May and June of more than 350 global operators. In addition, information was gleaned from one-on-one […]