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08/01/2011
Openet, Cisco Codify Reseller Pact
Openet, which offers Service Optimization Software (SOS) to Tier 1 communications and media service providers, says Cisco Systems signed a global reseller agreement for Openet’s complete product suite, which includes Policy Manager, Convergent Charging, Network Edge Rating, Balance Manager, Profile Manager and Convergent Mediation, all running on Cisco Unified Competing System (UCS). Joint deployments last […]
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08/01/2011
Windstream Broadens Coverage Area, Bottom Line Via Paetec Deal
Ark.-based Windstream Corp., which sells high-speed broadband Internet, phone and digital-TV bundles to residential customers as well as products and services to small, medium and large businesses, and government agencies, inked a definitive agreement to acquire Paetec Holding Corp. in a buyout valued at approximately $2.3 billion. Paetec is a competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC) […]
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08/01/2011
Will ‘America's Broadband Connectivity Plan’ Spur FCC Action?
Late last week, six of the country’s leading broadband providers sent a plan to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) aimed at speeding broadband deployment to more than 4 million Americans living in rural areas. They also announced what they call “an unprecedented agreement” with three groups that represent small carriers on a framework for complementary […]
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07/29/2011
Texas Names SkyFiber To State Infrastructure Sales List
Bryan, Texas-based SkyFiber is the first optical wireless broadband (OWB) provider to win permission from the state of Texas to sell OWB services to state agencies, schools and related entities under the DIR -Texas Agency Network’s Next Generation Program. OWB uses infrared light to provide more than 1 Gbps of broadband connectivity at low cost. […]
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07/29/2011
GroupM Innovation Helps Advertisers Connect Locally
GroupM Search, the search marketing specialist division of GroupM (the media-buying and -planning arm of WPP, which lays claim to more than a third of the world’s media buying) just unveiled “GMS Local,” described as “a holistic digital solution that allows national brands to connect with consumers in the neighborhoods where they live, work and […]
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07/29/2011
TWC's ‘Maine Event’
Time Warner Cable has chosen Maine as the starting point in its move to go all digital countrywide. The migration away from analog will happen in two parts, with the first set of channels cutting over to digital-only in late October and the second set in November. News sources in Maine say the cable company […]