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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 […]
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07/29/2011
Amazon.com Adds NBCU Content To Streaming Service
Amazon.com now has a licensing agreement with NBCUniversal Domestic TV Distribution that allows Amazon Prime members to stream select Universal Pictures movies through Prime Instant Video. Amazon Instant Video offers customers more than 90,000 movies and TV shows available to purchase or to rent and, with this Universal content included, the streaming service will offer […]
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07/29/2011
Gig.U Aims To Boost U.S. Broadband Standings, Offerings
Regulatory guru Blair Levin has done many things in his long career, from serving as chief of staff to a FCC chairman to working for a communications think tank to authoring the National Broadband Plan, but his new venture – Gig.U – may be his best ever. Launched just two days ago, the University Community […]
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07/29/2011
U.K. Broadband Speeds Up 10 Percent, But…
U.K. consumers are benefiting from a boost to broadband speeds, says a new Ofcom study, with the average UK speed increasing by 10 percent, from 6.2Mbit/s in November/December 2010 to 6.8Mbit/s in May 2011.? Ofcom’s research analyzed 14 packages provided by the 7 largest ISPs in the U.K. market, representing more than 75 percent of […]