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06/09/2011
Midcontinent Communications Purchases Systems from US Cable
Midcontinent Communications is purchasing the Minnesota and Wisconsin cable systems of US Cable. The systems pass approximately 86,000 homes and serve approximately 33,000 customers. Ninety percent of the US Cable customers are served by a fiber network, fed from a single cable headend. “The US Cable fiber network is within 100 miles of our fiber […]
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06/09/2011
EchoStar Completes Hughes Purchase
EchoStar Corporation has completed its acquisition of Hughes Communications. Under the terms of the transaction, Hughes’ shareholders will receive $60.70 per share without interest, which represents a premium of 31 percent over Hughes’ unaffected closing share price of $46.43 on January 19, 2011. The funding of the acquisition is being supported by the recent successful […]
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06/08/2011
Cisco’s ASR 9000 and the Zettabyte Era
Cisco’s newly released Visual Networking Index Forecast (VNI) marks the beginning of what the company calls the "Zettabyte Era," and its new ASR 9000 Series aggregation-services routers are designed for that new era. (For more on VNI, see Cisco Internet Study Projects Exponential Growth Of Video Traffic). The new ASR 9000 system offers 96 terabits […]
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06/08/2011
CableNET 2011: A Sneak Peek
According to CableLabs and the National Cable & Telecommunications Association, you can’t go to The Cable Show (next week in Chicago’s McCormick Place) without taking a spin around the futuristic CableNET part of the exhibit floor that showcases emerging technologies that definitely will influence the next generation of voice, video and data. Monday June 13, […]
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06/08/2011
Optimum Business Targets Small Companies with Voice Service
Cablevision Systems has expanded Optimum Voice Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Trunking from Optimum Business. The enhanced offering delivers voice service to small businesses through a converged voice and data network that can scale as needed for up to 100 employees. The service is designed for customers that want to take advantage of a small business […]
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06/08/2011
Comcast Rolls Home Security to More Markets
Comcast Corporation has expanded its new home security business into six additional U.S. market areas. Xfinity Home Security offers traditional home security components, like police and fire alarm protection backed by 24/7 professional monitoring, as well as the ability to adjust digital thermostats, turn lights on or off and watch secure live streaming video from […]