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04/27/2011
CenturyLink Bids For Managed Hosting Company
CenturyLink, which completed its acquisition of Qwest earlier this month, has now made a bid for Savvis, a managed hosting and colocation provider. The boards of directors of CenturyLink and Savvis have approved a definitive agreement under which CenturyLink will acquire all outstanding shares of Savvis common stock in a cash and stock merger valued […]
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04/27/2011
Why Care About IPv6?
The Rocky Mountain IPv6 Summit kicked off in Denver yesterday with a representative from the Internet Society (ISOC) giving some compelling reasons why everyone who loves the Internet (and isn’t that everyone?) should be concerned about the transition from IPv4 to IPv6. Richard Jimmerson, director/Deployment & Operationalization Hub with ISOC, said that at the most […]
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04/26/2011
Canadian MSO Shaw Eyes LTE, IPTV, Content Plays
Canadian cable player Shaw Communications, facing the same challenges posed by the evolution to digital video and wireless as is most of the industry, imminently is expected to disclose new strategies, including a leapfrog plunge into 4G wireless broadband. Calgary, Alberta-based Shaw had been expected to jump into wireless with the launch a 3.5G HSPA+ […]
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04/26/2011
TAC Ideas Could Jumpstart FCC Broadband-Biz Initiatives
Via both a press briefing and a memo to FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski and his fellow commissioners, Tom Wheeler, wireless and financial guru and chairman of the FCC’s 5th Technical Advisory Council (TAC), unveiled the results of many months of work aimed at identifying “important areas of innovation and develop informed technology policies supporting America’s […]
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04/26/2011
Cellphone Payment Option Backed By U.S. Heavy-Hitters
"Point and click" now has a different meaning, with Verizon Wireless and USA Technologies Inc. teaming to “accelerate the adoption of small-ticket, wireless, cashless payment services and machine-to-machine (M2M) applications” using USA Technologies’ ePort Connect Service. The United States has lagged behind parts of the rest of the world when it comes to mobile transactions.The […]
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04/26/2011
TVS First To Add CEA Device To STBs
The Consumer Electronics Association has developed a new CEA-2040 standard for MicroSD Security Devices it claims “provides the same protection, but more functionality, than the outdated CableCard encryption technology.” According to the trade group, “This newest generation of security is smaller; has storage capacity; and can be used with any device that has a MicroSD, […]