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04/14/2011
ARRIS IPv6 Solutions Are Employed For Trials
ARRIS’s DOCSIS 3.0 C4 CMTS and Touchstone WBM760 Wideband cable modems, using generally available software, have been successfully deployed for an IPv6 services trial by Comcast in the MSO’s Denver area systems. The trial featured a live application of native dual stack (IPv4 and IPv6 simultaneously) CPE support. “Over the past year we’ve worked very […]
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04/14/2011
Michigan Groups Claim Cable Deregulation Isn't Working
The Michigan Chapter of the National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors (MI-NATOA) and the Michigan Chapter of the Alliance for Community Media (MI-ACM) are calling for local regulation of cable companies to be restored. Cable was deregulated in Michigan in 2006 at the urging of phone and cable companies. Lawmakers who favored the elimination […]
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04/14/2011
Comcast Offers 105 Mbps to 40 Million Homes
Comcast Corporation says its newest Xfinity Internet speed tier, Extreme 105, is now available to more than 40 million homes in major markets across the nation including San Francisco, Seattle, Portland, Denver, Chicago, Miami, Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, and the majority of Boston. The Extreme 105 Mbps service, with up to 10 Mbps upload speeds, is […]
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04/14/2011
LG-Ericsson Enters U.S. Voice Market
LG-Ericsson USA has launched iPECS-LIK in North America, a full-featured business communications product family. Designed to enable pure IP communications for business applications, iPECS-LIK delivers all of the functionality of a traditional PBX with the addition of features like Unified Communications for conferencing, remote and roaming user support and scalability. iPECS-LIK brings communication to organizations […]
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04/14/2011
For Wireless, What Does The Term ‘Competition’ Really Mean?
The FCC will soon be releasing its annual report on wireless competition and, according to the American Consumer Institute (ACI), one key question is the definition of “competitive.” While there certainly are those out there who believe that markets should be supporting three, four or five flavors of every kind of communications player (wireless, wireline, […]
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04/13/2011
Cisco Restructures Consumer Business, Kills Flip
Cisco said it will exit aspects of its consumer business and focus its remaining consumer business to support key company priorities – core routing, switching and services; collaboration; architectures; and video. As part of its plan, Cisco will: Close down its Flip business and support current FlipShare customers and partners with a transition plan. Refocus […]