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12/23/2010
More On The Comcast/NBCU Delay
As CT Reports reported yesterday, the proposed Comcast/NBC Universal deal will not be done by year’s end as planned, and here is more information on why. As we mentioned, the conditions that could be levied on Comcast by the FCC and the Justice Department are at the heart of the matter. Comcast reportedly met with […]
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12/23/2010
Tropos Head Notes 2011 Smart-Grid Trends
According to Tom Ayers, president and CEO of Tropos Networks, smart-grid communications infrastructures are being architected as a “network of networks,” comprised of multiple technologies. “For the distribution area, the technologies include wireless mesh, point-to-point, point-to-multipoint, and in some remote locations, cellular,” he says. “The precise mix will vary based on the planned applications and […]
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12/23/2010
Survey Sez: Customers Want IPTV On Their TVs
A recent Cisco survey says 65 percent of U.S. respondents would be more likely to watch videos online if they could do it directly through their TVs, and 50 percent would pay for an online video if available through their service provider — especially if it were offered at a low price point and was […]
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12/23/2010
Globalstar Preps More Birds For Next-Gen Network
Globalstar Inc., which provides mobile satellite voice and data services to businesses, government and individuals, is sporting two new second-generation satellites built by Thales Alenia Space. The operator also expects to take delivery of four additional satellites early next year, and all six orbiters will then be shipped to the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, where […]
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12/22/2010
Breaking News: No Comcast/NBCU Merger This Year<!—ââEndFragmentâ
According to the New York Times, NBC Universal CEO Jeffrey Zucker told his staff earlier today via memo that regulators would not be approving the pending Comcast/NBC Universal merger this year. Rather, Zucker said “the green Light” could be given to the deal in January 2011. Apparently, the stumbling blocks involve some concessions Comcast is […]
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12/22/2010
Follow-Up: Net Neutrality Day Two
“Let me start with a quote,” said FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski yesterday, just before the commission voted along party lines yesterday (click here for more on that story) to adopt rules it hopes will preserve basic Internet values (GN Docket No. 09-191, WC Docket No. 07-52). “The Web as we know it [is] being threatened.” […]