In the end, everyone was going to have a fiber connection. Gigabits a second to every home! Except now, maybe not. The fiber, not the gigabits. Which is to say, no fiber, yes gigabits. Confused? Who isn’t? The cable industry is rushing to develop DOCSIC 3.1, which promises to deliver up to 1 Gbps, and […]
AT&T walks back Title II threats… a little
AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson went a little too far pushing back against the FCC, and had to walk back statements that AT&T might have to suspend some network construction if the FCC were to reclassify broadband as a Title II service. But it reiterated its threat to hold hostage capex investment outside of those pledges. […]
Envivio’s loss widens in Q3
Envivio had a drop in third quarter revenue and reported a larger net loss, compared to its Q3 results a year ago. The company said markets in Europe and Asia are lagging, and that in North America, customers are consolidating and have slowed their spending because of it. Envivio CEO Julien Signès said, “Our results […]
Virgin Media unifies DAI across multiple services
BlackArrow scored its first big contract outside North America, working with Virgin Media to help deliver targeted ads. Virgin Media has dynamic ad insertion (DAI) capability. The company is relying on BlackArrow to unify its DAI capabilities across all of its platforms. Virgin Media will use BlackArrow’s advertising and data solutions to choose the most […]
Rumor of hookup moving Vodafone, Liberty Global stock values
Vodafone is evaluating the possibility of a merger with or acquisition of Liberty Global, according to reports quoting unnamed Vodafone insiders. True or not, the rumor is having an effect: the value of Vodafone stock was driven down as much as 4 percent in London, while the value of Liberty Global was lifted by over […]
UTStarcom brings Wi-Fi offload system to North American market
UTStarcom is targeting the North American cable operator market with its system for offloading wireless traffic onto a Wi-Fi network. The solution, in use for over a year in other markets, includes a carrier class Wi-Fi access controller (AC) which supports more than 120,000 access points and over 1.3 million subscribers within a single chassis. […]
A Perry Mason twist in the FCC’s favor
In Washington, D.C., a set of programmers are holding up two major corporate takeovers because they don’t want a few extra lawyers to become privy to the trade secrets in their retransmission consent agreements (RCAs). Meanwhile, in that other Washington on the other coast, a State Court of Appeals has just issued an opinion that […]
Denhart steps down as CEO at BlackArrow
BlackArrow’s Dean Denhart is stepping down as the company’s chief executive officer. He’d held that position for the last 7 years. BlackArrow president Nick Troiano will lead the company moving forward. The transition was planned some time ago, and the timing is deliberate. According to a company spokesman, Denhart approached the Board earlier this year […]
Betting on Internet of Things, Tyco invests in Qolsys
Tyco International introduced a new software platform it intends to be the centerpiece of an Internet of Things (IoT) product strategy, and invested in home automation specialist Qolsys. The company also hired a new CTO, Daryll T. Fogal, to preside over it all. Fogal had been CTO and vice president of engineering for Eaton Corp.’s […]
By the numbers: Wi-Fi dominating cellphone data usage
On average, U.S. subscribers consumed 1.8 GB of data per month in Q3, and that was roughly the same for iOS and Android phone users. The majority of that data was consumed on Wi-Fi networks, though iOS users relied on Wi-Fi a little more heavily than Android users (iOS 8.89 GB and Android 6.78 GB). […]