The way Suddenlink’s business and operations worked to complement each other so fruitfully is why this year’s CED Person of the Year is actually two people. For Cequel Communications Holdings, doing business as Suddenlink, 2012 was the occasion of a remarkably simultaneous culmination of several multi-year efforts. These efforts included both engineering and business aspects, […]
Applications
The future of MPEG video transport over QAM
A plausible first step is to take a top-down look at everything. In this age, with every point in the distribution line being threaded through and through with IP-based technologies, it is important to consider the near-, mid- and long-term future of the MPEG video transport architecture this industry invented and built in the 1990s. […]
Nanoparticles reach new peaks
Rice University researchers show short laser pulses selectively heat gold nanoparticles HOUSTON – (Jan. 3, 2013) – Plasmonic gold nanoparticles make pinpoint heating on demand possible. Now Rice University researchers have found a way to selectively heat diverse nanoparticles that could advance their use in medicine and industry. Rice scientists led by Dmitri Lapotko and Ekaterina […]
WiGig, Wi-Fi alliances join forces
The Wi-Fi Alliance and the Wireless Gigabit (WiGig) Alliance announced today that they will merge the two entities into one organization that will operate under the Wi-Fi Alliance. The Wi-Fi Alliance and WiGig Alliance have been collaborating for more than two years on the WiGig Alliance’s work to develop an interoperability certification for 60 GHz […]
Alticast casts lot with ThinkAnalytics
Alticast will integrate ThinkAnalytics’ recommendation engine into its Windmill interactive TV software product suite. ThinkAnalytics specializes in personalizing recommendations for intelligent navigation. The company has software that cuts across most popular devices. Windmill is an integrated set of products that allow operators and device manufacturers to distribute content freely and securely in a multi-screen environment. […]
Epix tees up apps on PlayStation
Epix is broadening its TV Everywhere reach by developing apps for Sony’s PlayStation 3 (PSP3) and PlayStation Vita (PS Vita) systems. The PS3 app is slated to launch in the first quarter of this year, while the PS Vita app will roll out this spring. The apps will give authenticated subscribers access to more than […]
Lowe’s expands home networking line
Lowe’s said it plans to unveil the next generation of security, monitoring and automation (SMA) products at CES next week. There’s a widespread expectation that the business of broadband-based SMA will grow rapidly this year, and it will be hard to find a company that can help spread SMA wider than Lowe’s. The company launched […]
Report: 2012 global telecom revenues hit $2T
Global telecom operator revenues exceeded $2 trillion in 2012, with 60 percent going to mobile operators, according to research firm Ovum. While Ovum sees minimal growth overall in the coming year, the firm believes some segments will still have above-average growth and significant incremental revenues over the next five years at each level of the […]
Volvo Truck’s New Fuel Advice
Volvo Trucks’ new Fuel Advice service helps haulage firms reduce their fuel costs. A fuel advisor assists them with both planning and follow-up of their fuel consumption. The results are long-term, with savings as high as 5 percent. Fuel costs represent between 25 and 35 percent of total haulage firm costs. At the same time, […]
Itchy wool sweaters explained
Johns Hopkins scientists uncover itch-specific nerve cells in skin Johns Hopkins researchers have uncovered strong evidence that mice have a specific set of nerve cells that signal itch but not pain, a finding that may settle a decades-long debate about these sensations, and, if confirmed in humans, help in developing treatments for chronic itch, including […]