Applimotion introduces custom gear motors for your high torque low speed and low profile applications. The assemblies combine precision gearing and direct drive frameless motor kits to form a new high torque alternative to coupling a servo motor to a traditional gear box. Applimotion combines its ULT, UTH, and UTS low profile frameless motors with […]
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Humana posts lower 3rd qtr profit
Health insurer Humana Inc. said Monday that its third-quarter net income fell 4 percent as more premium dollars from its members went to pay for medical claims, offsetting continued growth in its lucrative Medicare Advantage business. But its earnings still beat analysts’ expectations and the company raised its earnings forecast for the full year. Humana […]
Auto Industry Could Ease Manufacturing Slowdown
Indiana’s manufacturing industry has seen its recovery stall, and experts predict things will get worse as many of the state’s largest companies feel the effects the European financial crisis and slowing growth in China. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports the state lost an estimated 1,400 manufacturing jobs in September. That’s been followed by […]
TWC rolls mobile charging stations into NYC; Cablevision re-groups
With tensions mounting in some of the areas that saw the biggest impact from Hurricane Sandy, Time Warner Cable and other service providers are rushing into the morass to fix their triple-play services and ease subscribers’ frustrations. Yesterday afternoon, Time Warner Cable announced it was sending in service vehicles to hard-hit areas such as Lower […]
@ 4G World: 3GPP reports progress on LTE Release 12
The chairman of the 3GPP’s project coordination group told 4G World attendees on Thursday that the standards body is making progress on LTE Release 12. Speaking during a panel discussion on the future of LTE, Asok Chatterjee said the standard’s update is set to include Wi-Fi offload, methods to minimize drive tests, enhanced self-organizing network […]
Cogeco grows; market is ‘maturing’
Cogeco Cable reported higher revenue but lower profit, a decrease attributed largely to higher taxes resulting from changes in Canada’s tax code. Revenue in the company’s fourth quarter increased by 6.2 percent to reach $324.8 million. Profit was $45.7 million in the fourth quarter, compared with $62.7 million for the like period of the previous […]
Yale partnership will support Brazil’s development efforts
Yale will help support the scientific development efforts of Brazil as one of the participating universities in the Science without Borders (SWB) program. Over the last 10 years, Yale has made significant investments in science and technology. With Brazil’s expanding economy creating a need for more chemists, physicists, computer scientists, and engineers than Brazil cannot […]
Muni broadband with a twist
Chicago intends to do what no American city even remotely its size has ever pulled off – get a municipal broadband network built. There isn’t a city in the country that doesn’t want better broadband infrastructure. Several cities, tiring of waiting for the market to create those networks, have attempted to build their own. The […]
@ 4G World: AT&T exec dishes on small cells, SON, DAS
AT&T network technology executive Kris Rinne told a packed crowd yesterday that the operator’s early small cell deployments showed promise, but some hurdles still remain. “There’s still a lot of optimization that needs to be done,” Rinne said, citing interference management, backhaul, and issues related to local zoning and regulations. AT&T has begun its initial […]
AT&T mixes in iOS version of cloud-based video/photo-sharing app
After previously launching its cloud-based storage service on Android devices, AT&T announced today that users with iOS devices can now store their photos, music, documents and videos on its cloud storage platform. AT&T’s Locker is now available for downloading via Apple’s App Store. The service gives AT&T subscribers 5 GB of storage for free, which […]