AT&T is going full throttle with the rollout of its LTE network with today’s launch of seven new markets and expansion in two others, bringing its total LTE markets to 60. The carrier lit up LTE in Anchorage, Ala.; Bakersfield, Calif.; Bridgeport, Conn.; Jacksonville, Fla.; Modesto, Calif.; Omaha, Neb.; and Syracuse, N.Y. The company expanded […]
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VoLTE’s No. 1 objective: Efficiency
When MetroPCS rolled out the country’s first smartphone to route voice calls over an LTE network in August, its primary objective wasn’t finding a new way to compete with the big guys. Instead, its top priority was making the most efficient use of its scarce spectrum resources. “The initial value proposition … is really about […]
Tough gel stretches to 21 times its length, recoils, and heals itself
Cambridge, Mass. – September 5, 2012 – A team of experts in mechanics, materials science, and tissue engineering at Harvard have created an extremely stretchy and tough gel that may pave the way to replacing damaged cartilage in human joints. Called a hydrogel, because its main ingredient is water, the new material is a hybrid […]
NSF awards $450,000 to UNH, Conductive Compounds Inc. for solar panel innovation
DURHAM, N.H. – University of New Hampshire researchers and Conductive Compounds Inc. in Hudson recently received $450,000 from the National Science Foundation to help produce more conductive and cost-effective solar panels. The three-year grant, under the GOALI (Grant Opportunities for Academic Liaison with Industry) program, will support the engineering of nanoparticles of silver suitable for […]
Cogeco gets personal with Rovi
Cogeco Cable has expanded its relationship with Rovi by signing on to use Rovi Video, which provides metadata collections for TV shows and movies across set-top boxes, mobile devices and on the Internet. Using Rovi Video, Cogeco customers can access English and French profiles of Canadian and international celebrities. Rovi Video includes high-resolution images that […]
Verimatrix wins two more multi-screen deals
Verimatrix announced two more partners that have agreed to use its content protection system to secure multi-screen content: TiVo and Akamai. Last week, Verimatrix announced that Samsung Electronics is set to secure content provided via its Smart TVs with Verimatrix’s ViewRight security software. TiVo plans to integrate Verimatrix Video Content Authority System (VCAS) to protect […]
FCC to probe mobile broadband speeds
The FCC is stepping up its data collection on mobile broadband service, bringing its information on wireless on par with the statistics it holds on fixed Internet access. The Commission has already taken steps to produce accurate measurements of fixed broadband service, but its data on the performance of mobile broadband has been limited. Under […]
Pace blends in ThinkAnalytics’ recommendation engine
Pace is taking a deeper dive into personalization by adding ThinkAnalytics’ recommendation engine into its Cobalt Media Head End and software. While recommendation engines are still somewhat of a novelty to cable operators, London-based ThinkAnalytics first deployed its multi-platform personalized recommendation engine in 2006. Earlier this summer, the company announced that it had surpassed 70 […]
Amino gets add-on Wi-Fi from Celeno
Amino Communications will be offering a USB Wi-Fi dongle, built around Celeno’s Wi-Fi chipsets and including software for HD multimedia home networking applications, with its A140/A540 set-top boxes (STBs). These models are designed for the retail market for IP-based services. Service providers can provide the dongle, enabling users to wirelessly transfer streamed HD content to […]
T-Mobile goes live with unlimited data plan
T-Mobile USA has gone live with a new unlimited data plan that could help it compete with rival Sprint, the only other top-tier provider in the country to offer all-you-can-eat plans. The plan, first announced in August, differs from T-Mobile’s other data plans by not slowing down speeds for customers who consume a capped amount […]