AT&T says its policy to reserve FaceTime use over a cellular connection for those customers who move to its new Mobile Share plans does not violate the FCC’s net neutrality rules. AT&T executive Bob Quinn argued in a post on the company’s blog that it has not violated the FCC’s rules on transparency or blocking […]
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T-Mo goes unlimited; op nixes throttling, tethering
T-Mobile can finally claim that it offers truly unlimited plans without the caveat of throttling. The carrier announced late Thursday that it will now offer unlimited plans without data caps or speed limits beginning Sept. 5. The new “Unlimited Nationwide 4G Data” plan will cost $20 per month when added to a Value voice and […]
‘Electronic nose’ prototype developed
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (www.ucr.edu) — Research by Nosang Myung, a professor at the University of California, Riverside, Bourns College of Engineering, has enabled a Riverside company to develop an “electronic nose” prototype that can detect small quantities of harmful airborne substances. Nano Engineered Applications, Inc., an Innovation Economy Corporation company, has completed the prototype which is […]
DOD organizations launch inaugural Joint Science and Technology Institute
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. (Aug. 22, 2012) — The Defense Threat Reduction Agency’s Joint Science and Technology Office partnered with the U.S. Army Edgewood Chemical Biological Center, the U.S. Army Public Health Command, the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory and the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory to launch its inaugural Joint Science and Technology Institute July […]
Harney takes helm at broadband start-up
INovo Broadband has hired former Cisco Systems executive Michael Harney as CEO. He’ll be reunited with a large handful of other veterans of the old Scientific Atlanta (acquired by Cisco) at the broadband customer premises equipment (CPE) start-up. Former N2 Broadband CEO Jack Miller is iNovo Broadband’s COO. Another former N2 exec, David Nicholas, is […]
Gates puts cash into broadband antenna start-up
Kymeta, a start-up with technology likely to improve broadband service to moving vehicles, just closed $12 million in funding, with contributors that include Bill Gates, Liberty Global and Lux Capital. A spin-out from a technology incubation operation called Intellectual Ventures, Kymeta was founded to develop and bring to market IV’s metamaterials surface antenna technology (MSA-T). […]
Comcast promotes finance exec
Sarah Bryant has been named senior vice president of finance and accounting for Comcast Cable’s Central Division, headquartered in Atlanta. In her new role, Bryant will oversee budgeting and forecasting, financial reporting and analysis, purchasing, capital planning and information technology, and systems throughout the 15 states that comprise the Central Division. That division represents more […]
TiVo strikes deal with GCI
Alaskan telecommunications company GCI announced this morning that it is going with TiVo for its next-generation whole-home TV platform. GCI (General Communications Inc.), which is Alaska’s largest telecommunications company and the nation’s 20th-largest cable operator, said it would start deploying TiVo’s platform this year before offering it across its entire footprint next year. GCI will […]
Comcast Business Services connects distance learning initiatives for college
Comcast Business Services is fueling the Community College of Baltimore County’s distance learning initiatives through its Ethernet services. The Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC) is using Comcast’s Ethernet services in its “Fab Lab,” which is an interactive workshop that allows users to take advantage of digital fabrication technologies by using files of two- or […]
AT&T’s FaceTime policy could violate FCC rules
AT&T’s recent announcement that FaceTime over cellular will be reserved exclusively for those customers who switch to the company’s new Mobile Share plans is sure to ruffle a few feathers, and some say it might even be in violation of the FCC’s Open Internet rules. Matt Wood, policy director for Free Press, made just that […]