The cable operators that formed the innovation technology joint venture with Verizon Wireless late last year have been tight-lipped to date on the timeframe and type of products they’re working on, but Time Warner Cable did at least somewhat address the former question during yesterday’s first-quarter earnings call. “This is something that will evolve over […]
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Cox adds Readable Voice Mail for phone subscribers
Cox digital phone subscribers can check their home voicemail messages with its new, free Readable Voice Mail feature. Readable Voice Mail lets Cox phone customers read their home voice messages from any device with email access. Cox noted that the service is particularly useful to hearing-impaired customers. “We’ve listened to our customers and are continuing […]
Clearwire’s 31-city LTE launch to include N.Y., L.A.
Clearwire didn’t always follow the usual big-cities-first approach when it rolled out its WiMAX network – it launched in Salem, Ore., before New York and San Francisco – but yesterday it let investors know it would take a different tactic with its TD-LTE deployment. The operator said that New York City, San Francisco, Los Angeles, […]
Verizon resurrects T-Mobile merger comments in AWS defense
T-Mobile USA’s own words are being used against it by Verizon Wireless, which resurrected comments T-Mobile made during its failed merger with AT&T to defend its AWS spectrum purchase. Verizon launched a 14-point attack against T-Mobile in an ex parte document filed with the FCC yesterday. In it, Verizon points out that the various claims T-Mobile […]
Bill outlaws taxing Internet access in N.H.
The New Hampshire Senate’s Finance Committee unanimously voted Thursday to outlaw taxing Internet access in hopes of clearing up confusion over how a tax is being applied 22 years after it was created. State law currently does not define Internet access and was written before the Internet was widely used. It also was written before […]
Broadband paces Time Warner Cable’s Q1
Time Warner Cable reported an 18 percent increase in first-quarter net income Thursday as acquisitions and new broadband customers boosted revenue. The New York-based company’s stock fell $2.15, or 2.6 percent, to $80 in late morning trading after initially spiking to $83.64, the highest level since the split from parent company Time Warner Inc. was […]
Rogers Cable to go full-IP within 2 years
Rogers Communications’ cable TV service will move to IPTV over the next two years, a system already used by Telus and Bell, CEO Nadir Mohamed said Wednesday as the company announced its first-quarter financials. That means TV will be delivered over an Internet Protocol network and will allow users to watch sports, for example, while pulling […]
SeaChange lands another customer for its Adrenalin platform
SeaChange International recently chalked up another win for its multi-screen video back office and client platform, Adrenalin. SeaChange has installed Adrenalin’s back office with Cablenet in Cyprus, which is also using the vendor’s Stagis and Casis product lines, in order to provision its video-on-demand service. In addition to enabling VOD back office, Adrenalin, which made […]
Bright House dials up Ditech for voicemail-to-text services
Bright House Networks is offering voicemail-to-text services to residential and business customers through Ditech Networks’ PhoneTag product. A voicemail-to-text service gives service providers the ability to differentiate themselves from competitors, as well as bring in incremental revenues. For both residential and business customers with voicemail, voicemail-to-text is included at no additional charge. “As a user […]
FCC approves AT&T spectrum transfer to T-Mobile
The FCC has approved the transfer of AT&T AWS spectrum licenses to T-Mobile, a crucial part of the agreement in the failed merger of the two companies. According to T-Mobile, the transfer provides the carrier with AWS mobile spectrum in 128 Cellular Market Areas (CMAs), including 12 of the top 20 markets. “We applaud the […]