Minerva Networks announced a slate of hires to fill out its management ranks. Todd Clayton, Chuck Morris, Chuck Yort and Pancrazio Auteri have joined the company. Clayton joins as vice president of strategic sales from 2Wire/Pace, where he held similar sales responsibilities. Morris will take over as vice president of engineering, replacing Paul Tocatlian, who […]
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Former Cablevision exec Bickham joins Rutledge at Charter
Charter Communications President and CEO Tom Rutledge went with the tried and true with the recent hiring of John Bickham as the MSO’s new chief operating officer. Bickham, who was officially hired yesterday, is responsible for managing operations across Charter’s footprint. “John knows this industry well and appreciates what it takes to run operations most […]
Messaging for fun, profit
In its rush to create a vast public Wi-Fi access network, a top 5 MSO forgot something absolutely basic: It forgot to notify its customers whose service they were using. It took months, but the operator finally accomplished the feat with the help of Front Porch. Mobile users with multiple networks (3G, LTE, Wi-Fi) available […]
Verizon, cable ops open file access to avoid AWS delay
Verizon Wireless and its cable partners in the AWS spectrum sale are taking steps to make transaction documents more accessible after Sprint and a number of other companies complained to the FCC. Opening the files could help avoid a possible delay in the deal. Sprint, DirecTV and seven other groups asked the FCC last week […]
Dish enters into TV Everywhere deal with regional carrier
Dish has entered into a strategic partnership with C Spire Wireless in which customers who subscribe to both services can access Dish’s live TV programming on their smartphones and tablets using the Dish Remote Access app or Dish’s online portal. C Spire operates in a four-state area in the Southeast, covering more than 5 million […]
Report: Wireless economic impact ‘broad, deep’
The wireless industry comprises a much larger part of the U.S. economy than some policymakers may realize, according to the author of a new report on the impact of cellular technology. The industry accounts for nearly 4 million direct and indirect jobs, is larger than industries such as publishing and agriculture, and contributed $146.2 billion […]
Preventing a broadband meltdown
The key to delivering a high QoE is intelligent policy enforcement. The broadband market is experiencing major upheaval, and MSOs are at the center of the storm. While battling with DSL, fiber-to-the-home, and now even fixed-mobile substitution with wireless technologies, the race is on for service providers to be the primary broadband pipe into the […]
Home automation: The new frontier for service providers
New services go beyond traditional home security while adding incremental revenue for service providers. Home automation services have a long way to go before they reach the level of comfort portrayed in “The Jetsons,” but service providers are ramping up their efforts to provide their subscribers with home automation creature comforts that go beyond simple […]
Open Mic – Advertising to the TV and IP-connected devices
One is silver and the other gold. Cable operators are by now very aware of the shifting landscape in content consumption and delivery technologies, as well as the potential changes this will drive in advertising on linear TV and IP-connected devices. Analysis points to a shift from traditional linear advertising to ads inserted into IP […]
Comcast offering Verizon Wireless in more markets
Verizon Wireless and Comcast are extending their joint marketing program to several more Comcast markets, including Atlanta, Chicago, Kansas City, Minneapolis-St. Paul, and Salt Lake City, as well as in Colorado. This is another set of cities outside of Verizon’s traditional telephony region, meaning there’s little chance of direct competition with Verizon products, including FiOS. […]