Time Warner Cable posted a blog and video yesterday about how the cable operator overcomes the frequency noise that is associated with Fleet Week in New York City. With Navy and Coast Guard ships, along with various military-related aircraft, on hand during the Fleet Week New York event, Time Warner Cable ran into problems with […]
Telecommunications
Sprint sets hard stop for iDEN operations
Sprint plans to shut down its iDEN network as early as June 30, 2013, allowing it to reuse the service’s spectrum for LTE. The operator had previously said it planned to operate the service into next year but did not name a cutoff date. The Tuesday announcement set a hard date for the end of […]
FCC wireless chief Kaplan resigns
The head of the FCC’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau has resigned after a tumultuous one-year term. Rick Kaplan handled the Commission’s review of AT&T’s failed merger with T-Mobile and led the eventual decision to block the transaction. He is also leading the agency’s review of Verizon Wireless’ purchase of AWS spectrum from Comcast, Time Warner Cable, […]
Sunrise Telecom appoints new directors
Sunrise Telecom has appointed two new board members, replacing two members who resigned. Peter Kamin and Alan Howe replace Henry Huff and Jennifer Walt. Kamin is currently the founder and managing partner of 3K Limited Partnership. For the previous 11 years, he was a founding member and managing partner of ValueAct Capital. Prior to founding […]
Comcast debuts app for on-demand streaming to Android devices
Comcast has added on-demand streaming capabilities to Android devices on its free Xfinity TV Player app. In March of last year, Comcast released an Xfinity TV app for Android devices, but at the time, it didn’t include streaming capabilities. With the latest update, Comcast said its subscribers could access “thousands” of Xfinity On Demand TV […]
Sprint gets $1B loan for Ericsson network gear
Sprint has landed a $1 billion credit facility that will provide extra cash for its network upgrade project. The money will be used to buy equipment from Ericsson, one of Sprint’s three vendors for the overhaul. Deutsche Bank and a group of other banks are providing the loan, due in March 2017. Separately, Sprint announced […]
Report: Residential gateways boost broadband revenue
Global penetration rates for broadband services may be reaching the saturation point, but residential gateways are allowing service providers to add incremental revenues via new services such as home automation and the distribution of video to multi-screens. “With residential gateway revenue dropping because of price declines and a saturated broadband subscriber base, operators are looking […]
Sprint to shut down Nextel as early as June 2013
Sprint says it will shut down the Nextel network as early as June 30 of next year, cutting off service for its characteristic walkie-talkie-like Nextel phones. Sprint Nextel had already said the shutdown would commence sometime next year but had not set a date. It’s working to move Nextel subscribers to the Sprint network. Sprint […]
Cisco culls Cius tablet, blames BYOD
Cisco is taking the axe to its Cius enterprise-grade tablet because of “market transitions” stemming from the bring-your-own-device (BYOD) trend. The company, whose primary specialty is network infrastructure, said late last week that it will halt investment in Cius, though the tablet will still be provided in a “limited fashion” to some customers. “Based on […]
UXP Systems, Motorola winners of CIO.IT | Competition 2012
UXP Systems and Motorola Mobility bested 35 other companies to win The Cable Show’s CIO.IT | Competition 2012 this week in Boston. It’s the third time that The Cable Show has held the CIO.IT | Competition 2012, and the winners were selected by cable chief information officers. The contestants presented their entries to major cable […]