The head of the FCC took a swipe at his critics during a Tuesday keynote address, when he defended the agency’s decision to block AT&T’s merger with T-Mobile USA. “Some have recently argued that the government’s review of transactions in the wireless space – let’s be frank, review of one specific transaction – is somehow […]
Telecommunications
@ CTIA: OTT services are next battleground
Panel discussions at CTIA Wireless conventions are invariably hospitable and friendly. But there was an underlining tension Tuesday at the Executive Forum panel that found carriers and Internet companies on the same stage. On the carrier side was Brad Duea, senior vice president of marketing for T-Mobile USA, and Brian Higgins, vice president of network […]
Charter Communications narrows net loss
Charter Communications became the second MSO in the space of a week to announce an actual increase in basic video subscribers, joining Cablevision in reporting what has become a rare event in a mature and competitive market. Charter added 20,000 video subscribers, 141,000 broadband subscribers and 31,000 phone customers in its recently concluded first quarter […]
Time Warner Cable adds Ruckus gear to Wi-Fi arsenal
Time Warner Cable is building out its Wi-Fi network in its Los Angeles system with the addition of a new vendor, Ruckus Wireless, in order to keep its subscribers plugged in to its mobile broadband service. In September, Time Warner Cable announced it was spending $15 million on its Wi-Fi network in Los Angeles, which […]
Comcast pushes play on WatchESPN
Comcast’s landmark deal earlier this year with the Walt Disney Co. is starting to bear fruit with today’s news that WatchESPN is now available to Comcast’s subscribers. Whether they’re at home or on the go, Comcast customers that subscribe to ESPN are now able to watch ESPN live streaming content via the WatchESPN app, WatchESPN.com, […]
Verizon offers enterprises a ‘Blank Slate’
Verizon Wireless hopes to get in on the trend toward tablets in the enterprise with a new tablet-based solution that enterprises can customize to provide such features as handling point-of-sale payments and inventory management. Announced at the CTIA Wireless 2012 trade show, Verizon is calling the program “Blank Slate” because businesses can order durable, enterprise […]
T-Mobile hires Ericsson, NSN for LTE build
T-Mobile USA said late Monday it has hired Ericsson and Nokia Siemens to expand its HSPA+ service and construct its new LTE network. The infrastructure vendors supplied equipment for T-Mobile’s existing network along with Nortel, now part of Ericsson. For T-Mobile’s new network, the two companies will roll out equipment compatible with LTE-Advanced Release 10 […]
Ericsson outs LTE ‘office in a box’
Ericsson is offering its business customers an LTE-capable “office in a box” that runs on Verizon Wireless’ next-generation mobile broadband network. The infrastructure vendor’s Converged Workspace, referred to in shorthand as the ECW, supports multiple Internet connections, LAN, Wi-Fi, routing services, PBX functionality and voice calls over either a cellular or Internet connection. The ECW […]
Small cells, big benefits
If you think small cells need to be deployed in huge numbers to address the capacity crunch, think again. That’s the message from the Small Cell Forum, which has released new research showing that even a moderate number of small cells could go a long way. “You might imagine by putting a small cell in, […]
Study: Comcast tops VoIP scorecard for North America
According to a recent study, Comcast was ranked first in North America for its hosted VoIP service, while Verizon Business took top honors among IP connectivity providers. The market research by Infonetics Research analyzed the top service providers in the hosted VoIP and unified communications (UC) services market and the IP connectivity market. Among hosted […]