En route to a nearly 30 percent profit increase in the first quarter, Comcast slowed the bleeding of its basic video subscriber losses while it continued to add high-speed data customers. Comcast lost 37,000 basic video subscribers in the quarter, which was the sixth consecutive quarter it curbed its video losses, to bring its total […]
Telecommunications
FCC prolongs Verizon AWS review on document issues
The FCC has tacked three weeks onto its review of Verizon’s AWS spectrum purchase after the company and its partners failed to produce documents on time. The Tuesday decision is expected to push out the anticipated closing of the $3.9 billion sale of nationwide AWS licenses to Verizon by Cox Communications, Comcast, Bright House Networks […]
Ergen says Dish will make the bundle mobile
Charlie Ergen, the billionaire who controls Dish Network, has a 10-year plan to transform the satellite TV provider into a one-stop shop for Internet access, video and voice services – at home and on the go. Ergen said that no major telecommunications company has figured out how to combine all of those things in one […]
Motorola swings to $86M loss in Q1; shipments down
Motorola Mobility yesterday reported an operating loss of $86 million for the first quarter of 2012 – on $3.1 billion in revenues and a drop in total shipments of mobile devices. Motorola said it shipped 8.9 million mobile devices, down from 10.5 million in the previous quarter. Fully 5.1 million of those devices shipped were […]
Verizon Wireless home broadband service goes national
Verizon Wireless today goes national with its LTE-based broadband service. With HomeFusion Broadband, Verizon Wireless provides each subscriber an antenna that acts as a single point of connection to its cellular network; that connects to an in-home router that can support up to four Ethernet connections and Wi-Fi connections, for up to 20 Wi-Fi-enabled devices. […]
Minerva Networks goes on a hiring spree
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 […]
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 […]