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 […]
Telecommunications
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 […]
Bill aims to put 1755-1780 MHz band on auction block
Rep. Cliff Stearns (R-Fla.) and Rep. Doris Matsui (D-Calif.) today unveiled what they’re calling the “Efficient Use of Government Spectrum Act,” which would require the FCC to pair the 1755-1780 and 2155-2180 MHz spectrum blocks, which are already set for auction, for reallocation and auction for commercial wireless use. The bill would give the Department […]
Alcatel-Lucent posts Q1 profit
Alcatel-Lucent said Thursday the sale of its Genesys conference calling business helped it turn a profit in the first quarter, but it warned that its underlying earnings were disappointing and that market uncertainties are high. The Franco-American telecommunications equipment maker posted a net profit of €398 million ($526 million) for the January-to-March quarter, compared with […]
Delay sought in Verizon AWS sale
Sprint, DirecTV and seven other groups are asking the FCC to stall its review of Verizon’s $3.9 billion AWS purchase because of problems accessing documents about the transaction. Stopping the FCC’s self-imposed shot clock on the transaction could be a setback for Verizon, which has said it expects the purchase of nationwide AWS licenses to […]
Rovi extends IPG patent license agreement with NDS
Rovi announced this morning that it has extended its license agreement with NDS Group to allow NDS to continue to use its interactive program guide (IPG) patent portfolio for an additional five years. With the extension, NDS will be able to continue to provide IPG and related technologies under the Rovi patents to its customers. […]