Time Warner Cable executive vice president and CTO Mike LaJoie will be the keynote speaker at next month’s SCTE Canadian Summit 2012 in Toronto. According to the Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers, LaJoie will speak about the need for cable engineering and operations professionals to maximize the value of new technologies as part of the […]
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Sprint iPhone costs excluded in pay estimates
Sprint’s hefty gamble on the iPhone may have contributed to a $684 million reduction in its operating income before depreciation and amortization last quarter, but that won’t be a factor in determining executive pay. The operator said yesterday that it would exclude the iPhone’s sizable financial impact from bonus calculations for its executive officers. The […]
Verizon betting big on medical IT
Verizon Enterprise Solutions has entered a strategic relationship with Health Evolution Partners (HEP), with the ambitious goal of developing ideas for transforming the delivery of health care in the United States. Verizon’s broadband unit, competitors such as Comcast and Time Warner Cable, and vendors such as Amdocs and Technicolor have all been moving toward providing […]
Verizon defends cable deal redactions
Verizon Wireless is refusing to reverse redactions about its marketing side deal with cable operators forged in its $4 billion acquisition of their AWS spectrum. DirecTV, T-Mobile USA, Sprint and a number of other groups have asked the FCC to halt its review of the transaction until Verizon discloses additional information about the arrangement. They […]
Comcast’s thePlatform promotes three execs
Video management and publishing vendor thePlatform announced this morning that three of its executives have been promoted. Alex Glass, who formerly served as vice president of global operations, will now serve in the newly created role of chief information officer (CIO) for Comcast-owned thePlatform. Marty Roberts, who previously served as vice president of sales and […]
AT&T customers surprised by ‘unlimited’ data limit
Mike Trang likes to use his iPhone 4 as a GPS device, helping him get around in his job. Now and then, his younger cousins get a hold of it and play some YouTube videos and games. But in the past few weeks, there has been none of that, because AT&T put a virtual wheel […]
Dead zones? There’s a map for that.
Forget the colorful maps wireless operators use to advertise their coverage. The FCC has come out with a map of its own in black, white and grey. Intentional or not, the monochromatic color scheme is appropriate for a map that shows the country’s 3G dead zones – areas where the only cellular service to be […]
Apple expands Samsung, Motorola patent fight
Apple took new steps last week in its international patent battles against Motorola Mobility and Samsung, filing fresh legal motions in its home state of California. The company is aiming for a preliminary injunction on Samsung’s Galaxy Nexus, claiming in a complaint filed with a Northern California District Court that the smartphone violates four of […]
Vodafone eyes bid for Cable & Wireless Worldwide
Vodafone Group, the world’s largest mobile phone company, said Monday it is considering a possible bid for Cable & Wireless Worldwide, causing shares in the telecoms network provider to jump 27 percent. Responding to reports in weekend newspapers, Vodafone said it was “in the very early stages of evaluating the merits of a potential offer […]
Suddenlink has TiVo’s Premiere in 40+ communities
With the addition of four more communities in Texas, Suddenlink Communications has the TiVo Premiere DVR available in more than 40 communities across its footprint. The most recent additions to the ranks of the TiVo Premiere-enabled cities are Sulphur Springs, Clarksville, Mt. Pleasant and Paris, Texas. Since the initial launches in December 2010, TiVo Premiere […]