Rovi and Pace said they are teaming to develop a hybrid gateway featuring the former’s TotalGuide, which emphasizes search and discovery capabilities. The joint solution is expected to use standard Web technologies like HTML5 and be powered by Rovi Cloud Services. The Rovi guide can be white-labeled. The two said they’re targeting accounts in the […]
Telecommunications
Sprint, Clearwire hash out deal on debt payment deadline
Sprint and Clearwire reached a billion-dollar-plus deal today that will allow the WiMAX operator to make a key debt payment on time and keep its network up and running for the next four years. Clearwire President and CEO Erik Prusch had warned that the company was considering defaulting on the $237 million payment, due today, […]
Game on: Verizon, Longhorn Network launch live online streaming
Verizon has launched a national online simulcast of the Longhorn Network’s University of Texas-related sports programming. Verizon FiOS customers who receive the Longhorn Network channel as part of their video subscriptions can now access the live programming nationwide with a broadband connection. Verizon FiOS is the first provider to launch the online broadband companion of […]
LightSquared partners with Smarter Car
LightSquared hopes to get into the connected car business, announcing today that it has partnered with Smarter Car, a new company that aims to offer mobile services that enable automobile dealerships and drivers to access critical data, ranging from vehicle maintenance diagnostics to location sharing. The two companies have signed a wholesale agreement. Under the […]
Comcast Business Services to hook up San Mateo with faster data
While San Mateo, Calif., has been able to attract its fair share of high-tech start-ups, its broadband infrastructure paled in comparison to what was being offered next door in San Francisco. Yesterday, San Mateo’s Chamber of Commerce announced it had partnered with Comcast Business Services to upgrade the broadband network in San Mateo’s downtown underground […]
Time Warner Cable’s Android app out of the starting blocks
Time Warner Cable previously said that its TWC TV app would be available on Android tablets before the end of the month, and it came through with yesterday’s launch. For now, the Android version of the app doesn’t support live streaming. Time Warner Cable spokesman Justin Venech said there wasn’t a timeframe for when live […]
Cox Business wraps up voice manager, data install for Care New England
Cox Business technicians cut more than 1,400 phone lines from a competitor en route to installing a new voice platform, as well as a backup data network, for the Care New England health system. Cox Business had been providing video and data systems to Care New England for more than a decade, but it recently […]
NewNet to buy Motorola WiMAX business from NSN
NewNet Communication Technologies, a small, privately held firm, on Tuesday said it has agreed to buy the WiMAX wireless network business that once belonged to Motorola from Nokia Siemens Networks. Terms were not disclosed. The deal involves the transfer of 300 employees, mainly in suburban Chicago and in Hangzhou, China. Nokia Siemens, a joint venture […]
Congressman: ‘Sooner the better’ on spectrum inventory
Republican Congressman Cliff Stearns called the United States’ standing in global broadband deployment and speeds “embarrassing” during a discussion today at an event sponsored by LightSquared and the Information Technology & Innovation Foundation. “It’s really embarrassing that we have allowed this to occur,” Stearns said, citing a report that ranked the United States 18th in […]
FCC report critical of AT&T, T-Mobile deal
The FCC blasted AT&T’s proposed merger with T-Mobile USA in a 111-page report released Tuesday, citing “substantial material questions of fact” about many of AT&T’s claims about the deal’s benefits on jobs, competition and broadband deployment – benefits the Commission ultimately found insufficient to approve the deal. The Justice Department may use the report as […]
