Cisco Systems, the world’s largest maker of computer networking gear, spent $850,000 in the third quarter to lobby the federal government on corporate taxes and other issues, according to a disclosure report. That was up from $540,000 in the second quarter and $470,000 in the same period a year ago, though it was only a […]
Networking
Motorola, FourthWall form a multi-screen bond
Motorola Mobility has adopted products from FourthWall Media to support tighter integration between set-top boxes and mobile devices. Motorola’s Medios multi-screen management software FourthWall’s EBIF Platform, designed to work with Motorola set-tops, and FourthWall’s AirCommand, a set of cloud-based services connecting mobile devices, such as smartphones and tablets, to EBIF-enabled set-tops that FourthWall (formerly known […]
Using Pseudowire to Keep Up in Cell Backhaul
Wireless carriers evolve their networks, forcing cable to compensate. Due to their extensive all-packet residential networks, cable operators have been in a strong position to address the burgeoning demand for mobile backhaul and business services. The biggest impediment to satisfying that demand is that cable networks built to support primarily residential video and data services […]
MPLS spec introduced for cell backhaul
For anyone performing cell backhaul, there’s a new specification for handling wireless data traffic from a combination of traditional TDM networks and packet-based transport technologies as wireless operators migrate from 2G/3G to 4G and LTE services. The Broadband Forum has just issued its “Technical Specification for MPLS in Mobile Backhaul Networks,” also known as TR-221. […]
Time Warner Cable boosts data speeds, adds HD nets in Carolinas
Time Warner Cable has ramped up the upstream and downstream speeds of several of its data tiers in its Carolinas system, as well as added more HD channels to its lineup. Making the point that the speed upgrades were faster than similar-priced DSL offerings, Time Warner Cable increased the downstream speed of its Broadband Turbo […]
Charter goes commercial with TiVo multi-room
Charter Communications is going commercial with a whole-home solution using the TiVo Premiere box that it announced last January. After months of trials, the service is now available to Charter customers in Texas, with a rollout across the rest of Charter’s footprint in the first half of 2012. The use of the TiVo box will […]
Ensuring Network Performance in the TV Everywhere Era
Adaptive bit rate transmission only adds to the challenges. Most service providers currently deliver MPEG transport streams to their customers, although on at least one leg of their journeys, those streams are likely to travel on a packet network. As streaming services gain popularity, that’s guaranteed to happen more often. There are new standards available […]
SCTE, Georgia Tech partner on management development program
As part of its ongoing effort to provide professional development opportunities in the cable industry, the Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers announced this morning that it has teamed up with Georgia Tech on a new management development program. The initiative, which is called the Cable Industry Management Program, was designed to advance the practical management […]
Cisco names former Juniper exec mobility CTO
Cisco has named a former executive with rival Juniper Networks as the new chief technology officer for its mobile business. Paul Mankiewich will serve as the CTO for service provider mobility in Cisco’s Mobile Internet Technology Group. He joins Cisco from Juniper, where he handled end-to-end network architecture and the installation of Juniper’s products into […]
Qualcomm paints HomePlug green
Qualcomm Atheros is sampling a green version of its HomePlug PHY circuitry aimed at supporting applications such as plug-in electrical vehicles, smart energy, Smart Grid and remote monitoring applications. HomePlug Green PHY is interoperable with the IEEE 1901/HomePlug AV powerline networking protocol, but it swaps the greater-than-200-Mbps rate of the HomePlug AV protocol for low-energy, […]