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| 02.09.2012 |
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From The FCC: Expanding Broadband, Protecting Voice Service In Rural America
Improving communications in rural America has always been a focus for the FCC, and the primary vehicle to achieve that goal has been the Universal Service Fund. Despite great strides in this arena, one area where rural America still lagged the rest of the...
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| 02.08.2012 |
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In 2012, Network Testing Rules
According to a wide-ranging spate of predictions for the coming year from IP test solutions provider Ixia, network operators will need to compete and live up to their reliability commitments, maintaining customers by helping to ensure all types of customer...
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| 02.07.2012 |
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Satellite Industry Set For 10-Year Growth Spurt
Prospects for the satellite industry remain favorable during the decade in a variety of areas, including continued growth for commercial markets, and its value is on the rise. According to satellite consulting/analyst firm Euroconsult, bandwidth used for...
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| 02.06.2012 |
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Global Attention To Broadband Speeds Reaps Benefits
The results of 52 million end-user speed tests have shown Canada is a global contender in broadband Internet performance, ranking often in the top 10 international countries, notes a new report from Lemay-Yates Associates. LYA benchmarked six key broadband...
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| 02.02.2012 |
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Virtual MSOs: In The Near Future?
Disruption in the cable space due to disintermediation and fragmentation is undeniably real. You only have to look at Time Warner Cable’s plan to bring live, in-home, IP video to a raft of new devices this year, including PCs and gaming consoles, as...
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| 02.01.2012 |
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Does Unlicensed Spectrum Have a Future?
Will Congress set aside additional wireless spectrum for unlicensed use? Not if the House of Representatives has its way. House legislation authorizing wireless spectrum auctions has been rolled into the payroll tax extension measure currently being debated...
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| 01.31.2012 |
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Survey Sez: Networks Control Mobile Video Quality
According to a recent survey of mobile phone users, 74 percent of respondents hold operators “most responsible” if video stalls, buffers or takes too long to start when streaming over their mobile networks. The survey, conducted for Mobixell...
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| 01.30.2012 |
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Ethernet Fabrics: Coming To A Data Center Near You
Broadband data centers are poised for change. Pressures to reduce costs, to improve availability, to increase scalability and to simplify configuration make a compelling case for moving to Ethernet fabrics in the data center. Unlike traditional Ethernet...
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| 01.27.2012 |
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Systems Vendors Consider Next-Gen Interconnects
At the recent Optical Internetworking Forum workshop in Santa Clara, Calif., a variety of optical systems vendors discussed the challenges and opportunities in building next generation optical interconnects. Developing common standards for connecting boxes...
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| 01.25.2012 |
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LTE Active Antenna Field Trial Yields Successful Results
The recent 700 MHz LTE active antenna system field trial is certainly a memorable moment for closing out 2011. This was a successful opportunity for CommScope to demonstrate the features of active antennas in a true multi-site field trial and provide a...
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| 01.24.2012 |
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Spectrum Sudoku: Feds Have Verizon's, AT&T's Numbers
With prospects alive this year for congressional approval of incentive auctions, which would enable the U.S. government to compensate TV broadcasters for returned airwaves repurposed for mobile broadband, the debate has shifted to how much authority the...
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| 01.23.2012 |
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Assigning More Olympic Spectrum: A Herculean Task
Just as the athletes have been in training for their events, the U.K. is doing everything it can to prepare for the toll that will be taken on its spectrum during the London 2012 Olympic Summer Games. Some 26,000 members of the world’s media will base...
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| 01.23.2012 |
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Joint CDN Offering Could Mean Money For Wireless Carriers
Saguna Networks, an Israel-based provider of Radio Access Network (RAN) application acceleration and mobile content delivery on HSPA and LTE networks, is working with Dutch Content Delivery Network (CDN) developer Jet-Stream to create federated CDN solutions...
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| 01.23.2012 |
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17 Contractors Vie For TDS Broadband Expansion
TDS Telecommunications Corp. released all the bidding details regarding its broadband Internet expansion projects in Indiana and Michigan to 17 contractors. The contractors have two weeks to respond. Most networks will be completed in 2012, and the remaining...
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| 01.23.2012 |
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Charter’s Continuing EBIF Migration
Charter Communications is working with Atlanta-based itaas Inc., to deploy some 3.5 million Enhanced TV Binary Interchange (EBIF)-enabled set-tops within the cableco’s 24 Motorola systems. The partnership is not a new one; itaas developed the initial...
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| 01.23.2012 |
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Exec Leadership Program Features Women-Only Events
The Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE) and Tuck Executive Education at Dartmouth have released the roster of events – including several events targeting women in cable engineering – for the SCTE-Tuck Executive Leadership Program...
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| 01.23.2012 |
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Better VoWiFi Headed For Healthcare, Malls
Voice over Wi-Fi (VoWiFi) technology has taken one step forward with Sweden’s Ascom Wireless Solutions and Motorola Solutions conducting joint testing on Motorola's wireless LAN (WLAN) architecture and Ascom´s handsets for better voice quality...
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| 01.20.2012 |
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Get Congress On The Go With VUGUV
Washington, D.C.-based FedNet is going mobile when it comes to video events in the nation’s capital. Beginning with President Obama’s State of the Union Address on Jan. 24, FedNet launches VUGUV, what it says is the nation’s first committed...
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| 01.20.2012 |
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Cabling Maker Goes Greener With XRF Testing
There is increasing demand on manufacturers to provide compliance documentation for Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment (RoHS) and other “green” requirements. National Wire & Cable...
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| 01.20.2012 |
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Touchtv Reaches Out And Touches iPads
Earlier today, SkyGrid unveiled Touchtv, dubbed the world's first TV for iPad app. The free app reportedly includes content from Fox, CBS, ABC, NBC, ESPN, OWN and E! Custom designed for the iPad, SkyGrid says Touchtv “gives viewers their own personal TV...
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