09.12.2009
Cable takes aim at Frontier's impending Verizon acquisition
Frontier may be set to become the fifth largest ILEC if its deal to purchase Verizon`s rural lines meets final state regulatory approvals, but in the meantime cable operators are wasting no time poaching customers that are concerned that the acquisition will cause more pain than pleasure.Given the... |
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28.10.2009
Cable technology star Craddock becomes CTO of PCT International
If you have been wondering when and where former Comcast and Bell Atlantic (now Verizon) technology innovator Steve Craddock has landed since he retired from Comcast in 2008, your wait is over. Craddock this week was appointed executive vice president and CTO of PCT International. Serving as the... |
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28.07.2009
Cable telephony growth faces sluggish future
Cable MSOs such as Cablevision, Comcast, Cox and Time Warner Cable may have built sizeable voice businesses over the past ten years, but Pali Research thinks that the cable telephony growth is slowing down. At the top of the cable telephony heap is Cablevision, which continues to lead the cable... |
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24.04.2008
Cable TV firms withdraw from Pivot venture
The major cable TV companies who had joined with Sprint Nextel to create the Pivot wireless venture are pulling out of the deal, news first reported by BroadbandReports. Their withdrawal does not come as a big surprise, as both Sprint and the cable TV firms-Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Cox... |
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31.03.2009
Cable TV industry awaits Green successor
As we noted in an earlier post, cord-cutting fears are likely to be on the minds of many attendees of annual cable TV industry event The Cable Show this week in Washington, D.C. Whether or not you think cord-cutting is anything for the cable guys to worry about, there also will be much more for... |
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19.10.2009
Cable's cashing in on wireless backhaul
With a strong mix of HFC and even fiber going into its residential and business customer sites, it`s not hard to imagine that cable MSOs are already major purveyors of wholesale wireless backhaul services to wireless operators. According to Visant Strategies new "U.S. Mobile Backhaul 2010:... |
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11.09.2008
Cable's push and prayer for WiMAX
From all indications, the Clearwire/Xohm WiMAX merger deal should be completed by the end of the year. Cable operators are eager to get the ability to bundle wireless services with their current triple play offerings, but may have a limited window of opportunity to exploit a WiMAX... |
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14.12.2010
Cable&Wireless, CURRENT tap into UK smart grid opportunity
While the utility industry has been traditionally closed and proprietary, government smart grid mandates are driving them to work with outside parties, including service providers. One duo happy to serve the utilities industry is Cable&Wireless Worldwide (LSE: CW.L), which has struck a... |
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25.08.2008
Cablecos' phone offerings get a boost in the media
The mainstream media has discovered that cable companies are making a move into the home telephone market. That can only be good news for an industry segment that’s looking for income in every nook and cranny it can find (will it follow AT&T’s lead from last week and start offering... |
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12.08.2008
Cablecos, telcos struggle with falling broadband growth
Telcos and cable companies may have survived the second quarter and only suffered a few scratches, but the long-term prognosis for these patients may not be so good. Broadband sign-ups in the quarter for both businesses plummeted to just about half of what they were a year ago, a metric that... |
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