by Pivot
Month: December 2015
Broadband Adoption: Brookings Researchers Uncover New Drivers
New research about broadband adoption from the Brookings Institute reinforces some previous findings but also breaks new ground, uncovering some previously unobserved factors that can have a significant impact on broadband adoption rates. The Brooking…
TDS Adds Meet-Me Conferencing to Business VoIP
MADISON, Wis. (December 10, 2015) — TDS Telecommunications Corp. (TDS®) is adding Meet-Me Conferencing (MMC) –– to its business VoIP phone solution, managedIP Hosted. With MMC, TDS managedIP customers can manage conference calls through their…
CEO: Verizon 5G is Close and it Will Deliver Wireless Gigabit
Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam discussed a Verizon 5G wireless roadmap at a conference in New York this week, saying he’s already demonstrated the technology to his board of directors. Speaking at the Business Insider’s Ignition…
Smartphone Habits Survey: 17% Check Phone Upon Waking
Americans have become a nation obsessed with mobile phones and multi-tasking, according to Deloitte’s fifth annual 2015 Global Mobile Consumer Survey. Americans in aggregate look at their smartphones 8 billion times a day. Furthermore, they’re…
Telemedicine Satisfaction Survey: 78% Would Use It Again
Both patients and healthcare providers are satisfied with online video-based telemedicine services, according to the results of a study from the University of Missouri School of Medicine. The study was comprised of three separate surveys,…
Windstream Expands VoIP and Unified Communications Solutions
LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Dec. 9, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Windstream (NASDAQ:WIN), a leading provider of advanced network and cloud solutions, is the new face of telecommunications in West Texas. The company is now offering its…
Cogent Communications Sues Deutsche Telekom for Congesting Internet Connections
Washington, D.C. — December 8, 2015 — Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc.’s (NASDAQ: CCOI) principal operating subsidiary, Cogent Communications, Inc., one of the largest Internet service providers in the world, today sued Deutsche Telekom A.G. in…
With Chicago, L.A. on Tap, Google Fiber Experiment Quickly Evolving into National Broadband ISP
Google announced yesterday that they are now studying Chicago and Los Angeles for Google Fiber markets . Should they eventually build there, these two markets would be their largest to date, by far. It’s a…
AT&T Boosts Colocation Footprint By Joining Forces With Digital Realty
DALLAS and SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 9, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — AT&T and Digital Realty are broadening AT&T’s colocation service offerings by expanding their alliance, enabling AT&T to incorporate Digital Realty colocation capacity directly into its solutions. The alliance…
CEO: DirecTV Content Will Be Part of Stand-Alone AT&T Mobile Video Offering
In the four months since it purchased DirecTV, AT&T has been firming up mobile transmission rights to popular pay TV content — and that content will underpin new mobile video offerings targeted for launch in…
Global LTE Forecast: 78.6% Annual Growth to 2019
The global LTE market will grow at a blistering compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 78.6 percent from 2013-2019, according to a new report from Transparency Market Research. Valued at $10.47 billion in 2012, the…
Windstream Extends Point-to-Point Wavelength Services to Enterprise Customers
Little Rock, Arkansas — December 8, 2015 — Windstream (NASDAQ:WIN), a leading provider of advanced network and cloud communications, announced an expanded Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM) – or “Wave” – service offering to meet enterprise customers demand…