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April 2013
Apr 16 More Than One Million Smart Watches will be Shipped in 2013
Apr 15 Remote care management program to be rolled out nationwide
Apr 15 Frontier serves up live tech support for $15, to anybody
Apr 15 Dish could challenge cable’s quadruple play with Sprint merger
Apr 12 Tablet Sales to Reach $64 Billion in 2013; up 28% as Tide Turns to Android
Apr 12 Department of Justice clears Arris – Motorola Mobility deal
Apr 12 Verizon to Offer New $35 Prepaid Plan
Apr 12 Comcast to IPv6-enable commercial broadband service
Apr 11 The future of mobile technology in healthcare
Apr 10 Next Xbox Will Integrate Further With Cable TV
Apr 10 Cablevision Now Offers Wi-Fi At 75,000 Hotspots
Apr 9 US TV Market Set for Second Consecutive Year of Decline in 2013
Apr 9 NPD: Second-screen apps getting scant use
Apr 9 Google Officially Announces Google Fiber in Austin
Apr 9 Ericsson Buys Microsoft’s IPTV Software Platform
Apr 5 Cablevision’s iPad app lets users stream some channels away from home Wi-Fi
Apr 5 More Hints Next Xbox Will Require ‘Always On’ Connection
Apr 4 Skype Now Serves Two Billion Minutes Each Day
Apr 4 Nearly 80% of smart-TV owners are regular app users
Apr 3 Time Warner Cable bids to build 1-gig broadband service in North Carolina
Apr 3 FCC reduces inflation rate for cable operators
Apr 3 Telcos see 20% operational savings with all-fiber networks, says FTTH Council
Apr 2 Consumer Reports confirms that bundles save money, cites Verizon FiOS, WOW as top services
March 2013
Mar 27 Bell Aliant extends FTTH to 13 Nova Scotia communities
Mar 26 Connected cars driving consumer M2M market as number of subscribers with embedded vehicle connectivity to double in 2013-2016
Mar 26 “Classic” Bluetooth or Bluetooth ‘Smart Ready’ Devices to See Fastest Growth Outside of Mobile Handsets
Mar 24 Google unveils TV white space test bed in South Africa
Mar 24 Wi-Fi offloading picks up speed worldwide
Mar 22 Cox, Time Warner Cable open new retail stores
Mar 21 FDA: Final mobile medical app guidance expected by end of fiscal 2013
Mar 21 Cox unveils mobile access to online storage
Mar 21 How Telcos Can Deal With OTT
Mar 20 Google Announces Google Fiber Expansion
Mar 20 Global Mobile Data Will Exceed 40% of Total Service Revenue by 2014
Mar 19 FTC Approves Charter’s Acquisition of Optimum West
Mar 19 Google Glass and the Future of Head-Mounted Displays
Mar 19 The 49ers’ plan to build the greatest stadium Wi-Fi network of all time
Mar 19 Liberty Media to pay $2.62 billion for 27.3% stake in Charter Communications
Mar 18 Verizon proposes paying cable networks based on viewership
Mar 18 Global LTE Traffic will Grow by Over 200% in 2013
Mar 18 Video conferencing market gearing up for comeback
Mar 14 Nielsen Almost, Sort Of Acknowledges Cord Cutting
Mar 14 50% of Verizon Wireless Traffic Now LTE
Mar 14 Comcast Tries to Boost VOD Use With a ‘Watchathon’
Mar 13 Consoles used for VOD 22 percent of the time
Mar 13 LTE market nearly doubling in 2013
Mar 12 Parks Associates: Over one-third of smartphone and tablet users use mobile devices as TV guides
Mar 11 “Zero TV” Households Now At 5 Million, Says Nielsen, Up From 3 Million In 2007, But Still Just 5% Of Market
Mar 11 “Zero TV” Households Now At 5 Million, Says Nielsen, Up From 3 Million In 2007, But Still Just 5% Of Market
Mar 6 Survey says: People start caring about internet on their TVs, but price trumps everything
Mar 5 New high of $4 billion for wireless LAN market in 2012
Mar 1 Google White Spaces Database Goes Online Next Week
February 2013
Feb 28 Cablevision’s 50 Mbps OMGFast Service: $30 For Life
Feb 28 Almost 35% of U.S. Broadband Households Experience Problems With Their Home Network
Feb 27 TDS expands broadband, business reach with $267.5 million Baja purchase
Feb 27 Frontier serves up $20, no contract DSL plan
Feb 27 GPON and VDSL bright spots in struggling broadband aggregation market
Feb 27 Cable broadband market primed for double-digit recovery in 2013
Feb 25 Time Warner Cable targets telecommuters with $60 monthly wideband Internet service
Feb 22 Dish Network Gains Pay-TV Subscribers, While Broadband Ambitions Show Potential
Feb 22 Cox, Time Warner Cable take dominant spots in cable Ethernet market, says VSG
Feb 21 FCC: You Now Need Carrier Approval to Use Signal Boosters
Feb 21 10 technologies health execs should watch in 2013
Feb 21 Broadband Forum addresses XG-PON in PON certification program
Feb 20 Nielsen Agrees to Expand Definition of TV Viewing
Feb 20 Comcast targets businesses with Upware portal
Feb 20 Taking stock of wireline’s hottest technologies
Feb 20 AOL’s video business attracts 42 million unique viewers a month
Feb 19 Comcast Cooking Up Prepaid Broadband Service
Feb 19 Google to build standalone retail stores
Feb 15 Broadband to Get New Research Center at University of Colorado
Feb 14 Comcast doubles TV Everywhere processing with Elemental deal
Feb 13 Verizon takes on Google with 1 Gbps offering
Feb 13 It’s official: Intel’s getting into the set-top business
Feb 12 Apple Said to Have Team Developing Wristwatch Computer
Feb 12 Intel plans online TV service as PC chip sales wane
Feb 11 Skype successful in home care for infants
Feb 11 Dish Network trademarks ‘Racecar’ brand for wireless broadband Internet service
Feb 11 Hibernia halts cable build with Huawei due to US-China cybersecurity issues
Feb 7 NTCA, OPASTCO merge into one common organization
Feb 1 Telus acquires Toronto forensics firm Digital WYZDOM
January 2013
Jan 28 Rogers rides the M2M wave
Jan 25 Belkin to Acquire Linksys From Cisco
Jan 25 AT&T Strikes $1.9B Spectrum Deal With Verizon
Jan 25 Cablevision leasing Roku set-tops to OMGFAST wireless broadband subs
Jan 24 Cox Launches Their Own Home Security Product
Jan 24 Netflix Surges on Profit, Subscriber Gains
Jan 24 2013 Predictions: Three points for 2013: Spectrum, smartphones, security
Jan 24 CenturyLink patents new power outage backup mechanism for DVRs
Jan 23 Google says FTTP is a real business
Jan 23 Two deals highlight service provider focus on video calls
Jan 23 TVs are top viewing platform for Netflix, research finds
Jan 22 Verizon adds 134,000 FiOS subs in fourth quarter; 553,000 for year
Jan 18 Research predicts strong growth of patient home monitoring systems by 2017
Jan 18 Report: OTT Will Thrive in 2013; 4K Will Not
Jan 18 Facebook Offers Free Calling For iPhone Users
Jan 17 Bell Canada introduces on demand store for its Fibe TV service
Jan 17 Comcast gets into the 100G optical game
Jan 16 Bright House Bumps Speeds
Jan 16 AT&T’s SIM-based Wi-Fi roaming sets stage for Hotspot 2.0
Jan 15 Comcast Invests $150 Million in Arris
Jan 15 CES: Verizon Updates FiOS, Redbox Instant to Meet Borderless Lifestyle Demands
Jan 15 AT&T and Polycom ink deal on cloud-based videoconferencing
Jan 15 Nielsen report finds cable operators lost 2.7 million households between Q3 2011, Q3 2012
Jan 14 DirecTV picks up 100,000 subscribers in Q4 2012
Jan 11 Time Warner Cable cuts ribbon on new concept store in Wilmington, N.C.
Jan 10 Digital healthcare, wearable devices take center stage at CES
Jan 10 FCC launches $400 million health care development fund
Jan 10 Time Warner Cable rolling recommendation engine from Digitalsmiths
Jan 10 FDA OKs telepresence robot from InTouch Health
Jan 10 M2M communications come into their own, says Verizon chief
Jan 8 Verizon, Motorola team up on FiOS TV media server
Jan 8 AT&T to start offering home automation service in March
Jan 8 Verizon will broaden its copper-to-fiber conversion in 2013
Jan 7 Comcast All-Service Gateways Go ‘Headless’
Jan 4 Sony said to be mulling own pay TV service in U.S.
Jan 3 Orange deploys set-tops that accept gesture controls
Jan 2 Smart grid emerging from infancy
Jan 1 FDA approves first remote monitoring drug trial
December 2012
Dec 31 For TV Streaming, Smart TVs Take Center Stage
Dec 28 5 Trends in Carrier Wi-Fi
Dec 27 Six Cable Deals We Might See in 2013
Dec 26 Four Ways Cable Is Saving The Coax
Dec 21 Year in Review 2012: VDSL2 and Vectoring
Dec 21 2012 Year In Review: Usage-based broadband launched by Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Suddenlink
Dec 21 2012 Year In Review: Cable embraces connected TVs and the second screen
Dec 21 Online Retailers’ New Year’s Resolutions
Dec 20 Adtran: Vectored VDSL Is Ready, $200-375/Home
Dec 20 Netflix Partner Tries UltraHD on the Internet
Dec 20 AT&T gauges consumer interest in toll-free data
Dec 19 Arris to buy Motorola Mobility home division for $2.35B from Google
Dec 19 Older patients respond better to print, study finds
Dec 19 Nintendo integrates cable TV and Web video programming with TVii interface
Dec 18 Tablets, smartphones to push wireline networks to ‘absolute limits’
Dec 17 Growing WLAN demand sets stage for 802.11ac shipments
Dec 17 Wi-Fi networks are overwhelmed by BYOD, warns Xirrus
Dec 17 Apple will build TV and companion set-top, Brightcove CEO predicts
Dec 17 Cox Brings OTT-Like Smarts to the Set-Top
Dec 15 Wearable sensors a low-cost solution for remote monitoring of rehab
Dec 14 Home Wi-Fi routers become public hotspots (video)
Dec 14 US Gamers Race to Mobile
Dec 13 Gartner: Tablet production to increase almost 40 percent next year
Dec 12 Verizon, Comcast, Charter top Netflix rankings of fastest ISPs
Dec 11 FCC unveils technology transition task force
Dec 7 FCC could attempt to regulate usage-based broadband pricing, commissioner Pai warns
Dec 7 AT&T unveils ‘beyond TV’ U-verse initiatives
Dec 6 Online video will take ‘significant market share’ away from traditional broadcast in 2013
Dec 6 DirecTV, AT&T, Dish, Verizon join NCTA effort to deploy green set-tops
Dec 4 Millennials Keep Connected on Ever-More Devices
Dec 3 Time Warner Cable to expand usage-based broadband billing option nationwide
Dec 3 Tech support key to physicans’ adoption of telemonitoring
November 2012
Nov 20 D.C. ambulances equipped with wireless tech to improve cardiac care
Nov 19 Reimbursement remains a major barrier to telehealth
Nov 16 Ruckus CEO Lo: IPO investors believe in carrier-class Wi-Fi
Nov 16 Charter May Buy Cablevision’s Western Networks
Nov 15 Software Could Improve Wi-Fi Throughput by 700%
Nov 14 Rogers Testing Symmetrical 250 Mbps Cable Connections
Nov 14 Google TV adds voice controls to program guide running on LG devices
Nov 14 Google Fiber Showing Speeds of 700 Mbps
Nov 13 Google Fiber schedules first 1 Gbps installations in Kansas City
Nov 13 Frontier targets cable, telephone customers with $500 Apple gift cards
Nov 12 Verizon, Bright House Start Bundling Up
Nov 12 TELUS Q3 data and equipment sales drive up wireline revenues to $1.27B
Nov 9 Rogers Boosts Speeds, Keep Caps Static
Nov 9 MTS Allstream earnings get boost from IPTV, IP business services
Nov 8 The Coming War Over Wireless Charging
Nov 8 Web radio growing faster than on-demand services (study)
Nov 8 Comcast working with Verizon Wireless engineers to develop integrated products
Nov 8 BitTorrent traffic increases 40% in North America
Nov 7 AT&T to expand U-verse to 33M homes, increase broadband speeds to 75 Mbps
Nov 7 North American Internet Data Usage Up 120% In The Last Year, Netflix Still Responsible For 33% Of Peak Traffic
Nov 7 Pay TV business stagnating, even during housing resurgence
Nov 6 Time Warner Cable offers free Xbox to new triple play subscribers through Best Buy promotion
Nov 5 Hurricane Sandy: operators struggle to restore service in worst-hit areas
Nov 5 Time Warner Cable Bumping Base Speeds to 15 Mbps
Nov 5 CableLabs Spins Off Device-Security Unit
Nov 5 WBA, Small Cell Forum collaborate on Wi-Fi/small cell hotspots
Nov 2 Microsoft Tests Smartphone With Asia Suppliers
Nov 2 CableLabs Sets Its Sights on Silicon Valley
Nov 2 Android surges to 75 percent mobile OS market share, says IDC
Nov 1 Facebook tests free Wi-Fi hot spots in exchange for check-ins
October 2012
Oct 31 Wal-Mart woos cable cord cutters with $99 Boxee TV
Oct 30 Smartphone technology pilot tested for visually impaired
Oct 29 Microsoft said to be eyeing Netflix acquisition
Oct 29 FairPoint, Frontier get into the energy game
Oct 29 Wikis allow patients to help develop clinical practice guidelines
Oct 26 Comcast nudges past 50 million total subscribers
Oct 26 Tablets Transforming TV
Oct 25 Verizon says 39% of its subscribers are ‘borderless’
Oct 24 Cord Frayers Downgrade Cable Packages, Up Digital Video Viewing
Oct 24 Verizon/Redbox Combo Set for Q4 Breakout
Oct 23 Comcast forms CoMPASS team to develop next generation user interfaces
Oct 22 Consumers use online streaming as DVR substitute
Oct 19 Verizon predicts it will add 150,000-plus FiOS TV subscribers in Q4 2012
Oct 19 iPhone 5 Reshuffles the Smartphone Market
Oct 17 Comcast, Cablevision, Bright House execs push cloud and IP video products at SCTE opener
Oct 15 Verizon, WOW, DirecTV, Dish top J.D. Power residential pay TV customer satisfaction survey
Oct 14 Wi-Fi expands to connected TVs as WiGig targets docking, syncing
Oct 12 Broadband Forum holds VDSL2 G.Vector plugfest
Oct 10 Videoconferencing market moves away from telepresence, toward mobile
Oct 10 Time Warner Cable sees backlash from $4 modem fees
Oct 10 How Tablets Affect TV Viewing
Oct 8 Small town telehealth pilot aims to improve senior wellness
Oct 3 WhiteSpace Alliance slates initial Wi-Far interoperability event
Oct 3 Microsoft adds ThinkAnalytics recommendation engine to Mediaroom IPTV partner program
Oct 3 Smart appliance market to grow after 2015
September 2012
Sep 30 Small Telcos Lead the Way with FTTH
Sep 30 Comcast activates thousands of California Wi-Fi hotspots
Sep 28 Comcast to deliver 305 Mbps speed tier over Ethernet-based FTTH
Sep 27 Tablets, smartphones to drive double-digit growth in smart device shipments
Sep 25 AT&T, TWC, Cox All Planning Game Services
Sep 25 comScore: Online video viewing hit all-time high in August
Sep 23 Six ‘LTE in Rural America’ Partners to be Operational by Year-End
Sep 21 Comcast To Soon Allow External DVR Drive Storage
Sep 21 Broadcasters challenge TV Everywhere services with Dyle mobile TV
Sep 20 Cablevision, Bright House, WOW, Cox top phone customer satisfaction survey
Sep 20 Comcast generates $2.3 billion in annual small business revenues
Sep 19 60% of Rural Users Get 3 Mbps or Less
Sep 18 Comcast Expands 305 Mbps Tier
Sep 18 iPads enable UCLA docs to monitor chronically ill patients
Sep 14 Cablevision develops ‘virtual communal television viewing’ technology
Sep 14 Some Comcast Users Will See 500 GB Cap
Sep 14 iPhone 5 sales exhaust initial supply, trip up servers
Sep 13 Nintendo TVii supported by ‘all’ major US and Canadian cable companies, dish services
Sep 13 Google Fiber Nabs Disney, ESPN
Sep 13 Google Announces Google Fiber Construction Schedule
Sep 12 Rogers announces LTE expansion across Canada
Sep 12 FCC’s final rules bring hospitals closer to mobile monitoring
Sep 12 Time Warner Cable Offering Free TV to Some Users
Sep 12 Bell Canada announces online video service to challenge Netflix
Sep 7 Cablevision Optimum Undergoes Brand Refresh
August 2012
Aug 26 FaceTime’s impact looms over operators
Aug 23 Researchers to develop wireless sensors to measure blood loss
Aug 23 CenturyLink wins $20M GSA VoIP contract
Aug 23 47% of Users Feel They Don’t Need 4G
Aug 22 Google, Boingo Wireless extend ad-supported Wi-Fi to malls and airports
Aug 22 T-Mobile Tosses Data Caps & Speed Limits
Aug 21 Domestic wireless routers could be a Plan B for emergency responders
Aug 21 How Smaller Carriers Can Compete in a 4G World
Aug 21 Apple TV said to be in IPTV set-top talks
Aug 21 Cox promotes Vince Groff to GM of home security business
Aug 21 SCTE to spotlight small MSOs Armstrong, BendBroadband, Buckeye, Massillon
Aug 20 Verizon – CableCo Deal Receives DOJ Approval
Aug 20 Google Fiber pre-registrations crack 30% penetration in 6 Kansas City neighborhoods
Aug 17 Facebook Passed Yahoo To Become The Second Largest Video Site In The U.S. In July
Aug 16 Wi-Fi on Buses and Trains: Better Service Ahead
Aug 16 Dish to Launch Nationwide Satellite Broadband Service
Aug 3 Windstream wins Defense Dept. fiber-services contract
Aug 3 Cable Industry Lost 400,000 Users So Far in 2012
Aug 3 Authentication-Free Wi-Fi Hotspots to Begin Trials
Aug 2 Time Warner Cable to deploy video gateways, IP set-tops
Aug 1 Comcast’s New X1 Set Top Coming to Atlanta
July 2012
July 31 Reports: Apple to announce iPhone 5, iPad Mini on September 12
July 30 802.11ac: Gigabit Wi-Fi coming your way
July 30 Comcast to charge $10 for 50 GB to subscribers who bust data cap
July 29 Verizon helps U.S. rule global LTE market with half of all connections
July 27 FDA regulation may hinder mHealth innovation
July 26 Google Officially Launches Google Fiber
July 26 Consumer Reports: Vudu is best performing streaming video provider
July 26 Cable Still Dominates Least Popular Company List
July 25 Netflix stock drops 24% following Q2 2012 earnings report
July 25 Smart washing machines leading smart appliances globally
July 24 Verizon, Cable Bundles Spread to New Markets
July 20 Tokyo, Seoul, and Paris get faster, cheaper broadband than US cities
July 19 California Starts Up a Privacy Enforcement Unit
July 19 Boston Children’s Hospital testing three telemedicine programs
July 19 Verizon Reports $1.83B Profit for Q2
July 19 Suddenlink bought out by BC Partners, Canada Pension Plan, Jerry Kent
July 19 Nielsen: Average U.S. mobile subscriber uses 450 MB per month
July 18 Cablevision launches ‘OMGFAST’ wireless broadband service
July 18 Google Fiber Announcement Expected July 26
July 16 Comcast Buys Out Microsoft
July 16 Verizon, Zipit pursue healthcare VoIP
July 13 Cable’s Take on the Connected Home
July 13 NBC Olympics Live Extra app to stream video to authenticated cable and satellite TV subscribers
July 13 Hawaiian Telcom acquires Wavecom Solutions, adds more fiber to its network diet
July 11 New York City converts payphones to free Wi-Fi hotspots
July 11 Comcast may add automobile security to Xfinity Home platform
July 10 M2M’s Magnificent Seven
July 10 McAdam Of Verizon: We Will Turn Off Almost All Copper
July 10 Telus promotion leverages Wi-Fi, LTE and pedal power
July 10 Report: FCC to approve Verizon’s deals with Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Cox, Brighthouse
July 9 Pondering Pre-Paid Cable TV
July 9 Charter Simplifies Tiers: Just 30 and 100 Mbps
July 9 Consumer Electronics Association releases 3DTV standards
July 5 Netflix streams record 1 billion hours of video in June
July 2 Remote monitoring system helps diagnose pneumonia, other conditions weeks earlier
June 2012
June 28 mHealth reaps sweet rewards: Improved readmissions, patient satisfaction
June 28 Major cable MSOs to deploy ThinkAnalytics recommendation engine
June 21 Verizon, Comcast, Time Warner Cable Expand Bundle Markets
June 21 Frontier branches into the identify-theft protection space
June 20 Comcast Planning Speed Changes in Northeast (Confirmed)
June 20 Will Smart TV Alliance challenge cable operators?
June 19 Time Warner Cable studies impact of social TV and broadband access
June 18 Nokia Siemens Networks and Everything Everywhere partner to create interactive, cloud-connected vending machines
June 18 FiOS Speeds & Prices Take a Quantum Leap
June 18 M2M technologies are necessary to be energy-efficient
June 15 M2M Is Surfacing as Target For New Cable Tech Initiative
June 15 More Americans ditching contracts as prepaid wireless surges
June 15 Samsung ships 43 million smartphones in Q1, dwarfs HTC and Motorola
June 14 Paramount to Offer Streaming App for Xbox 360
June 13 Comcast to ‘explore’ t-commerce options with PayPal
June 13 Building The Next Internet, 250 Times Faster
June 13 Cable stocks drop on report of antitrust investigation
June 12 TiVo, PayPal team up to enable interactive ad products purchases
June 12 Comcast tests ActiveVideo CloudTV platform for VOD trial in Chattanooga
June 12 FCC debates whether DSL or FTTP is best fit for the Connect America fund
June 10 Apple opens doors to developers on Apple TV
June 8 Dish Growing Menu of Smart Home Services
June 4 Microsoft Debuts Xbox 360 Mobile App
June 4 Netflix Beats Apple in Online Movies
June 1 Verizon to buy Hughes Telematics for its M2M tech
May 2012
May 30 Amazon video streaming goes live on Microsoft’s Xbox 360
May 29 World IPv6 Day buzz has begun
May 23 4G: Where Does Your Wireless Provider Stand?
Comparing Real Carrier 4G (LTE) Deployment
May 23 Tablet use by doctors doubled in last year, Manhattan Research says
May 22 Comcast Adds Free WiFi Calls For Xfinity Voice Customers
May 22 The Cable Show trend: MSOs looking ahead to IPTV
May 22 Cox to Offload Spectrum to AT&T, U.S. Cellular
May 22 Operators Dress Up Data Caps
May 22 Windstream takes to the road for Merge streaming video, broadband product
May 21 Cable giants join forces on wireless roaming with CableWiFi
May 21 Cogeco Raising Prices Starting in July
May 21 Set-tops will become extinct, Time Warner Cable CEO Britt says
May 18 Verizon Wireless trademarks ALLSCREEN brand for combined cable and wireless services
May 17 Netflix Outrage Over Pricing Didn’t Last
May 17 Comcast suspends 250 GB data cap; will create tiered plans
May 17 Comcast to Raise Caps, Start Charging Overage Fees
May 17 NCTA Expects to Draw 12K to the Cable Show
May 17 Japanese Researchers Hit 3 GB With Terahertz Wi-Fi
May 17 Comcast Launches Skype Via Xfinity Set Top
May 16 Telcos see BYOD demand growing 25% this year
May 16 Comcast launches Skype to the TV; wins patent for set-tops that can deliver video calls
May 15 ACSI Rankings: FiOS TV Remains Top Ranked TV Service
May 14 Self-adapting computer network to defend itself against hackers
May 14 MTS Allstream earnings reach $53M on IPTV, business services increase
May 11 Broadband cap doesn’t slow Suddenlink’s cable modem subscriber growth
May 11 Mediacom reduces subscriber losses in Q1 2012
May 9 Nielsen: Cable network ad spending catches up to broadcast networks
May 3 Netflix readies for Senate fight to implement Facebook connection