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  • T-Mobile, MetroPCS Tie-Up Could Be a Nightmare
    Nightmare
    Fresh from the glow of a $4 billion LTE network build announcement and all gussied up with new AWS spectrum from AT&T, T-Mobile USA is apparently looking like a pretty good dance partner to a new would-be suitor: MetroPCS. However, the deal could be a nightmare. ...More
    May 10, 2012 By Tara Seals
    Posted in Articles
  • NAB Prez Slams Pay-TV, Wireless Operators
    Punch, hit, bash
    NAB President and CEO Gordon Smith used his annual NAB State of the Industry address to take telecom operators and wireless companies to task, which he characterized as bogeymen adversaries to traditional local affiliate broadcasters. ...More
    April 16, 2012 By Tara Seals
    Posted in Articles
  • Exclusive Q&A: Connected Devices, Content Security Top of Mind at NAB 2012
    multiscreen
    V2M sat down with Corey Halverson, media product line director at Akamai, to discuss the pay-TV business in an age of digital distribution, IP networks and an explosion of connected devices. ...More
    April 16, 2012 By Tara Seals
    Posted in Articles
  • Exclusive Mobility Roundtable: Top 2012 Trends, Part 1
    Roundtable
    Our panel of industry leaders from Cisco, GENBAND, ALU, Ericsson, Tellabs and NSN weigh in on monetizing services outside of access and over the top (OTT), the need for intelligent policy and control, ongoing coverage and capacity needs, standardizing VoLTE, and more. ...More
    April 2, 2012 By Tara Seals
    Posted in News
  • Vonage Bets on Mobile, Global Growth, After Years of Transformation
    Vonage said it has significantly improved its profitability by lowering international termination costs and domestic calling rates as well as reducing the cost of its devices. ...More
    February 29, 2012 By Josh Long
    Posted in News
  • Bill Shock: Usage Alerts Prove Effective
    Portland, Ore.-based Consumer Cellular claims its customers have saved more than $9 million since April 2010, as more than half have received usage alerts warning them of upcoming overages. ...More
    October 20, 2011 By Josh Long
    Posted in Articles
  • Burying the Hatchet on Trading TV Spectrum for Mobile Video Services?
    Hatchet, Axe
    Cooperation was the spirit of the day as IBC's keynote session on radio spectrum policy addressed the differing opinions of mobile operators and broadcasters when it comes to spectrum allocation. But can it last? ...More
    September 10, 2011 By Tara Seals
    Posted in News
  • IBC Trends: Multiscreen, Advanced Set-Top Boxes
    Cable Box, Home Device
    Are pay TV operators around the world ready to deliver hundreds of channels of programming on multiple devices? And do consumers really care about all the hype? ...More
    September 8, 2011 By Josh Long
    Posted in News
  • FCC Pressured to Loosen Restrictions on Cable-Telco Mergers
    Merger, acquisition
    Some cable trade groups are asking the Federal Communications Commission to issue rules that would provide an incentive for U.S. cable operators to merge with competitive telephone companies. ...More
    August 22, 2011 By Josh Long
    Posted in News
  • Despite Fiber Hype, Copper Continues as a Telco Mainstay
    Copper wire
    OTT video, next-gen mobile services and IPTV are prompting many in the industry look to fiber and 3G/4G to replace the outside plant infrastructure that has kept us connected for the past 130 years. But copper isn't being replaced at quite the same rate as one might think. ...More
    July 20, 2011 By Tara Seals
    Posted in Articles
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