Global Bandwidth News
Mediacom CEO Drops Bid to Go Private
Light Reading On Tuesday, Mediacom founder, chairman, and CEO Rocco Commisso expressed his frustration with the process by withdrawing a non-binding offer to buy up all the shares of the MSO he doesn’t currently own for $6 per share. Topics: Mediacom
Data Center Shift Gets Internap Cloud-Ready
Light Reading Since its launch in the mid ’90s as an Internet route-optimization specialist, Internap Network Services Corp. (Nasdaq: INAP) has reinvented itself more than once, most recently focusing on data centers as a key strategic element. Over the past year, Internap has developed hosting services as well, building on its data center expertise, and [...]
Has Verizon Made Its Last DSL Boost?
Light Reading With relatively low investment dollars, Verizon offers DSL customers download speeds of up to 15 Mbit/s, but is this the last upgrade? Topics: Verizon
Philippine Operators Focus on Data
Light Reading It’s an SMS hotbed, but the Philippines’ future means broadband, and lots of it, finds a new Pyramid report. Topics: Philippines, broadband, SMS
US Gets Worried About Huawei
Light Reading Eight US senators are trying to block Huawei from selling gear to Sprint over concerns the deal would threaten national security. Topics: security, Huawei
Despite Sub Losses, Charter Increases Revenue
Light Reading Charter Communications Inc. lost 76,600 basic video customers during the second quarter, continuing a trend seen by other major US MSOs, but the company still managed to increase revenues by 4.9 percent thanks to growth in other categories, including high-speed Internet, digital video, and voice. Topics: Docsis 3.0, Charter Cable
BSNL Suffers First Annual Loss
Light Reading Staff wage increases and the intense mobile tariff war in India pushed state-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. (BSNL) into the red during its financial year 2009-2010, which ended March 31. Topics: India, carrier
Virgin Media CEO Disses DSL
Light Reading UK MSO Virgin Media Inc. (Nasdaq: VMED) intends to take dead aim at the DSL competition by doubling up the downstream capabilities of its Docsis 3.0 service in 2010. “We will be launching 100-meg by the end of the year,” Virgin Media CEO Neil Berkett said on Wednesday’s second-quarter earnings call. Topics: Docsis [...]
Cable Networks Warn of TV Everywhere Failure
Light Reading The Independent Show — Complaining that video on demand (VoD) has failed to deliver advertising revenue to programmers, executives from MTV Networks and Discovery Communications Inc. (Nasdaq: DISCA, DISCB, DISCK) warned that “TV Everywhere” Websites will fail unless networks can monetize content through ad revenue. Topics: VoD
ISPs Shamed by UK Broadband Speed Tests
Light Reading The marketing sham that is the UK’s broadband market was exposed today by a report from regulator Office of Communications (Ofcom) , which elucidates the chasm between the “up to” speeds advertised by service providers and the actual broadband connections that customers experience. Topics: broadband, ISP
Comcast’s Target: 105-Meg D3 Downstream
Light Reading Rumors that Comcast Corp. (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK) was prepping a 105-Mbit/s Docsis 3.0-powered residential tier started to percolate in May at The Cable Show in Los Angeles. Topics: launch, Comcast
FCC: Broadband Starts at 4 Mbit/s
Light Reading After upgrading its standard definition of broadband to 4 Mbit/s, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) says in its annual broadband deployment report that the prospects for getting high-speed Internet access to 14 to 24 million Americans in poor or rural areas that lack it are “bleak.” Topics: FCC, broadband
Charter Means Business With 75-Meg Wideband
Light Reading Charter Communications Inc. is dipping into the Docsis 3.0 well again to douse the competitive DSL and T1 flames of AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T), Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ), and other telco competitors. Following an initial D3 business tier that pumps out 25 Mbit/s in the downstream, the MSO is now wielding a [...]
SPs Combat Cloud Hype
Light Reading Even as telecom service providers roll out cloud-based services with increasing sophistication, they are aware that all the current hype around anything with the word “cloud” attached is a mixed blessing that could serve to confuse and delay sales of strategically crucial services. Topics: telecom
Pyramid: The Struggle for Broadband in AME
Light Reading The Africa and Middle East (AME) market represents a great opportunity for telecom operators and vendors alike, but huge obstacles will have to be surmounted before the region’s potential is fully realized. Topics: broadband
