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RST Global Communications LLC Brings World Class Fiber-Optic Technology to Enterprise, Businesses and Homes in N.C.

Gigabit Fiber Image surrounding globe

Real Fiber Network Delivers Super High Speed Connectivity via FTTP (Fiber To The Premises) Next Phase to Serve I-85 Corridor in N.C. and S.C. Shelby, North Carolina – Oct. 10, 2012 -- Businesses and consumers in North Carolina can now connect to the Internet and receive broadband services with … [Read more...]

Nevion and T-VIPS Complete Video Transport Merger

Eugene Keane Chief Technology Officer Nevion

New company aims to disrupt the professional media transport market Sandefjord, Norway, 16 January 2013—Nevion and T-VIPS, pioneers of media transport for broadcasters, service providers and government entities worldwide, have announced that the merger of the two companies is complete. The new … [Read more...]

SoftBank to Sprint: We think you have what it takes

Masayoshi Son, CEO of SoftBank

Update: Sprint confirms talks with SoftBank Let’s take a look at this deal pragmatically. Right now it is only a rumor, as both companies have been identified by reliable sources as being in serious merger discussions. Obviously SoftBank Mobile Corporation  (TSE: 9984), a seller of mobile … [Read more...]

ADT: Why Smart Executives Underperform

Image of executive biting LapTop due to stress

The term (Attention Deficit Trait) first coined by Dr. Ned Hallowell, Harvard graduate and adult-child psychiatrist in 2005 seems to be more relevant today than it was back then. The former Harvard Medical School faculty member began seeing smart executives, who would otherwise be expected to … [Read more...]

Exec Pay: Realistic or Disparity

Executives being questioned about pay from legislatures

Back in 2008 when the economy took a devastating blow from executive financial recklessness associated with housing loans, the spotlight honed in on exec pay on a yearly basis and whether those salaries were realistic or just disparity, continuing to increase, dividing top executives further from … [Read more...]

3PL Providers: Reducing Supply Chain Logistics Costs

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If your company is a broadband manufacturer, service provider, or 3rd Party supplier, current economics have forced your attention toward logistics, including shipping, receiving, inventory, and headcount, as major identifiers in controlling costs due to inefficiencies which can directly affect … [Read more...]

XO Communications: Building an Infrastructure to Perform

image of XO Communications engineer at technical rack

Founded in 1996 and headquartered in Herndon, VA, XO Communications has quietly built an impressive fiber network across the U.S. With over 4,000 employees and 1.52 billion in revenues (2009), the company exclusively serves businesses, government, domestic and international telecommunication … [Read more...]

Retrans-Consent: Be Careful What You Ask For!

With the recent battle between Cablevision and Disney over Retransmission Consent in New York regarding WABC-TV carriage on Cablevisions 3.1 million subscribers, and thereby producing a coalition of Cable Providers to petition the FCC to intervene in negotiations, is akin to the saying: (be careful … [Read more...]

Make No Mistake: Internet Content Subscription Models will come!

Image of many paid content service

Why do Internet users continually resist paid content, or subscriptions,  on a systematic basis? Keep in mind that many current Internet business models were built on the premise, (create the content and they will come). We have all seen the sterling examples of this model with Google, Facebook, … [Read more...]