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With both Presidential candidates working diligently to gain support during the last days of a heated campaign, each has a general view of broadband policy innovation to carry America through the next four years. Speaking in generalities will not get the job done and both Obama and Romney should be … [Read more...]
Reed Hastings of Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) may have found anxiety in Comcast executives of the ability of their Xfinity App to compete against competitors on the open Internet. Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) launched the Xfinity App on the X-Box 360 to showcase its large program library to customers. … [Read more...]
As we begin a new year with the thought of explosive growth in Broadband’s many faceted uses with mobile leading the way, operators will be looking at new ways to capitalize on consumer and business demand. 2012 will usher in the era of connectedness in speeds, multiple device access, new … [Read more...]
It should be no surprise that a laissez-faire U.S. regulatory environment has allowed so many mergers in the last 10 years that its current Mobile Industry looks like a virtual anti-competitive duopoly without sufficient competition. With Verizon at the top with 104 million customers and AT&T … [Read more...]
Talked about and widely discussed by diverse interests, pitting broadband providers against Internet-Net Neutrality supporters; Data Caps have finally taken hold within the confines of broadband networks seeking to stifle the 20% of users hogging a disproportionate amount of bandwidth. Consequently … [Read more...]
Already the groundswell of dissent about a proposed vote on Net Neutrality by FCC commissioners is palpable. The vote will expectedly go down by party lines with 3 Democrats for, and 2 Republicans against. Now, lawmakers are voicing their unbridled response to a (power grab) that clearly is an … [Read more...]
Welcome to the politics of competing agendas over how the Internet will, or will not be governed in the future. It seems the FCC has scheduled a meeting on Dec 23, 2010, albeit a little odd since it falls right in the middle of Christmas break when most are sensibly enjoying family and friend … [Read more...]
Kevin Shatzkamer is the Chief Architect for Cisco Mobility and speaks to the mobile video research Cisco has developed in helping Mobile Service Providers reach their ROI goals and objectives in projecting an increasingly demand driven market. World Cup and Mobility Q. How will current World … [Read more...]
In a decision awaited by many since the FCC’s 2008 admonishment of Comcast’s throttling of file sharing sites, the District of Columbia Court of Appeals ruled to vacate the FCC’s order. The courts seemed to be following the letter of law when making its decision to vacate. See (D.C. Circuit … [Read more...]
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