The GAO has taken a look at broadband caps on behalf of Congress and has uncovered a few troubling things.…
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Rural telco Frontier starts shipping SMS messages to landline numbers
Frontier is using Zipwhip's cloud messaging technology to offer text messaging plans to wireline phones. The service so far is only available to Frontier's business customers.…
Read MoreThe architect of Qualcomm’s tech licensing empire invests in networking upstart MagnaCom
Steve Altman built Qualcomm's mammoth mobile technology licensing operation. Now he's helping little-known startup MagnaCom convince the telecom industry to rethink one of underlying technologies of communications networks.…
Read MoreAT&T bids adieu to DSL in Connecticut, selling wireline network to Frontier for $2B
AT&T(s t) said today it is selling its wireline operations in Connecticut to Frontier Communications(s ftr) for $2 billion, effectively exiting the state as…
Read MoreAT&T’s latest home broadband service isn’t DSL or fiber. It’s LTE
AT&T is offering home phone and broadband in Verizon's territory relying on its LTE and HSPA networks to provide connectivity.…
Read MoreBroadband cord cutters? If this is a thing, ISPs, regulators and Silicon Valley have utterly failed
A story today on wireline broadband cord cutters fails to focus on the real issue -- if people really are cutting wireline broadband because it costs too much and offers too little, consumers and industry are in trouble.…
Read MoreWant to text from your home phone? Zipwhip brings landlines to the SMS club
SMS formerly has been a mobile-phone only club, but cloud-messaging provider Zipwhip has virtualized the SMS client, allowing you to send text messages from any wireline number -- if not from an actual wired phone.…
Read MoreWhy your computer is getting cheaper but your broadband bill isn’t
As a general rule, prices of technology-driven products and services tend to fall over time. But what's happened with broadband prices is a clear exception.…
Read MoreThe state of broadband in the U.S. [infographic]
How do prices, speeds and rates of adoption for broadband in the U.S. stack up with the rest of the industralized world? Not as well as you might think. Here are some key facts on the state of broadband.…
Read MoreAT&T smartphone rampage continues with help from Apple
Though AT&T's smartphone penetration is well over 60 percent, it keeps activating new smart devices at a rapid clip. AT&T remained the carrier of choice for iPhone customers. It added 3.7 million iPhones in the second quarter, 22 percent of which came from competitors.…
Read MoreNSN sells wireline business to Adtran. Here is why.
Nokia Siemens Networks said it will sell its wireline broadband assets to ADTRAN for an undisclosed amount. The deal is the second in as many months for NSN, which had previously been hoping to find a buyer for the whole business.…
Read MoreNet neutrality and the value of the Internet
Verizon filed its second suit against the network neutrality laws today, sparking more debate over who can determine how content traverses the Internet. Meanwhile, a paper suggests that the Internet delivers up to $5,686 in economic value, and says that value is at risk.…
Read MoreWhat utilities tell us about work and mobile broadband
Utilities will spend $3.2 billion this year in telecommunications services, but only a third is related to smart meters. A growing proportion will pay for mobile broadband for workers as part of a wider shift to thinking mobile broadband access is essential for productivity.…
Read MorePatents, schmatents! Google + Motorola could change your home
Google's planned buy of Motorola Mobility is about the patents and the war of mutual destruction in the mobile space. We get that, but it's also about TV and carriers and the convergence of broadband, data and action in ways that change our lives.…
Read MoreCool idea: Communal broadband
A Boston company called NetBlazr wants to offer businesses free access to a communal broadband network if a user pays for about $300 in equipment and then turns over the management of that gear to NetBlazr so it can continue building the network.…
Read MoreThe five levels of ISP evil
Recent allegations of ISPs hijacking search traffic are just the tip of the iceberg. Dane Jasper, CEO of ISP Sonic.net offers his "quick guide to the five levels of ISP evil" and explains just how low some ISPs will go.…
Read MoreIf you can’t trust your ISP, who can you trust?
ISPs have been exposed as hijacking the search traffic that some of their customers have tried to type into Yahoo and Bing search engines, and now the backlash begins. Now companies involved in the scheme has been hit with a lawsuit and may face Congress.…
Read MoreOh no he didn’t: AT&T’s CEO calls DSL obsolete
AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson spoke Tuesday at the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners summer meeting in Los Angeles, where he called DSL "obsolete." Since AT&T still provides and profits from DSL, this is a surprising admission.…
Read MoreNokia Siemens is up against the wall
Nokia Siemens Networks, the telecommunications gear joint venture, is running out of options. The Wall Street Journal reported that the companies couldn’t find a private equity buyer for the gear maker and that the companies were thinking of putting more money into the entity.…
Read MoreAT&T CEO Sings the Same Old Song: All We Need Is T-Mo
The most pressing need for broadband providers in the U.S. is spectrum to enable the mobile ecosystem said AT&T's CEO and chairman speaking at a conference. He also replayed his talking points on why AT&T must buy T-Mobile for $39 billion. At least he's consistent.…
Read MoreFCC Wins One Net Neutrality Fight But Congress is Still Hostile
The U.S. Federal Court of Appeals has dismissed the case that Verizon Communications filed against the FCC over its network neutrality rules. The ruling is a win for the FCC, although Verizon will likely file suit again and Congress is still gunning for the FCC.…
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