EXTON, PA – Daniel Howard is the first chief technology officer of the Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE).
Howard, who co-founded and served as CTO of Broadcom acquisition Digital…
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MONTREAL – The availability of traditional cell sites is not enough to support increasing data demand, says a report by Maravedis.
The 4Ggear Quarterly Report on 4G Infrastructure Trends…
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OTTAWA-GATINEAU – The CRTC is gearing up for the projected telephone number shortage expected to affect Toronto within the next five years.
The Commission said Tuesday that it will establish…
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GATINEAU – After having been told by CRTC staff on Friday that the Regulator would not consider adding wireless to its look at regulatory symmetry in the telecom world…
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VANCOUVER – Telus will offer senior unsecured notes worth $1 billion.
The 5.05% 10-year notes were priced at $99.744 per $100 principal amount for an effective yield of 5.083% per…
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NEW YORK – The first wholesale-only nationwide 4G-LTE network is coming to the United States as early as next year.
Known as LightSquared, the new network will provide…
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OTTAWA – The CRTC will hold a public proceeding in November to review its policies for direct-to-home (DTH) satellite distribution.
Tuesday’s call for comments invited proposals on its regulatory framework…
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PRINCE RUPERT, BC – CityWest Cable and Telephone Corp. has added Headline News and Turner Classic Movies to its basic digital package.
“It’s our goal to continue to strengthen our…
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IS APPLE INC. trying to deflect criticism of its new iPhone 4 antenna design by claiming that all smart phones suffer reception problems? Executives at BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion (RIM) seem…
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OTTAWA – Canada has officially removed foreign ownership restrictions on satellite carriers.
Parliament enacted the necessary legislation (see Part 23) last week, giving royal assent to the changes contained in…
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