Shaw Biz Inks Internet Deal with Winnipeg
Shaw Communications (NYSE:SJR) announced a multi-year agreement with the city of Winnipeg to improve the city’s network access and connection by providing a 35-site virtual private LAN service (VPLS). The agreement has Shaw Business creating separate VPLS domains for each … Continue reading
TWC Raises a Wireless Ruckus
Time Warner Cable (NYSE:TWC) is deploying Ruckus Wireless‘ 802.11n Smart WiFi systems within high-capacity public venues, such a stadiums and select outdoor locations. Ruckus is currently working with Time Warner Cable on the deployment of dual-band, outdoor, strand-mounted WiFi access … Continue reading
Front Porch Touts Mobile Video Win
Front Porch announced that a top five U.S. cable MSO increased the adoption of its mobile TV application by more than 20% while utilizing the Front Porch Customer Messaging Solution on the operator’s WiFi network. The operator has deployed the … Continue reading
Comcast Biz Hooks Up Red Sox Ballparks
The Boston Red Sox have selected Comcast Business Class Metro Ethernet to deliver high-speed communications at both Boston’s historic Fenway Park and the team’s new spring training facility, JetBlue Park at Fenway South, which opened this spring in Fort Myers, … Continue reading
WiFi Home Networks: 25% Penetration
According to a Strategy Analytics report, by the end of 2011, 439 million households worldwide had installed home WiFi networks, equivalent to 25% of all households. The report predicts that the total worldwide number of WiFi households will reach nearly … Continue reading
WOW! Deploys Sigma Systems OSS
Sigma Systems has completed the deployment of its Device Provisioning Manager (DPM) for WOW! Internet, cable and phone. Sigma’s DPM enables the provisioning of WOW!’s new ULTRA TV whole-home multimedia entertainment service. The deployment is intended to let WOW! manage … Continue reading
Ericsson Completes BelAir Buy
Ericsson announced the completion of its acquisition of BelAir Networks, a North American WiFi company. The acquisition is intended to give Ericsson a strong carrier-grade WiFi portfolio, technological expertise, IPR, and established customer contracts and relationships. The former BelAir Networks’ … Continue reading
Shaw Biz Scores BC Biomed Deal
Canadian cable operator Shaw Communications has inked an agreement to provide BC Biomedical Laboratories with communications services for its 45 Patient Services Centres located throughout the Lower Mainland of British Columbia. The multi-year deal will see Shaw Business deploy WiFi … Continue reading
Cable Show Tech Topics Announced
The 2012 Spring Technical Forum — hosted by CableLabs, the NCTA and the SCTE — returns for the third year as the technical centerpiece of The Cable Show, May 21-23 in Boston. The multi-day conference will include a series of … Continue reading
Entone Eyes EMEA Multiscreen
At the IP&TV World Forum in London, Entone is taking the wraps off its Kamai 500 Series Media Player for EMEA markets. Designed as a hybrid TV client device, it features carrier grade WiFi and adaptive bitrate (ABR) streaming for … Continue reading
ConteXtream Demos WiFi Networking for CableLabs
At the CableLabs Innovation Showcase this week, ConteXtream demonstrated its Software-Defined Networking (SDN) products, which are designed to help cable operators take advantage of cloud economics as they evolve network and service infrastructure. At the showcase, ConteXtream demonstrated how a … Continue reading
Netflix Streams to PlayStation Handheld
Netflix has announced immediate availability of Netflix on PlayStation Vita (PS Vita), the first Sony handheld entertainment system to feature Netflix. PS Vita can stream TV shows and movies from Netflix via WiFi. Users can also start playing a title … Continue reading
Ericsson to Buy BelAir Networks
Ericsson has entered into an agreement to acquire 100% of the shares in the privately held Canadian WiFi company BelAir Networks. Through the transaction, Ericsson aims to acquire a carrier grade WiFi portfolio, technological expertise, IPR, and established customer contracts … Continue reading