Provides the latest RSS feeds for Cable News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page industriesnews.net http://www.industriesnews.net/cable/&cid=20 en-us Wed, 22 May 2013 00:08:20 -0400 Wed, 22 May 2013 00:08:20 -0400 30 OVERLAND PARK, Kan. -- Sprint Nextel (NYSE: S) today announced that it has received from SoftBank Corp. ("SoftBank") a waiver of various provisions of the merger agreement between Sprint and SoftBank. The waiver will permit Sprint and its representatives to furnish non-public information concerning Sprint to DISH Network Corp. ("DISH") and to engage with DISH in discussions ... http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214678700&cid=20 Tue, 21 May 2013 22:55:55 -0400 Cable Datacom http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214678700 SUNNYVALE, CA - May 20, 2013 - Ruckus Wireless, Inc. (NYSE: RKUS) today announced that it has been selected by Rio Tinto Stadium, a 28,000-seat outdoor stadium in Salt Lake City, the Chennai Stadium, a 50,000-seat stadium in India, and more than two dozen other high-density public venues around the world to provide high-capacity Smart Wi-Fi products and technology for a variety of public access ... http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214678699&cid=20 Tue, 21 May 2013 22:55:52 -0400 Cable Datacom http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214678699 SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Marvell (Nasdaq: MRVL) today announces its new PXA1088 LTE, the industry's first mass market quad-core 5-mode Category 4 LTE single-chip solution supporting LTE TDD and FDD, High Speed Packet Access Plus (HSPA+), Time Division High Speed Packet Access Plus (TD-HSPA+) and Enhanced Data for GSM Environment (EDGE). Expanding its unified multi-core worldmode single-chip ... http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214678701&cid=20 Tue, 21 May 2013 22:55:50 -0400 Cable Datacom http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214678701 OVERLAND PARK, Kan. -- Having built solid relationships with Kansas City startups to spur growth and establish the area as a hub for entrepreneurism and innovation, Sprint (NYSE:S) today announced that it has acquired Kansas City-based Handmark Inc. and its subsidiary OneLouder Apps Inc., a leading mobile app developer and advertising company. The combined teams will further enhance Sprint's ... http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214677737&cid=20 Tue, 21 May 2013 21:45:41 -0400 Cable Datacom http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214677737 New York Yankees and Manchester City Football Club announced today that they will scrape together the necessary funds to launch the 20th MLS team, with plans to begin play in a yet-to-be-identified Gotham venue in ... http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214675392&cid=20 Tue, 21 May 2013 19:04:49 -0400 AdWeek http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214675392 IHS iSuppli . Outside of a few select metro areas, the costs and risks get too high for Google Fiber's 1Gbit/s broadband service, Thillien writes in a report issued Tuesday. "While the deployment of Google Fiber to the cities may capture attention, the company's plans are minuscule compared to what its competitors undertake in the overall market," Thillien said in ... http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214674054&cid=20 Tue, 21 May 2013 18:16:12 -0400 Cable Datacom http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214674054 .share-facebook-likes { display:inline; width:75px; position:relative; } .share-tweet { display:inline; width:60px; position:relative; } .share-linkedin { display:inline; position:relative; } .share-googleplusone { display: inline; position: relative; width: 75px; } .article .social-tools { width: 600px; margin-top:0px; padding-left:4px; float: left; } .article #IWK_IG ... http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214674055&cid=20 Tue, 21 May 2013 18:16:11 -0400 Cable Datacom http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214674055 .share-facebook-likes { display:inline; width:75px; position:relative; } .share-tweet { display:inline; width:60px; position:relative; } .share-linkedin { display:inline; position:relative; } .share-googleplusone { display: inline; position: relative; width: 75px; } .article .social-tools { width: 600px; margin-top:0px; padding-left:4px; float: left; } .article #IWK_IG ... http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214674056&cid=20 Tue, 21 May 2013 18:16:11 -0400 Cable Datacom http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214674056 NEW YORK (AFP) - Sprint said Tuesday it was hiking its offer for the remaining shares of broadband service firm Clearwire, in the face of a rival bid from satellite TV group Dish Networks.Sprint, the number three US mobile telecom carrier, said it was offering $3.40 per share for the 50 percent of Clearwire it does not already own.The offer values Clearwire at $10.7 billion, and comes after Dish ... http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214671138&cid=20 Tue, 21 May 2013 16:37:06 -0400 The West Australian http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214671138 AT&T has been a leader in Wi-Fi offload, but now it's looking to do more with the unlicensed spectrum than just dump data. AT&T's network of 30,000+ hotspots is clearly part of its of its overall solution for addressing traffic growth, Kris Rinne, SVP of network technology at AT&T Labs, told attendees at ... http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214669397&cid=20 Tue, 21 May 2013 15:52:33 -0400 Cable Datacom http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214669397 Clearwire Corp. 's 2.5GHz spectrum in the U.S. as it continues its M&A shuffle. As the final spring CTIA show kicks off here, Sprint has continued its merry M&A dances with ... http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214669398&cid=20 Tue, 21 May 2013 15:52:33 -0400 Cable Datacom http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214669398 today's Xbox One reveal talking about it's live TV capabilities, especially the "augmented TV" experience, or the ability to access relevant data during a broadcast. If you're watching a football game and a player scores, for example, you can see your fantasy league's stats update in real time. Another part of today's event was the reveal of HALO: The ... http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214669322&cid=20 Tue, 21 May 2013 15:48:07 -0400 Forbes http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214669322 This afternoon, NBCUniversal will announce that ESPN exec Cherie Cohen has joined the fold, reporting to evps Dan Lovinger and Laura Molen with the title of svp of cable advertising sales. Cohen will oversee NBCU's regional sales offices in Detroit, Chicago and Los Angeles. In keeping with the company's new focus ... http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214669361&cid=20 Tue, 21 May 2013 15:27:00 -0400 AdWeek http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214669361 ESPN on Tuesday began making a significant reduction of its work force, laying off more than 100 employees at its Bristol, Conn., headquarters and in at least one regional technology ... http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214669360&cid=20 Tue, 21 May 2013 15:27:00 -0400 AdWeek http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214669360 NBC has added another show in its summer lineup: Siberia, a drama about contestants in a reality show gone wrong. Set to premiere July 1 at 10 p.m., Siberia is reportedly a spooky adventure thriller reminiscent of Lost, set in a remote Siberian territory. Jeff Bader, NBC Entertainment's president of program planning, strategy, and research, believes Siberia's combination of survival ... http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214667762&cid=20 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:13:25 -0400 Media Week http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214667762 The Oceanic Time Warner Cable customer care center inside the Sears store at Ala Moana Center will close June 1 and reopen at Ward Gateway Center. Oceanic Time Warner Cable will move its customer care center that's located in the Sears store at Ala Moana Center to the Ward Gateway Center. KITV reports the Oceanic center at Sears will close on June 1 and reopen on the second floor of the ... http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214667761&cid=20 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:23:22 -0400 Business Journal http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214667761 expansion of its MassiveData TV viewer index . The database now covers 1.8 million cable set-tops and reaches 4.7 million cable viewers. Even though it only launched the index in mid-2012, the company claims MassiveData is already the "largest independent source of cable viewing data." FourthWall is using set-top data to match advertisers with relevant viewing audiences. It ... http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214665265&cid=20 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:20:55 -0400 Cable Datacom http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214665265 DALLAS -- AT&T today announced it will launch Digital Life in more markets: Baltimore, Kansas City, Minneapolis, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Sacramento and Washington, D.C. AT&T Digital LifeSMmakes customers' lives easier by simplifying the management of their home. Digital Life offers security, convenience and peace of mind, in a customizable and easy-to-use experience from smartphones, ... http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214665264&cid=20 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:20:54 -0400 Cable Datacom http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214665264 growing interest in 1Gbit/s networks , a good number of U.S. citizens are still stuck with a low-speed Internet access service. According to ... http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214665266&cid=20 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:20:53 -0400 Cable Datacom http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214665266 Accounting Rules May Encourage Short-Term Leases The latest lease-accounting proposals from international and U.S. standard-setters, designed to aid transparency and consistency, may encourage companies to shift to short-term leases or structure agreements as service contracts, Fitch Ratings says. This could mean that fewer leases than originally anticipated will be brought onto the balance ... http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214665268&cid=20 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:53:55 -0400 Fitch Ratings http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214665268 HAVANA -- A company that monitors global Internet traffic says another branch of the Venezuela-to-Cuba undersea fiber-optic cable has come online, connecting the island to nearby Jamaica.Internet analysis firm Renesys says it detected the new traffic between Cuban state telecom monopoly Etecsa and Cable & Wireless Jamaica beginning May 13.Renesys analyst Doug Madory announced the new ... http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214663531&cid=20 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:07:47 -0400 Miami Herald http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214663531 CORNING, N.Y. -- Corning Incorporated (NYSE:GLW) today unveiled the first all-optical, converged in-building wireless solution to satisfy the increasing demand from enterprises, hotels, convention centers, and arenas for high-speed, high-capacity wireless hubs with virtually unlimited bandwidth. Built on a high-performance optical backbone, the Corning ONE(TM) Wireless Platform is designed to ... http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214663532&cid=20 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:06:56 -0400 Cable Datacom http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214663532 SHENZHEN, China -- Despite recent media speculation on possible trade action against ZTE and Huawei by the European Union, ZTE wishes to clarify that the company has not been notified by any authority on this. As a public company listed on both the Hong Kong and Shenzhen stock exchanges, ZTE is committed to transparent operations and being in full conformity with trading regulations of the World ... http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214663535&cid=20 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:06:55 -0400 Cable Datacom http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214663535 MINNEAPOLIS -- TE Connectivity today announced that it will display a range of distributed antenna systems (DAS) and optical infrastructure solutions that create smarter small cell networks in booth 4048 at CTIA in Las Vegas this week. TE's fiber-fed digital DAS products offer both high- and low-power antennas on the same host unit with unified system management for both indoor and outdoor ... http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214663533&cid=20 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:06:55 -0400 Cable Datacom http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214663533 RA'ANANA, Israel -- Pontis Ltd, the leading provider of individual Customer Lifecycle Management (iCLM) solutions for Communication Service Providers (CSPs), today announced that it has reached 300 million subscribers worldwide, through dozens of tier one mobile operators across the globe. Pontis' iCLM solution allows operators to maintain continuous engagement with each and every ... http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214663534&cid=20 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:06:54 -0400 Cable Datacom http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214663534 STOCKHOLM -- A smooth and seamless integration of Wi-Fi access is an increasingly important part of any mobile broadband service. Most smartphone users have experienced the frustration of being automatically connected to a Wi-Fi network only to face a noticeably slower connection speed. To ensure users always get the best connection, Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) today announces its 3GPP compliant ... http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214663536&cid=20 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:06:54 -0400 Cable Datacom http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214663536 NEWBURY, U.K. -- Group revenue down -4.2% to 44.4 billion; full year organic service revenue decline -1.9%; Q4 -4.2% EBITDA down -3.1% at 13.3 billion; organic EBITDA margin down -0.1 percentage points excluding restructuring costs Verizon Wireless ('VZW') service revenue up 8.1%; our share of profits up 30.5% to 6.4 billion Adjusted operating profit above guidance, up 9.3% ... http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214663538&cid=20 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:06:53 -0400 Cable Datacom http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214663538 PARIS -- Orange Business Services today announced the expansion of Flexible Computing, an Infrastructure as a Service offer. With 500 customers already operating from its European platform, Flexible Computing is now available from cloud-ready data centers in North America and Asia. Flexible Computing meets the growing demand from multinational corporations (MNCs) for networked cloud ... http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214663537&cid=20 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:06:52 -0400 Cable Datacom http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214663537 copper cable had declined while fiber cable demand had grown over the last years, with production shifting towards Asia. "There is overproduction on the cable market in Europe," Tomas Qvist, head of Special Products in business unit Networks, said in a statement. "Unfortunately, our production has not been operating at full capacity for a long time and has struggled with ... http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214663437&cid=20 Tue, 21 May 2013 10:40:06 -0400 Times of India http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214663437 Payvia has acquired Mogreet, creating what is likely the largest mobile company in Los Angeles with nearly 150 total employees. The mobile payments and messaging company, which was used to great effect by President Barack Obama’s 2012 re-election campaign team, acquired Mogreet to help close the loop between mobile marketing messaging and direct transactions. Payvia’s direct billing ... http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214663048&cid=20 Tue, 21 May 2013 09:27:48 -0400 Click Z News http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214663048 LAS VEGAS -- TeleCommunication Systems, Inc. (TCS) (NASDAQ: TSYS), a world leader in highly reliable and secure mobile communication technology, today announced its Secure Enterprise Messaging Center, an integrated two-way messaging service that enables secure, streamlined communication via email, pager and text with employees, customers and partners. As organizations across many industries ... http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214660748&cid=20 Tue, 21 May 2013 08:43:43 -0400 Cable Datacom http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214660748 LAS VEGAS -- TeleCommunication Systems, Inc. (TCS) (NASDAQ: TSYS), a world leader in highly reliable and secure mobile communication technology, today announced that its TCS VoLTE9-1-1 service is first into production with Tier-1 wireless carriers, including two of the largest North American operators. The fully customizable solution enables 4G/LTE carriers to provide both 9-1-1 call routing and ... http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214660749&cid=20 Tue, 21 May 2013 08:43:42 -0400 Cable Datacom http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214660749 Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) lead the charge in today's assault on the EMEA headlines. We knew things were bad in southern Europe but just how bad they are has been underlined by Vodafone's full-year results, which show net profits down by more than 90 percent to 673 million (US1.02 billion) following write-downs of the value of its businesses in Italy and Spain. The mobile giant ... http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214660750&cid=20 Tue, 21 May 2013 08:43:42 -0400 Cable Datacom http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214660750 Digiweb, the Irish alternative telecoms operator which recently purchased UK-based Viatel to create an enlarged pan-European group with revenues ... http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214659522&cid=20 Tue, 21 May 2013 07:40:22 -0400 TeleGeography http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214659522 State-owned enterprise Broadband Infraco plans to roll out fibre-optic network infrastructure in the northern provinces of Limpopo and Mpumalanga, TechCentral cites the ... http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214659521&cid=20 Tue, 21 May 2013 07:40:22 -0400 TeleGeography http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214659521 The organisation faces a "fundamental threat" from email and must be reformed in order to survive, the Liberal Democrat insisted.But unions have warned that services will go into decline if the business is sold off.Dave Ward, deputy general secretary of the Communication Workers Union (CWU), whose members will be balloted on the proposals this week, claimed loopholes would allow the ... http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214659523&cid=20 Tue, 21 May 2013 07:18:16 -0400 The Independent http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214659523 Greetings! Market Drivers May 21, 2013RBA minutes show no further inclination to cutUK Inflation materially lower than expectedNikkei 0.13% Europe -0.82%Oil $96.58/bblGold ... http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214659524&cid=20 Tue, 21 May 2013 07:12:11 -0400 FXstreet http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214659524 You’re known as one of the few people in Hollywood that can say "no" to Harvey Weinstein. Is that difficult? You know, I am who I am, and I’m a very honest person. Harvey respects that about me, and he knows that when I argue with him, it’s not that I have a personal agenda; it’s what I feel is best for the company. I even had a little tussle with him yesterday, ... http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214653125&cid=20 Mon, 20 May 2013 23:34:10 -0400 AdWeek http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214653125 The New York-based startup, which describes itself as a mobile-centric news outlet for millennials, plans this summer to introduce sponsored video content to its mix of newsy and offbeat editorial ... http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214652208&cid=20 Mon, 20 May 2013 22:28:43 -0400 AdWeek http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214652208 Google , it seems, is planning to incorporate the OpenFlow protocol, which is currently being deployed in many initial SDN-enabled architectures, into a future version of the Android operating system (OS). At first, the notion is hard to comprehend. But according to a senior Tier 1 telecom operator executive, who discussed his insight into Google's plans on condition of anonymity, this is ... http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214650146&cid=20 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:40:38 -0400 Cable Datacom http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214650146 AT&T Inc. 's push into home security and automation is paying off, as customers are lured in by security but end up buying additional services, the head of the ... http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214648951&cid=20 Mon, 20 May 2013 19:27:38 -0400 Cable Datacom http://www.industriesnews.net/story?sid=s214648951