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Sprint Spark: Firestarter or Blowing Smoke?
In a blog post, Sprint CTO Stephen Bye says the company’s Spark upgrades should ultimately allow for maximum downstream speeds of 180 Mbps “by late next year.” While Sprint may have bandwidth to burn,...
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Amazon Into Video Ads via FreeWheel
Amazon is laying the foundation for a giant video advertising business, says Re/Code. According to eMarketer, Amazon’s ad revenue is expected to top $800 million in 2013, which represents only about...
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Sochi Winter Olympics Open
The 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics start tonight, notes the Washington Post. But if you’re among the 9 percent of U.S. households who have broadband but don’t subscribe to paid television, it will be...
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MobiTV: Chromecast Competitor?
MobiTV announced a collaboration with Jabil Circuit to develop an HDMI dongle similar to Google’s Chromecast to wireless carriers. It can deliver video programming to multiple devices in subscriber...
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Dish in Merger Talks with Sprint?
Japan’s SoftBank is in talks with Dish Network on a fixed wireless broadband partnership, the chief executive officer of SoftBank told Reuters on Thursday. Dish, which has some 55 MHz of frequencies,...
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Amazon’s TV Box: Next Week
Amazon’s TV set-top box is coming next week, says Recode.net. Amazon has invited reporters to gather for an “update on our video business” in New York next Wednesday, April 2. Amazon is considering a...
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Cloud RAN: Coming Home?
Cloud-based LTE networks, where basestations are located in central data centers and connected to tiny small cells via fiber, are gaining traction, according to Alcatel-Lucent. When small cells are...
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Amtrak Building Broadband Wireless Network
Amtrak plans to upgrade its WiFI along the Northeast Corridor, according to Railway Age, and has issued a Request for Proposals to implement it. Amtrak plans to build its wireless network, at first...
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Free Hyperlapse App from Instagram
Instagram today announced Hyperlapse, one of the company’s first apps outside of Instagram itself. Using an algorithm, the app makes it easy to use your phone to create smooth tracking shots and...
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EE UK: Quad Play Video Service
EE, the UK’s largest mobile operator, with 775,000 subs, is moving into TV services, providing on-demand audio and video. EE has launched its own TV service, offering live and recorded content which...
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