Three of the top wireless providers in the U.K. are joining forces to speed up the deployment of mobile payments that will allow shoppers to pay for things with their cell phones, according to Reuters. Thursday the news service reported that Everything Everywhere, the joint venture between Orange and T-Mobile, Vodafone and Telefonica’s O2 have …
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CHICAGO–Comcast showed off 1 gigabit-per-second downloads and cloud-based channel surfing here today as it demonstrated features for its next-generation broadband and TV services. CEO Brian Roberts took the stage at the National Cable & Telecommunications Association’s Cable Show, where he showed how the company’s hybrid-coaxial infrastructure is capable of delivering a 1GB connection to the home. Using an 11-mile demonstration …
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CHICAGO–Michael Powell left the communications sector six years ago when he finished his term as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. Now he’s back. Michael Powell, former FCC chairman from 2001 to 2005, and current president of NCTA. FCC In March, the National Cable & Telecommunications Association hired him as president and CEO to advocate on behalf of the cable …
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CHICAGO–Cable operators say they are happy to compete with Netflix. But they think the high cost of sports and live programming will ultimately keep Netflix out of the game. During a panel discussion here today at the National Cable & Telecommunications Association’s Cable Show, Robert Marcus, COO of Time Warner Cable, and Michael Wilner, CEO of Insight Communications, a cable …
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CHICAGO–Cable operators and executives from their video content providers say they’re doing all they can to avoid falling into the same trap as the music industry. That’s why executives from three of the largest cable operators in the U.S.–Comcast, Time Warner Cable, and Cox–along with some heavy hitters from the content business–Time Warner, News Corp. and Viacom–took the stage today …
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CHICAGO–Cable giant Comcast is teaming up with Skype to offer its subscribers video calling on their TVs, in a move that could bring more affordable video conferencing to the home. On the eve of the Cable Show here, the companies today announced that Comcast will be offering the Skype service through the TV to its broadband subscribers. The companies are …
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If you’ve been waiting to dump your BlackBerry for an iPhone because you don’t want to give up the free BlackBerry Messaging service that allows you to bypass carrier text messaging, then the wait is over. Earlier this week, Apple announced at its Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco that its new iMessage feature that will be baked into the …
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Google, Apple, and Amazon are pushing more and more of your entertainment, your data — heck, your life — into the cloud. But what’s it mean for the wireless network operators who are already struggling to keep up with heavy data demand? Each of these companies recently announced new digital storage services for music. The idea is that people can …
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Sprint CEO Dan Hesse and Motorola Mobility CEO Sanjay Jha show off two new devices as part of their renewed partnership in New York City. Bonnie Cha/CNET NEW YORK CITY–Sprint Nextel’s renewed partnership with handset maker Motorola could be yet another blow to BlackBerry maker Research In Motion, as the company struggles to remain relevant among a flood of new …
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Comcast is getting into the home security business. The company plans to announce tomorrow that it’s expanding its Xfinity Home Security service. Last year the company began testing the service in Houston. Now it’s adding six more cities. Additional cities that will get the new service include parts of Philadelphia; Portland, Ore.; Jacksonville, Fla.; Sarasota/Naples, Fla.; Chattanooga, Tenn.; and Nashville. …
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