VON News

Horizon Looks to SeaChange for HDTV Advertising

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:01:09 PDT

SeaChange International has announced that Horizon Telcom is bringing local ad-insertion capabilities to high-definition broadcast channels using a turnkey solution from SeaChange and RGB Networks. Providing video, voice and data services to eight counties in southern Ohio, Horizon is deploying local HD ad insertion in response to the popularity of ...(182 words)

Windstream Closes $333M D&E Purchase

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:38:09 PDT

Windstream Corp. (WIN) has closed the $333 million DE Communications acquisition, just as it embarks on the $643 million takeover of NuVox Corp.DE Communications is a Pennsylvania-based CLEC. Its shareholders received .65 shares of Windstream stock and $5 in cash for each DE share. Windstream issued approximately 9.4 million shares of ...(130 words)

Mobile Posse Launches MobiCRM for Wireless Carriers

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:32:08 PDT

Mobile Posse Inc. has launched MobiCRM, a new idle-screen CRM platform for wireless carriers.MobiCRM enables carriers to reach their customers with graphical and interactive messages on their cell phone’s idle screen. The platform lets carriers leverage largely unused idle screen inventory for proactive and ongoing customer communications. Mobile Posse’s idle-screen ...(312 words)

Google Delivers Free Wi-Fi for Holiday

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:18:59 PDT

Delivering “one of our holiday gifts to our users,” Google Inc. (GOOG) said it will provide free Wi-Fi at 47 airports around the continental United States through Jan. 15, 2010. The company is also helping provide permanent free access at the Seattle and Burbank airports. While the list of airports includes ...(362 words)

inCode Predicts Telecom’s Top Trends in 2010

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:06:18 PDT

Professional services firm inCode Telecom has released its top 10 telecom predictions for 2010, the latest installment of the company’s annual list of technologies, businesses trends, equipment and applications likely to affect consumers and businesses. “The industry is at an inflection point that is perhaps more significant than at any ...(755 words)

EXFO Unveils IP Video Service Assurance Solution

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:49:18 PDT

EXFO Electro-Optical Engineering Inc. has released a new, end-to-end solution for IP video service assurance.The BrixVision solution provides a number of unique features that EXFO says make it easy for telcos, MSOs and broadcast video providers to ensure that their subscribers get the quality of experience they demand. It’s an ...(214 words)

Broadband Stimulus: Just One More Funding Round Slated

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:10:50 PDT

The agencies responsible for handing out $7.2 billion in broadband stimulus money will hold just one more funds-distribution round, rather than the originally expected two. Larry Strickling, administrator for the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), said on Tuesday that switching to a total of two rounds rather than three ...(452 words)

Ciena Squared Away for Nortel Optical Unit Bid

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:44:55 PDT

Ciena Corp. (CIEN) has secured the clearances it needs from regulators in the U.S. and Canada to bid for bankrupt Nortel Networks’ optical networking and carrier Ethernet assets. Ciena is the approved “stalking horse” bidder in the auction set to take place later this month. It reportedly is prepared to pay ...(149 words)

XO Hints at M&A in 3Q Report

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:52:47 PDT

XO Communications Inc. (XOHO.OB) could be the next consolidator in the CLEC industry. And with NuVox now snapped up by Windstream, XO’s target – or targets – is anybody’s guess.The Virginia-based CLEC said in its third-quarter earnings report on Tuesday that it’s keeping an eye out for “strategic investments.”“We believe that ...(405 words)

VON Poll: What Do You Think of the New Droid Ads?

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:12:17 PDT

What do you think of the new Droid ads?(surveys) (8 words)