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		<title>Industry Unlikely to Support Latest 600 MHz Band Plan Proposal</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 17:47:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joan Engebretson</dc:creator>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[Industry Unlikely to Support Latest 600 MHz Band Plan Proposal
The FCC Wireless Telecommunications Bureau is seeking further input on the band plan for spectrum to be freed up through the planned voluntary incentive auction of TV broadcast spectrum. That auction will give TV broadcasters the option of relinquishing spectrum in the 600 MHz UHF band in exchange for an opportunity to share in the...<div class="feedflare">
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		<title>Canby Telcom to Launch Broadband TV Featuring Roku Channel</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 17:25:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernie Arnason</dc:creator>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[Canby Telcom to Launch Broadband TV Featuring Roku Channel
Independent broadband provider Canby Telcom, based in Canby, Oregon, is set to launch a channel on the Roku OTT set-top-box, which features a package of live local broadcast channels and video-on-demand from its own local content channel CTV5. The move illustrates the emerging trend of broadband TV, where broadband carriers look to...<div class="feedflare">
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		<title>ACSI: ISPs Rate Poorly on Customer Satisfaction</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 15:06:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joan Engebretson</dc:creator>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[ACSI: ISPs Rate Poorly on Customer Satisfaction
U.S. consumers are less satisfied with their Internet service providers than they are with any of the other 43 of 44 industries studied in the American Customer Satisfaction Index. ACSI measures customer satisfaction on a scale of 1 to 100 – and in the latest ACSI data released today, the average score for ISPs was 65. In comparison, the average...<div class="feedflare">
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		<title>Nex-Tech Wireless Opts for Cloud RCS Solution</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 13:17:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Telecompetitor</dc:creator>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[Nex-Tech Wireless Opts for Cloud RCS Solution
FORT MYERS, FL — May 21, 2013 — Interop Technologies, a provider of core wireless solutions for advanced messaging, over-the-air handset management, and connectivity gateways, today announced that Nex-Tech Wireless will deploy its cloud Rich Communication Services (RCS) solution. The regional operator has also renewed its multi-year agreements for...<div class="feedflare">
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		<title>Regulators Eliminate Incumbent Carrier Requirements</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 16:59:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joan Engebretson</dc:creator>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[Regulators Eliminate Incumbent Carrier Requirements
Incumbent local exchange carriers will have to comply with fewer regulations as the result of an order adopted by the FCC last week. The commission also issued two notices of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) that could lead to a further reduction in incumbent telco regulatory requirements. In large part, the moves were made in response to a petition...<div class="feedflare">
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		<title>TDS TV Gets Major Upgrades</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 14:07:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Telecompetitor</dc:creator>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[TDS TV Gets Major Upgrades
Madison, Wis &#8211; (May 20, 2013) — TDS Telecommunications Corp. (TDS®) announced today it has updated their TDS TV Microsoft Mediaroom platform to version 2.3. TDS TV customers with Mediaroom gain more than a dozen new features and options, giving them more control over their TV-watching experience. Some of the new TDS TV features include: A customizable local...<div class="feedflare">
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		<title>FCC Report Recommends Reducing Small Telco Rate of Return</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 13:50:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joan Engebretson</dc:creator>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[FCC Report Recommends Reducing Small Telco Rate of Return
A report issued by the Federal Communications Commission last week recommends a substantial reduction in the rate of return that the nation’s smallest telephone companies earn through the inter-carrier compensation (ICC) system. Since 1990 that rate has been 11.25% but if the recommendations made by the FCC Wireline Competition Bureau are...<div class="feedflare">
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		<title>Report: Gateways Seen as Crucial for Broadband ARPU Growth</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 13:33:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Burger</dc:creator>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[Report: Gateways Seen as Crucial for Broadband ARPU Growth
Broadband service operators globally are increasingly making use of residential gateways to provide wireless delivery of multiscreen (mobile phones, PCs and tablets) video to viewers in the home. The percentage of operators offering such services through residential gateways will grow fast, reaching 50% by 2014 from just 6% today,...<div class="feedflare">
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		<title>4G Americas: North America Now Has 57 million 4G LTE Subscribers</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 13:22:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Burger</dc:creator>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[4G Americas: North America Now Has 57 million 4G LTE Subscribers
Worldwide LTE connections will surpass the 100-million milestone this week, with the U.S. and Canada accounting for 57 million of the global total, according to data from Informa Telecoms &#38; Media. There are 172 operators in 70 countries with LTE networks up and running, according to the regional industry association and the...<div class="feedflare">
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		<title>Former FCC Chairman and GTCR Fund See Strong Rural Cable Future</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 16:21:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joan Engebretson</dc:creator>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[Former FCC Chairman and GTCR Fund See Strong Rural Cable Future
Former FCC Chairman Reed Hundt hopes this week’s acquisition of tier 2 cable company NewWave Communications by investment firm GTCR will be “the first of many.” Telecompetitor spoke this week with Hundt, who headed up the FCC during the Clinton administration and is now an advisor to GTCR. “We believe cable is the universal American...<div class="feedflare">
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