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  • WiMAX and 3G in India delayed again!

    The sorry saga of WiMAX in India continues.  We think India is vitally important to the health of the mobile WiMAX industry as it is potentially the largest emerging market for that technology.   China has shown no interest in WiMAX  and is pursuing their homegrown 3G technology instead.   So that leaves India as the kingpin for WiMAX deployment in developing markets.…

  • An Excellent Broadband TV Primer

    Parks Associates Web Cast, Broadband Video to the TV and Beyond, is an excellent primer for anyone wanting to get the most out of the upcoming Digital Hollywood and TelcoTV conferences. It is not too late to listen, as Parks Associates has the recording online. Kurt Scherf, Vice President, Principal Analyst, combines extensive primary and…

  • Embed It – Video Embeds Made Easy

    Viodi is hooked on WordPress. WordPress has been an amazing tool for managing hundreds of posts on ViodiTV and Viodi View over the past 20+ months. As an open source system, it has given us an amazing amount of flexibility and saved a ton of money. Still, we are just touching upon the surface of…

  • Wireless Updates from San Jose and Chicago

    Update from US Telecom’s Executive Briefing in San Jose At the US Telecom Association’s 2nd Annual Executive Business Forum this week in San Jose, CA, Link Hoewing, Verizon’s VP of Internet and Technology Policy, stated that Verizon Wireless plans to roll out LTE in early 2010 (that’s about 18 months from now!) with, "possibily 75M bit/sec…

  • Positive Signs and Positive Cashflow from One Telco

    Jeff Gardner, President and CEO of Windstream Communications, opened his keynote speech at U.S. Telecom’s Executive Business Forum with a note of appreciation to US Telecom for getting behind what he termed, “credit stabilization legislation.” These opening comments set the theme for his talk, which was primarily about the financial condition of his company. In…

  • FTTP/ FTTH emerges as the winner for Delivery of Triple Play service bundles to the home- GPON gains market traction!

    Background The United States is third among the world’s economies in the total number of FTTH households at 3.3 million, and is in 10th position in the global ranking with 2.9 percent market penetration. What’s most encouraging is that the US continues to experience the highest rate of growth of any economy in terms of…