Tag: telecom
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Pyramid Research: Middle East Will Surpass Europe in LTE Early Adoption
Introduction Despite the early LTE lead of Telia-Sonera in Sweden, Pyramid Research predicts that the Persian Gulf countries of Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and UAE will pioneer Long Term Evolution (LTE) adoption and surpass European LTE deployments. The LTE penetration rate for those countries is expected to reach 11.8 percent, which is more than the projected…
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Rural FTTH Clarity through RFOG
The year was 1995 and, after poring over real world maps and comparing architectures, I discovered that fiber to the home (FTTH) was less expensive than hybrid fiber coax for delivering video to extremely rural areas. The problem was that, although it was cheaper, it was still too expensive to justify; and, it did not…
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Surveys show strength of telecom video services with boomers surfing the web more than watching TV
Fiber-optic-based video services offered by telecoms show stronger levels of customer satisfaction than their cable and satellite-based rivals, according to a survey of 2,922 consumers in the U.S. and Canada performed by ChangeWave, a research and advisory firm. Of the 12% of respondents that said they would likely switch providers in the next six months,…