Stephenson talks Austin, FTTH demand
AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson sees a growing demand for ultra-high-speed fiber-optic service and says telecoms will likely "piggyback" on the rules and conditions imposed on Google in bringing gigabit-speed fiber-based services to selected areas. "You will see others doing this, because the demand for really high-speed broadband via gigabit-type fiber-based solutions on a targeted basis is going to be very, very high," Stephenson told an investor conference today. CNET
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House votes for keeping Internet out of government hands
The House of Representatives voted Tuesday to express its support for keeping the Internet in the hands of industry stakeholders, rather than international agencies or governments. "Government's hands-off approach has enabled the Internet's rapid growth and made it a powerful engine of social and economic freedom," said Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore. The Hill/Floor Action blog
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Windstream continues to invest in broadband service
Windstream, now a member of the Fortune 500, continues to make capital investments in its broadband infrastructure for business and residential customers, Luke Jones writes. "We offer anything from 1.5 megs through 24 megs of service," said Windstream's David Redmond. Addressing a recent Federal Communications Commission report that criticized the company's broadband performance, Redmond said, "The core part of the story is that we're investing quite a bit of capital in the last few years and the next few years to upgrade our high-speed Internet network." Arkansas Business
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Nearly half of U.S. viewers want global sports TV, study finds
In a study commissioned by One World Sports, Frank N. Magid Associates found that almost half of 2,800 U.S. consumers it interviewed expressed an interest in global sports programming, with interest among the 18-to-34 age bracket hitting 60%. "With the millennial generation, we've discovered that this culturally diverse group is very interested in everything global, and One World Sports resonates perfectly with this 18-34-year-old age group," Magid's Jill Rosengard Hill said. Multichannel News (subscription required)
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Analysis: AWS turns to partners to woo enterprises
Amazon Web Services is relying on BMC Software, Capgemini and other business partners to attract enterprise customers for its cloud services, Alistair Barr writes. "If AWS didn't have this partner ecosystem, they would be struggling with enterprises," said Gartner's Kyle Hilgendorf. Reuters
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Connectify turns to crowdsourcing to fund next product launch
Connectify, a developer of cloud technology, is returning to Kickstarter to lobby for funding for its next product launch. The Philadelphia-based startup, which used the crowdfunding platform to generate seed capital for its Dispatch broadband aggregation software, is seeking $100,000 to develop Switchboard, a video-optimization product. GigaOm
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Level 3, Alianza will partner to offer hosted VoIP for carriers
Level 3 is teaming up with Alianza to offer hosted IP voice services to telecoms, MSOs and wireless carriers. The offering, which will use Alianza's cloud-based voice platform, underscores the rising demand for carrier-grade hosted VoIP solutions, according to Shaun Andrews, Level 3's senior vice president of Global Voice Services. Telecompetitor.com
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