When I moved down to Philadelphia in late 2001, the telecom market was on its way down. Way down. In 2007, however, iSuppli reports that telecom spending is up. Way up. Telecom companies are expected to spend nearly $41 billion on equipment this year. The annual jump from 2006 isn’t very high, only 1.6%, but [...]
Filed under: AT&T, Fiber, Telecom, Verizon | 1 Comment »
I’m still collecting my thoughts after reading the Wall Street Journal article this morning on set-tops followed by Paul Kapustka’s commentary over on NewTeeVee. WSJ reporter Bobby White analyzes how set-tops are growing up in the age of the digital living room – specifically how set-tops now include more innovative features and how the retail [...]
Filed under: Bandwidth, Cable, CableCARD, Internet, Networks, OCAP | 4 Comments »
Busy busy weekend. Motorola announced its intention this morning to acquire Terayon Communications Systems. From the press release: “Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) and Terayon Communication Systems, Inc. (Pink Sheets: TERN.PK) today announced that the two companies have signed a definitive merger agreement, under which Motorola will acquire all of the outstanding shares of Terayon’s common [...]
Filed under: Cable, Motorola News, Telecom | 1 Comment »
When I started working with Motorola in 2002, the mainstream media was just barely beginning to talk about digital video recorders. We begged and pleaded with reporters to talk about this revolutionary technology, but most people weren’t interested yet. Fast forward to yesterday. One of the Motorola execs had a call with a reporter from [...]
Filed under: DVR, HDTV, TV, VOD | Leave a Comment »
Earnings are definitely a touchy subject for a corporate blog (anything financial is), so I decided just to cut and paste the relevant info from the official earnings release. The Connected Home Solutions group hit some impressive milestones this quarter including nearly 5 million digital devices shipped and over a million DVRs. Connected Home Solutions [...]
Filed under: DRM, IPTV, Motorola News | 3 Comments »
