As in the first quarter, we are once again posting quarterly shipment numbers for the Motorola Home and Networks Mobility business here on the blog. Here are some of the highlights, with the full breakdown of numbers after the jump. Q2 2009 Shipment Numbers Home and Networks Mobility segment sales were $2.0 billion, down 27 [...]
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Apparently there’s no such thing as too much wireless broadband. Even as WiMAX deployments are picking up pace, Wi-Fi is enjoying renewed enthusiasm with both carriers and retailers extending free access to consumers at wireless hotspots. AT&T arguably started the trend back in 2007 by providing free Wi-Fi to select DSL subscribers, but the Wi-Fi [...]
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Jeff Baumgartner has a nice write-up today on The Independent Show analyzing how smaller cable companies are transitioning to all-digital broadcasts. Amazingly, he reports that many of these providers are still operating on 550 MHz of plant capacity. Compared to the larger cable companies, that doesn’t leave a whole lot of room for HD content [...]
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Apparently we like TV. A lot. Ongoing Nielsen studies show our viewing times continue to increase, and the latest quarterly earnings show that telecom operators are reaping some of the benefit from our love affair with TV. AT&T reported 248,000 new U-verse subscribers in Q2, and Verizon drew in 300,000 new subs for its FiOS [...]
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Verizon has long had a policy blog, but this month the operator launched a new site dedicated to Verizon home products, aptly named the Verizon at Home Blog. So far the site’s author Eric Rabe has covered everything from new FiOS features to issues with billing and customer service. As with any corporate blog (this [...]
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