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In a research note Thursday, Sanford Bernstein analyst Craig Moffett says that Verizon Wireless’ move to allow devices and applications it does not control onto
Verizon Wireless is promising to open up its network to a variety of mobile handsets it doesn’t sell – a move it’s making before government
A few weeks before Super Bowl XLII, Verizon will boost the price of its main programming package by $5 per month for new subscribers, to $47.99. This comes a
Cox may be the next cable company in glare of the peer-to-peer spotlight, following Comcast’s entanglement in an ongoing brouhaha over its "blocking"
The cost of deploying switched digital video is said to be in the range of $5 and $10 per home passed (this according to ABI Research) — clearly more
What happens when you go from a "closed" network where all unauthorized applications are disallowed (e.g., today’s wireless phone or cable TV networks) to one
The self-appointed Net Neutrality-niks complaining to the FCC about the bandwidth restrictions Comcast places on BitTorrent have put themselves in an ironic position:
NBC Universal and News Corp. have launched a private beta-test of their joint venture, Hulu, with a collection of clips and full episodes from NBCU and Fox (as
You may have missed a key follow-up to the story the Associated Press filed Oct. 19, which asserted that Comcast “blocks” file-sharing application
Common sense has won out over semantic shenanigans. The Connecticut Department of Public Utility Control on Monday rejected AT&T’s application to be