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Internet of Things: Strength in Numbers
Infographics 4/29/2016 20 comments
The race to usher in new Internet of Things business models and revenue streams will center on six key areas, according to a recent report by Verizon.

Seen & Heard: Rovi Snags TiVo for $1.1B
Mike Robuck 4/29/2016 11 comments
Rovi and TiVo join forces via a $1.1 billion deal with the combined company operating under the TiVo brand.

Comment: Re: Of Course - Mike Robuck - 4/29/2016

Comment: voting - Mike Robuck - 4/29/2016

TT Caption Contest: Revised to Include Voting!
Mike Robuck 4/29/2016 109 comments
The top three comments in the Telco Transformation caption contest will win Amazon Gift Cards.

Comment: Re: growth - Mike Robuck - 4/28/2016

Seen & Heard: Virgin Media Targets FTTP to 1M Homes & Businesses
Mike Robuck 4/28/2016 15 comments
Virgin Media says its Project Lightning network expansion will bring fiber to 1 million businesses and homes.

Comment: Re: Virtually Breathless :))) - Mike Robuck - 4/28/2016

Comcast Bolsters Its Content Story With $3.8B DreamWorks Deal
Mike Robuck 4/28/2016 35 comments
Comcast is adding DreamWorks Animation to its NBCUniversal division.

Comment: Re: comcast hunt - Mike Robuck - 4/28/2016

Comment: Re: Cable Gets Its DOCSIS 3.1 Groove On - Mike Robuck - 4/28/2016

Comment: Re: Google Access - Mike Robuck - 4/27/2016

Comment: SD-WAN - Mike Robuck - 4/27/2016

Verizon's Hakl Shares Lessons Learned for SDN & NFV
Telco Transformation Video 4/27/2016 3 comments
Shawn Hakl, Vice President, Product & New Business Innovation, Verizon, spoke about the NFV and SDN lessons that his company has learned over the past year.

Comment: Re: Price of Tea in China - Mike Robuck - 4/27/2016

Comcast Cable's Smit Hasn't Seen OTT Model 'That Really Hunts'
Mike Robuck 4/27/2016 37 comments
Comcast Cable president and CEO Neil Smit said his company could do a nationwide OTT service if it wanted, but so far there's no reason.

Comment: Re: Google Access - Mike Robuck - 4/27/2016

Seen & Heard: Huawei Unveils Video-as-a-Service Platform
Mike Robuck 4/27/2016 8 comments
The end-to-end platform is designed to help carriers quickly launch video services while providing a better user experience.

Comment: Re: Price of Tea in China - Mike Robuck - 4/27/2016

Comment: Re: Viacom - Mike Robuck - 4/26/2016

TT Radio Show: Cox's Finkelstein Dials In on DOCSIS 3.1, SDN & NFV
Mike Robuck 4/26/2016 12 comments
Cox network expert Jeff Finkelstein will speak about several key initiatives in the cable operator industry during Thursday's radio show.

Comment: Re: Skeptical - Mike Robuck - 4/26/2016

Comment: Re: Caption Vote - Mike Robuck - 4/26/2016

Comment: Viacom - Mike Robuck - 4/26/2016

Comment: Re: Skeptical - Mike Robuck - 4/26/2016

Comment: Vodofone - Mike Robuck - 4/26/2016

Comment: video - Mike Robuck - 4/26/2016

Seen & Heard: Huawei Teams Up With Vodafone on IoT lab
Mike Robuck 4/26/2016 21 comments
Huawei and Vodafone's new IoT lab will kick the tires on new applications and services.

Comment: Re: Cable Gets Its DOCSIS 3.1 Groove On - Mike Robuck - 4/26/2016

Comment: Re: Skeptical - Mike Robuck - 4/26/2016

Spotlight Shines on SDN/NFV at NFV World Congress
Slideshows 4/26/2016 8 comments
The evolution of NFV/SDN was on full display at Layer123's NFV World Congress, including keynote addresses from Google, Huawei and Comcast executives.

Comment: Re: AT&T Coming Up - Mike Robuck - 4/26/2016

Comment: Re: Skeptical - Mike Robuck - 4/26/2016

Comment: Re: The Incredulity - Mike Robuck - 4/26/2016

Cultural Shift Key to Service Providers' Digital Transformation
Mike Robuck 4/25/2016 25 comments
During last week's NFV World Congress, Comcast's Nandiraju spoke about how service providers need to evolve their cultures to enable their digital transformations.

Comment: Vote! - Mike Robuck - 4/25/2016

Comment: Re: Paving a Path to Open ROADM - Mike Robuck - 4/21/2016

Comment: Re: Pharmaceuticals? - Mike Robuck - 4/21/2016

Verizon's Hakl: Gray Boxes Aren't Helping
Mike Robuck 4/21/2016 12 comments
During his keynote address at NFV World Congress, Verizon's Shawn Hakl talks about lessons learned.

Comment: Re: Amazon Has a Long Way to Go - Mike Robuck - 4/19/2016

TT Poll: Billing Systems Are (Mostly) Up for the Digital Transformation
Mike Robuck 4/19/2016 21 comments
Voters in last week's Telco Transformation poll said by an overwhelming margin that while a refresh is needed in order for billing systems to keep pace with digital services most of what's needed already exists.

Comment: Netflix earnings - Mike Robuck - 4/18/2016

Amazon Draws a Bead on Netflix With Standalone Tier
Mike Robuck 4/18/2016 75 comments
Amazon announced on Sunday that it's serving up its streaming service as a standalone option.

The OTT Maelstrom
Mike Robuck 4/15/2016 16 comments
Among other research, Parks Associates says that 20% of broadband households in the US cancelled at least one OTT service over the past 12 months.

Comment: small project - Mike Robuck - 4/14/2016

Comment: Re: AT&T's Open ROADMs - Mike Robuck - 4/14/2016

Comment: Re: Race to the cheapest - Mike Robuck - 4/14/2016

Comment: Re: AT&T's Open ROADMs - Mike Robuck - 4/14/2016

Comment: Re: Paving a Path to Open ROADM - Mike Robuck - 4/14/2016

TT Radio Show: AT&T's Fuetsch on Building Open ROADMs
Mike Robuck 4/14/2016 11 comments
AT&T is pushing for open and software-controlled ROADMs to keep pace with surging optical network traffic.

Comment: Re: Race to the cheapest - Mike Robuck - 4/14/2016

Comment: Re: Super-informative Summary - Mike Robuck - 4/14/2016

Comment: Re: leadership - Mike Robuck - 4/14/2016

Sling TV Launches Multi-Stream Service
Mike Robuck 4/13/2016 27 comments
Sling TV offers up a wide-range of sports, entertainment and local programming on its new multi-stream service.

Comment: all cloud - Mike Robuck - 4/13/2016

Comment: Re: Do people really want this? - Mike Robuck - 4/13/2016

Facebook Adds Chatbots to Messenger
Mike Robuck 4/12/2016 27 comments
Facebook unveiled its 'bots for messenger' service at its annual F8 developer conference in San Francisco.

Netflix Tops HBO for Best Original Content
Mike Robuck 4/12/2016 45 comments
For the first time in the survey's six-year history, Netflix takes the crown for best original programming, according to Morgan Stanley.

Huawei: Carrier & Enterprise Revenues Could Top $80B by 2020
Mike Robuck 4/11/2016 10 comments
Huawei makes bullish predictions for the future at its Global Analyst Summit.

Security Top-Ranked Service in TT Poll
Mike Robuck 4/11/2016 12 comments
Security is the number one game-changing service CSPs can offer their enterprise customers.

Huawei Rules the CSP Roost
Mike Robuck 4/7/2016 4 comments
Huawei is the single biggest vendor for technology and services that are sold to global communications service providers.

Comment: Re: Original Programming FTW - Mike Robuck - 4/7/2016

TT Poll: Virtual Reality a Work in Progress
Mike Robuck 4/6/2016 16 comments
Virtual reality needs more bandwidth and better performance metrics, according to a TT poll.

Comment: Re: Original Programming FTW - Mike Robuck - 4/6/2016

Verizon Buys a Stake in AwesomenessTV
Mike Robuck 4/6/2016 15 comments
The deal includes a new mobile video service that will be funded by Verizon.

Comment: Re: IoT sensors in all shipments? - Mike Robuck - 4/6/2016

Comment: Re: Acquire and disable - Mike Robuck - 4/5/2016

Verizon Report: IoT Is Mainstream
Mike Robuck 4/5/2016 20 comments
The promise of the Internet of Things has arrived, according to a report that was commissioned by Verizon.

TT Taps Caption Contest Winner
Mike Robuck 4/4/2016 6 comments
There were numerous strong entries in Telco Transformation's photo caption contest, but the winner turned it up to 11.

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