EL PASO, TEXAS/CIUDAD JUÁREZ, MEXICO – Transtelco announced that it has completed construction of its high capacity metropolitan fiber optic network in Mexico City, Mexico. Located in the heart of the largest border region in the world, Transtelco’s geographic focus includes the entire southern United States/Mexico border, and now central Mexico. The multi-duct, multi-ring network will service Transtelco’s growing wholesale and enterprise customers in Mexico’s largest city. The new infrastructure will add significant capacity to [...]

London, UK – According to the latest forecasts from Informa Telecoms & Media, a provider of business intelligence and strategic services to the global telecoms and media markets, the global online-video market will be worth US$37 billion in 2017, driven by the popularity of services like Netflix and YouTube. This figure is made up of the three key video-revenue streams of advertising, subscriptions and transactions. Despite the market maturing, advertising will continue to be a [...]

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NEW YORK — The global market for home automation services saw strong growth during 2012, driven by a wave of new entrants and offerings in the North American market, according to the latest market study from ABI Research. The US in particular leads in deployments and new shipments, acting as a bellwether for markets around the world. Even with the low-growth US economy and the stuttering housing market, home automation systems installed in the US [...]

The U.S. House of Representatives Intelligence Committee issued a report this week stating that companies should not do business with Chinese network equipment vendors Huawei and ZTE because potential Chinese government influence on the companies poses a security threat. Reuters notes the report comes after an eleven month investigation into the companies. Both companies have been planning significant expansion into the States, including into the smartphone market. “We have to suspect that the only purpose [...]

According to a new report from ABI Research, the price of 4G data (HSPA+ and LTE technology, generally) is 20% higher than 3G services. Despite the lower cost to deliver services as technology evolves, carriers have jacked up data prices (courtesy in large part to new shared data plans) in order to offset the inevitable decline of voice minute and SMS revenues. On the positive side, ABI seems to think that competitive pressures are going [...]

SINGAPORE — Despite a decline in the North America pay-TV market in 2012, the global pay-TV market continues to grow. ABI Research forecasts that the number of global pay-TV subscribers will reach 858.1 million at the end of 2012, a 5 percent year-over-year increment from 2011. The key growth will be driven by the Asia-Pacific market, which is expected to add more than 27 million subscribers in 2012. Cable TV operators in United States have [...]

The latest data from the Leictman Research Group indicates that 87% of households nationwide still subscribe to some form of multi-channel video service. That comes despite the fact that the average price paid for such services by a US family is $78.63 per month, up 7.2% from one year ago. With such price hikes, the firm unsurprisingly found that income significantly impacts whether or not users try to reduce cable spending, with multi-channel video subscribers [...]

According to new data recently crunched by consultant Chetan Sharma, there’s a notable shift among United States consumers away from two-year contract wireless plans — and toward more cost-friendly prepaid options. According to Sharma, the top seven wireless carriers in the United States lost 52,000 postpaid customers last quarter, the first such lost in the wireless market’s history. Prepaid customers have been growing 15% year over year (compared to 1% for postpaid), and now account [...]

Clearwire has raised $715.5 to fund its LTE plans US WiMAX standard-bearer Clearwire has announced that it has raised $715.5m from its shareholders to fund its deployment of 4G LTE technology. The firm said it will use the funds for operations and maintenance as well as new network construction. It is currently in the process of adding “LTE Advanced-ready” technology to its 4G network. It has recently completed technical trials using the technology, claiming to [...]