Tag: Broadband

The Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) net neutrality rules are slated to take effect on Friday. But the regulations, approved in February by a 3-2 vote, are still not out of the woods. Telecom companies are hoping for a decision any day from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit on their request to delay Read More …

Apple wants to own pipes linking its four large U.S. data centers and Internet hubs in certain cities to ensure fast, reliable delivery of content and services. By adding capacity and increasing efficiency, it seeks to handle more traffic on its own, without renting as much server space from cloud providers such as Amazon and Read More …

Critics trying to kill new net neutrality rules are hedging their bets that a federal court will grant their request to put the regulations on hold.Lawyers for the telecom industry on Wednesday expressed broad confidence that their ultimate court challenge to the Federal Communications Commission regulations would prevail, but they said their request for a Read More …

AT&T is part of an industry coalition suing to roll back the net neutrality rules. But if regulators approve the deal with an AT&T commitment to net neutrality, the compamy would be bound by the rules for the duration of the agreement no matter what happens to the court case. Source: AT&T is prepared to abide by Read More …

MarketsandMarkets says that one of the key factors contributing to iptv firestick market growth is the rise in Internet video advertising and that this market has provided many opportunities to operators and telecommunications service providers to gain profits. Moreover, driven by customer need for high quality video and online content, the analyst says that the Read More …