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06/30/2009
Two Hotel Chains to Offer Telepresence
Marriott International announced it will become the first major global hotel company to offer telepresence technology in its hotels, using AT&T’s fully-managed AT&T Telepresence Solution. This technology will enable Marriott to offer customers the widest array of meeting options, whether in-person, virtual or both. In related news, Starwood Hotels & Resorts and Tata Communications have […]
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06/30/2009
Two Hotel Chains to Offer Telepresence
Marriott International announced it will become the first major global hotel company to offer telepresence technology in its hotels, using AT&T’s fully-managed AT&T Telepresence Solution. This technology will enable Marriott to offer customers the widest array of meeting options, whether in-person, virtual or both. In related news, Starwood Hotels & Resorts and Tata Communications have […]
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06/29/2009
Avail Transitions IP Prime Customers
Turnkey IPTV provider Avail Media has garnered almost all of the former customers of IP-Prime. SES Americom announced in December 2008 that it was shuttering its IP-Prime transport and programming service, supporting small U.S. telcos with IPTV services. Executives with SES Americom said IP-Prime had fewer than 10,000 subscribers, and that number didn’t justify staying […]
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06/25/2009
TWC Picks TVN for Company-Wide VOD
Satellite VOD provider TVN Entertainment has entered into a long-term agreement with Time Warner Cable for a company-wide deployment of TVN’s VOD platform. TVN will provide Time Warner with VOD content delivery services and asset management tools, including TVN’s ADONISS interactive system. (For the initial announcement, click here.) "TVN’s ADONISS platform will be deployed across […]
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06/24/2009
iSuppli: Costs Could Stifle Moore's Law
According to the technology research company iSuppli, Moore’s Law is becoming hampered by the high cost of semiconductor manufacturing equipment. Moore’s Law states that the number of transistors that can be placed on an integrated circuit, or chip, doubles every two years. For more than four decades, Moore’s Law has remained on track. But the […]
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06/24/2009
Nokia Siemens Stakes Claim in North American Wireless
In a move to gain a greater presence in North America, Nokia Siemens Networks is purchasing the CDMA and Long Term Evolution (LTE) assets of Nortel Networks for a proposed purchase price of $650 million. (For the initial announcement, click here.) Nortel, a Canadian telecom equipment maker, declared bankruptcy in January. By purchasing Nortel’s CDMA […]