Comcast-TWC Merger Would Expand Broadband, Benefit the Underserved

TechFreedom filed comments on the proposed merger of Comcast and Time Warner Cable. TechFreedom’s filing highlights how the merger would benefit consumers by promoting faster broadband, more affordable service for underserved communities, and Comcast’s budding alternative wireless network.

Time Warner Cable And Comcast Merger Will Benefit Both Consumers

This deal will help promote faster broadband for all subscribers of the combined company while helping to bridge the digital divide with affordable offerings for the underserved,” said Berin Szoka, president of TechFreedom. “More investment in broadband means faster speeds for subscribers, and Comcast’s management has simply done a better job of investing in the future than has Time Warner Cable’s. Not only has Comcast invested more in faster speeds, it has also expanded its $10/month Internet Essentials program for low-income families, a program that Comcast will extend to TWC customers if the merger is approved. Since the Internet Essentials program began in 2011 over 300,000 families have signed up.

"Those most critical of the deal are also those who most yearn for greater competition in the wireless market,” noted Szoka, referring to advocacy groups that have long advocated Wi-Fi mesh networks to offer consumers an alternative to 4G wireless networks. Ironically, it’s Comcast that has built the nation’s largest wireless mesh network, using its routers as hotspots. The merge between Comcast and Time Warner Cable would expand Comcast’s Wi-Fi network to many consumers and in key parts of the country.

The video market is rapidly changing.

"Cable, once the only alternative to broadcast, is now just one of many competing video platforms" ,said Szoka. Comcast’s share of the MVPD market would still be short of the 30% cap the FCC has twice failed to justify. Indeed, this would be the third time Comcast has reached that threshold by acquisition — and after both previous acquisitions, its market share over a larger footprint was whittled away. Netflix would still have more subscribers. Comcast’s increased scale will allow Time Warner Cable to compete more effectively with Netflix and other over-the-top providers, whose nationwide footprint will give them a key advantage in reinventing video delivery platforms.

Given increasing competition from telcos, fiber and Internet video, cable seems to have reached its high-water mark,” Szoka continued. There is little reason to worry that Comcast’s market share will grow significantly without further acquisitions. The FCC should leave competition concerns to the antitrust agencies, especially those that are really about future deals, not this one. The Commission should focus its limited staff resources on identifying ways that government at all levels can make it easier for telco, fiber and wireless companies to compete with cable.

EVS7 - One Of The Best Auto Dialer Software For Call Center

If you work in a call center, you might know how auto dialer software for call center helps to generate leads and helps with telemarketing sales. If your work duties consist of contacting large figures of customers and prospects every 7 days, you will need a dialer system to automate your phone calls for you so you can be as effective as possible with your time. This technology eliminates guide dialing (which can be slow, tedious, and error-susceptible), boosts productivity, and assists you produce many more prospects and revenue then possible without their help. Some of the dialers will even come with a complete CRM contact middle, featuring a complete package to get a company. For many of those dialers, you’ll need a good internet connection (preferably wired) and a USB headset for calling. Some won't need any type of telephone service or line and therefore are purely soft telephones, while others integrate with your existing difficult phones.

Electronic Voice Services -  Auto Dialer Software For Call Center

EVS7 is one of the best auto dialer software for call center which offers a wide variety of solutions. Most recently, the Parrot Predictive Dialer & Cloud Contact Center enables contact facilities to level rapidly and call up to 5 lines for each representative. The Dolphin Power Seller has extensive functions for a power dialer such as email marketing, comfortable transfers, call coaching and monitoring, click to call, and much more. Their inside sales solution provides a number of robust CRM tools that competes SalesForce with functions such as marketing automation along with click to call. EVS7 is just one of most economical options available and is packed filled with functions and comes with an extensive training videos collection. 

Free trial: available for a power dialer where no credit card is required. There is a free demo also available for Inside sales platform and Predictive Dialer. For monthly, quarterly and annual pricing plan, head towards EVS7 website for more information.

Smart City LLC Received A Fine Of $750,000 From FCC For Blocking Hotspots

Smart City LLC which is famous for providing wireless connectivity in hotels and convention centers in Pheonix, Orlando, Columbus, Cincinnati and Indianapolis has received a big fine of $750,000 from Federal Communications Commission for blocking their personal Wi-Fi hotspots. FCC began investigating the issue received from conventions-goers that they were blocked from using Wi-Fi hotspots and on Tuesday FCC announced that they are fining the company. Acting upon this issues shows that FCC cares about people arriving in Hotels and conventions centers and not only this, FCC also makes sure that this issues should not arrive in Future. 

Apple Denied About Launching Its Own Cellular Service

You might have read the news about Apple launching its own cellular service named as ( MVNO ) mobile virtual network operator, but today a fresh report claims that this is not true.  An Apple's spokesperson told Mashable, that they have not discussed nor do they have any plans to launch MVNO. Apple strictly denied the report from Business insider stating that iPhome maker looking to offer cellular data plans in United Stated and Europe. No doubt this is a great idea from Apple , but for now this is not something Apple is working on, Most likely this update is listed for later as Apple is currently working on Siri which will transcribe your voicemails, as a part of iOS 10 next year. Despite the denial , Apple recenrtly debuted Apple SIM in the new iPad Air 2 whcih let users choose between carreirs they wanted to use without changing SIM cards. Its means that Apple is experimenting on this new idea, If Apple can debute SIM cards , Cellular service is no issue, but Apple is not ready yet that why the company denied the report. Lets see when Apple surprise us with its cellular service.

EyeEm Social Network Will Allow You To Sell Your Photos Online

There are plenty of photo sharing websites that assists photographers promote their photos, such as deviantArt and 500px, just to title a couple of, but when you’re after something a bit more casual and cellular pleasant, EyeEm might be correct up your alley. EyeEm has been explained as being a social network much like Instagram, the main difference being the business hopes to be able to promote your photos for you personally.

The idea is similar to Instagram exactly where users can add photos, apply filters, and share them with their readers. Nevertheless the main difference is that EyeEm will introduce “Missions” which are basically photograph requests from companies and customers in their community will go about and try to perform stated missions, and the pictures that are chosen would be the ones that get paid.

EyeEm is also labeling by itself as being a system for expert photographers so whilst Instagram may be filled with selfies and horribly-taken photos of food, do not anticipate finding exactly the same on EyeEm. We should always point out that EyeEm is not exactly new for each set, but the company has recently managed to boost $18 million in funding which the organization hopes will allow them to broaden their company.

For starters one of the suggestions the company has would be to take their services into the real globe, this kind of as holding more galleries exactly where folks will be able to are available in and see pictures in genuine lifestyle and where photographers can display off their functions. They're also hoping to hire much more neighborhood reps throughout the planet that will permit them to operate with much more local brands and get a greater idea of how licensing functions in numerous countries.

Sprint Launching HD Voice Soon In USA

Sprint mobile carrier in US is trying to make its network and voice quality good and soon will be launching HD voice feature in to the spectrum. HD voice feature is not a new technology however Orange company in UK already launched this feature 4 years back and people are aware of the service. Where as in US, T-Mobile was the first carrier to boot the HD voice feature last year. Now Sprint is also moving on T-Mobile foot steps and will be adding a new guest feature into its network kingdom. For starters who don't know what is HD voice calling feature, Let me explain you, HD Voice simply increases the dynamic range of the audio that has been transmitted over the network from the standard four octaves all the way to seven. This will be the change what HD voice will bring to the table. Sprint has already tested out the HD voice feature in some areas , where folks have already got the flavor of the feature, So lets wait for the mass roll-out soon.

Google Using Network Marketing Strategy With Google Apps For Business, Paying $15 For Each New Referral

Google has debut a new referral program with Google Apps which will encourage current users to use their word of mouth for marketing Google apps productivity suite online. Google will pay $15 for every new referral any customer manages to sign up with Google apps. It will be a bonus for the user who will do freelance marketing for Google Apps. Google App services are widely used by 5 million businesses, today which provide a series of products including Gmail, Google, Calender, Google Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides and many more. The website for the referral program has now gone live, and the company explains that participants will need to provide Google with their valid taxpayer ID and bank account info in order to receive direct deposits. They’ll also be given a unique referral link to share with others via email and website templates that Google provides. The fine print states that businesses will earn $15 per user up to the company’s first 100 users who have paid for at least 120 days. There will be coupons as well which will save $10 for every new customer that sign up. The program is pretty good and if you are a current user of Google apps like me, just use your word of mouth and start getting $15 for every new referral. 

Via - Techcrunch

AT&T 4G LTE Data Roaming Expanded To 13 More Countries With New Travel App – MWC 2014

MWC 2014 got a big applause when the news about AT&T expanding its LTE data roaming service to 13 more countries came out. AT&T today at the MWC 2014 stage unveiled that the carrier is pleased to announce that its 4G LTE Data roaming service will now be used in 13 new countries including Spain, where the event is going Live. Let me remind you that AT&T is the only US carrier to offer 4G LTE data speed abroad and is planning to expand its market more in the coming future. In December , AT&T first launched its LTE data roaming service in Canada then later on followed by the launch in UK. Now , the company has added 13 more countries which includes France, Spain , Japan, South Korea, Australia ,Hong Kong , Switzerland, Malaysia, Russia, Singapore, Guam , Hong Kong and Antigua & Barbuda. 

Besides this , AT&T has also launched a new  international travel application that provides an easy and convenient way for customers to monitor their wireless experience abroad. The application will be free to download from App store and Google Play Store. This is a great news for AT&T customers living in those 13 countries, they can now use the 4G LTE data easily on their network. If you are in Barcelona , Spain and is attending the show, share some more info about the news in the comments below.

AT&T Offering T-Mobile Customers $450 For Switching Thier Service To Its Network

There was a time when AT&T was interested in T-Mobile and wants to buy the company for $39 billion, but now AT&T do not want T-Mobile to come close to it. AT&T wants to destroy T-Mobile by stealing all its valuable customers. AT&T today announced an offer for T-Mobile customers that will force them to switch their network from T-Mobile to AT&T. Company announced that, it will offer T-Mobile customers up to $450 per line to jump from their service to AT&T. It will give customers $200 credit for every line they transfer from T-Mobile and if the customers trade-in their smartphones, AT&T will give customers a promotion card of up to $250. The promotion card amount will be based on the type of device , its age and quality, but At&T has not mentioned what devices might reach the mark of $250. Customers can use the promotion card of $250 for paying their wireless bill or buy some AT&T product or services only.



It is still unclear that why AT&T is planning against T-Mobile, some are suggesting that it might the result of the rumor suggesting that T-Mobile was secretly unveiling the same offer at the upcoming CES 2014 that would steal AT&T customers, But AT&T took a smart move and used the same offer against T-Mobile, but here the question arises , Is T-Mobile strong enough to create a pressure on AT&T, which the company felt from the rumor?

Search And Online Marketing Trends And Tips For 2014 - [Infographic]

Online marketing or Internet marketing is referred to as the use of internet to promote something productive to consumers. Online marketing is a great way to deliver your message or product to millions of people worldwide. Internet is now spreading at a very fast speed, so why not use the internet to promote your product or business to the world. Online marketing includes, email marketing, search engine marketing, social media marketing and many types of banner marketing. Every year there is a new strategy to follow for online marketing. As 2013 is coming to an end, the year was very lucky for mobile marketing, now 2014 is coming and a new strategy from marketing experts is ready to be finalized. Some experts says that , in 2014, Content marketing will be bigger than ever and social media marketing will require more diversity. Today we are here with an interesting infographic , that will illustrate the trends and tips for online marketing which you need to follow in 2014 from experts across the web.

Via - Visually.

Chinese Government Issued 4G Licenses To Three Major Telecommunication Operators

China – one of the biggest region of having majority of the smartphone users will now be getting 4G LTE service official issued from the Chinese government. Xinhua reported that , Today China has issued official 4G LTE licenses to three major carriers in the country which means that consumers in the largest smartphones market will now be getting fastest internet data speed. This decision by the Chinese government will once again give a boost in the smartphone market as more people will now be switching on smartphones that supports 4G LTE. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued the TD-LTE license to China Mobile Market , which will prove to be a helping hand for iPhone which has just arrived in the Chinese Mobile Phone Market. China Telecom and China Unicom both received TD-LTE license and soon will be getting additional FDD-LTE license as well, which means a wider variety of 4G-supported handsets. China Mobile has already been testing its fast-speed service in cities including Beijing, Guangzhou and Hangzhou but official 4G commercial will roll-out according to the three carriers' timelines. This is a great move from Chinese government and will increase the Internet Penetration on smartphones in the country.

Amazon Join Hands With Facebook To Boost Social Shopping Experience

Amazon is moving forward with some new strategies and boosting its sales and expanding its social shopping experience through Facebook. Amazon has announced that it is launching a new feature which will allow shoppers to connect thier facebook account with amazon and allow them to share what they have purchased on Amazon and you can see when your friend have reviewed or wished for an item you are looking at. You friends will be able to see your Facebook profile picture and name when they are browsing items that you have reviewed or are on your public Wish list. This is a great move from Amazon which will not only boost thier sales but will also expand the social experience which will be same like as you are going with your friend on a shopping.

Amazon will also pull information from your facebook profile to give your more suggestion for your like in Movies, music, books , and more for you when you would like to shop on Amazon. This is the first time any e-commence website is integrating with Facebook to know more about customer likes and provide with suitable suggestions. You can switch on this option from your social settings page under your Account on Amazon or simply visit www.amazon.com/social .

Make it easier to share the products you purchase, add to Wish List, or review while shopping on Amazon websites. Keep Shopping on Amazon.

Verizon Wireless Is Facing Pressure Due To Increased Amount Of Network Traffic

Verizon Wireless is feeling the crush of all of those LTE-enabled devices on its network.The carrier said it is facing pressure to deliver increased amounts of bandwidth in big cities such as New York, San Francisco, and Chicago. In a rare admission on Tuesday, Verizon Chief Financial Officer Fran Shammo admitted the rapid growth in traffic was starting to hamper the quality of the service.

"There are certain pockets where we're absolutely going to experience that down tick from the LTE network down to 3G because of capacity constraints," Shammo said during an investor conference.

It's a surprising concession from a company that typically trumps its network superiority as a reason why customers should pay a premium for its wireless services. It has long touted itself as the nation's most reliable, but that claim has since been taken by AT&T, which also boasts the nation's fastest network. Verizon maintains it has the most reliable network, and cites a different study.

The growth in data traffic is a result of its early move into LTE. Verizon boasts the nation's largest LTE network, and the longest running, which has meant more LTE customers than anyone. And LTE customers like their data. While LTE customers make up a third of the company's total base, they consume 64 percent of the traffic.

Twitter Debuts On New York Stock Exchange For $45 Per Share 73% More From IPO Price

Today, New York Stock Exchange is reporting a big news of opening Twitter Share for $45 which is 73% more from the IPO price. The demand for Twitter share was huge as reported by Reuters.The public offering price for the share was set at $26 on Wednesday , but then the demand reaches too high and after adding all the gains the stock price hit almost $50 . Sources said the flotation had drawn strong demand, with investors asking for 30 times the number of shares on offer as they bet on potential growth at the money-losing social media company. The downside of the huge demand is the belief that Twitter may have left money on the table. In other words, the company could have priced its IPO higher or offered more shares to raise more money. Twitter opening day was a big challenge for facebook which opened at $38 in May 2012 and closed at $ 38.23 , rising only $0.23. If you compare this with twitter which opened at $45 and hit $50 , The micro blogging network has gained a tremendous demand.

Amazon Announced “ Login And Pay With Amazon “ – A Challenge To PayPal For Online Business Payments

Amazon , The largest online retailer e-commerce website where people shop from all over the world. The multibillion dollar business website uses PayPal and Credit card payments option for online buyers. Amazon wants to be more flexible and decided to introduce a new payment service called “ Login and Pay With Amazon”. which will allow buyers to pay with one more option using Amazon’s own paying system. Today at Money 2020 , Amazon introduced this service that lets partner sites enable a payments button that will compete with PayPal and credit cards for customer checkout. Its basically designed to make payments more efficient and secure. Users wont have to enter thier payment information during checkout , or they wont have to store that information at an additional site.

Tom Taylor, Vice President of Amazon said ,

“Amazon has more than 215 million active customer accounts, Login and Pay with Amazon enables companies to make millions of our customers, their customers by inviting online shoppers with Amazon credentials to access their account information safely and securely with a single login.”

When you will pay with your Amazon account , your shipping and payment information will be securely installed with Amazon and accessible on thousands of sites where you love to shop. Offering a trusted payment experience encourage shoppers to buy the first time and come back again. Amazon payments are build on Amazon’s world class e-commerce infrastructure , so buyers donot have to worry about reliability and scalability.

So buyers get ready to experience the new Payment system from Amazon, which will be error free and more secure. You can learn more about the service from payments.amazon.com.

Facebook Reinvented Its Ad-Buying Platform For Advertisers – More Streamlined Interface

Facebook is a great platform for online advertisers to market thier products and is great source of promoting the word of mouth. In order to keep advertisers stick to this platform , the social network unveiled a major overhaul of both its basic ad-buying platform, Ads Manager, and its more sophisticated offering, Power Editor, both of which now boast a more streamlined interface. Advertisers who have used Ads manager or Power editor before might know that the tool was not user friendly and was logical to use. Advertisers were asked to choose from the range of ad options and then select thier campaign budget and other objectives.

Now , the interface is totally changed, advertisers are first asked to identify thier objective which includes sales conversion on a website,or an increase in mobile app downloads. Other objectives include increasing total page Likes, increasing engagement with particular posts or a Facebook app, boosting in-store Offer claims and upping RSVPs to a Facebook event. Once the objective is selected , Facebook suggests advertisers most appropriate ad. Advertisers can choose the placement of ad , whether in the News Feed or alongside it.

Advertisers can also use multiples imaged for thier ad campaign, allowing five different ads to run at once.In the analytics dashboard — also part of the overhaul — they'll be able to quickly assess which images are performing best. They can also easily sort all of their campaigns to see which delivers the best conversion value. Facebook Product manager David Baser said,

"Ad managers know how to buy ads already; we don't want to make ad changes forced,"

This change in the ad-buying interface will definitely attract more advertisers to Facebook , as they have more options to customize thier ad campaign now.

Majority Of Americans Use Netflix To Watch TV Content Online

If you like watching video content online , then Netflix is the best choice. Netflix is one of the most popular video streaming service which provides all the TV content online for a subscription of $7.99 a month. In America , Netflix is widely used by many people and it is also supported by many gaming consoles like Sony PlayStation and Microsoft Xbox. According to a nationwide PricewaterhouseCoopers survey , it is estimated that 63% of the Americans use Netflix as their Primary Web streaming service to watch TV content online, Hulu and Amazon also follows Netflix as other option for American Consumers. On the other hand services like Sidereel and Pirate bay are among the unpopular services in America. Below is the detailed report and screenshot from the Statista chart , which shows the percentage of web streaming services used by Americans to watch TV Content online.

• Netflix  = 63%
• TV Network Website  = 49%
• Hulu  = 35%
• Amazon Prime  = 28%
• iTunes  = 25%
• HBO GO  = 24%
• XFINITY  = 14%
• Hulu Plus  11%
• TV Links  10%
• Sidereel  =6%
• The Pirate Bay  3%
• Other  = 9%

Improve Your Data Center Management With Intel Node Manager – Smart Server Management

Server power management is quickly gaining momentum as a way to reach critical datacenter objectives, such as monitoring power consumption data to improve results utilization, maximizing server and power density in the rack, surviving extended operations through power events and reduce total power and carbon footprints. Intel Node manager delivers advanced power and thermal instrumentation.so you can easily achieve these objectives. Along with Intel data center manager, the technology allows data center management tools to communicate with Intel Xeon processors based servers to precisely monitor system level power consumption based on policy set by IT administrator. This enables you to manage consumption across racks, ios and other group of servers.

To deploy Intel Node manager, you need to specify the following items as a part of your server requirements;

• Intel Xeon processor based server supporting Intel Node manager.
• ACPI Compliant Operating System.
• Management console or scripting enabled with Intel Data Center manager or Node manager API.

Here’s how it works, The data center manager sends commands by the management console to set a power limit or server in response to the power supply. The console manager communicates power budget policies by the base code management controller to Intel Node manager which is monitoring server power consumption in real time. The power level time is then compared to policy set in the start. If the system exceeds the policy limit, Intel Node Manager utilizes a closely processed to adjust process memory power to meet the target power level. In this way Intel Node manager maximizes the amount of work performed with in a given power budget and remains continuously controlled and predictable.

With this improved control, you can include more systems per rack while keeping a good control. Intel Node Manager Compliant systems are available from many server manufacturers. It can help you to improve power and cooling capacity planning and management, increase performance density, decrease ownership costs and improve business continuity.

For more information go to Intel Node Manager

Droid DNA On Verizon Getting A HTC Sense 5 Update Soon With Few Features Of Android 4.2 Software

Verizon has recently updated their Droid DNA support page by announcing that they will soon be updating the smartphone with HTC Sense 5 . This is a cool update from Verizon that will shift Droid DNA to a next level. In addition to this , Verizon has also announced to add some cool features which includes Blink Feed, updated Calendar, Dialer, a new gallery app with video highlights, updated people app and a new notification bar. Verizon hasn't officially announced Android 4.2 software update to Droid DNA but with announcement of these new cool features proves that in a way they have. The official rollout date has not been disclosed yet but it will definitely going  take some time because this update and new features will effect HTC One , either they should update HTC One also with some new features to make the things even. well lets wait for the big day to come. Below we have complete pictures from the official support page which describes all the new features with complete details. We will keep you update from any latest news. Keep refreshing.

Financing Business Innovation And Cloud Strategy With Cisco Capital

Organizations are looking for cloud solutions to solve some of their greatest business and technology challenges such as , how to reduce cost ? create new levels of efficiency and implement innovative business models that promote revenue growth. Cisco Cloud Verse offers a powerful set of capabilities that enable enterprises to build clouds and deliver new cloud services and applications dynamically and on demand. We live in a world of many clouds , Cisco enables that world with guaranteed experience for Private  Hybrid and Public cloud infrastructure by the help of Unified data center, cloud intelligent network , cloud applications and cloud enablement services. However transforming legacy systems and unifying your infrastructure to take advantage of cloud computing, may require a new budget of discussion.

By some estimates, maintenance of existing systems can consume 70% to 80% of the overall enterprise IT budget. With on-going economic uncertainties, finding the budget for required transformational cloud investment can be a challenge. Financing from Cisco Capital is the solution to that challenge. Their customized financing structure encompass hardware, software and services and allow you to spread the cost of technology overtime, minimize upfront outlays and leverage future budgets for current cloud investments. As part of Cisco total solution , they have a deeper understanding of Cisco technology, infrastructure investment and enterprise business requirement than banks and independent financing providers.



In addition, with the presence in more than 95 countries globally , they can assist you wherever you may require in the world of many clouds. Together , Cisco technology innovation  and Cisco capital financing can help you deliver IT as a service by the cloud more simply with greater agility and improved economics.