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Hybrid Fiber Wireless Broadband
In this interview, Irshad Ansari, President/CEO, NI Solutions, Inc., discusses the Navajo Tribal Utility Authority’s project that will require the buildout of 550 miles of gigabit fiber backbone and a total of 59 towers, resulting in one of the earliest wide-scale LTE deployments in the United States. The ARRA funding is accelerating the completion of…
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Simplifying the Development of Apps for TV
Since March 2009, the Yahoo! Widgets platform has been bringing Internet applications directly to the TV. In this video interview filmed at Parks Associates’ Connections Conference, Ronald Jacoby, Senior Director and Chief Architect, Connected TV, Yahoo!, explains their reasons for developing their connected TV platform. Jacoby tells of their success at integrating this open platform…
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Electric Broadband via Fiber
Dan Strode, CEO of Ralls County Electric Cooperative in a rural part of Northern Missouri, explains the need for broadband in his service area. This need for broadband was evident from the results of the surveys Ralls County Electric Cooperative administered to its members. Awarded a multimillion-dollar stimulus grant and loan, the 35-employee, Ralls County…
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Broadband for Smart TV – CDN, Adaptive Bit Rate and 10 Mb/s
Wilfred Martis, GM Retail CE of Intel, explains the minimum requirements to enable, so-called Smart TV for consumers. The benefits of Smart TV extend beyond entertainment and include educational, telemedicine and even telecommuting opportunities. He suggests the U.S. is behind other countries in being able to implement Smart TV features, particularly in what he terms,…
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Libraries Also Need Broadband
With almost eight (8) years of accumulated articles and postings, it is difficult to remember what has been published in the Viodi View and ViodiTV. One lesson from the Viodi View experience is the importance of good archiving and good search. As the Director and Librarian for the Texas State Library and Archives Commission, Peggy…
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The Modern Housecall
Bringing the doctor to the home via communications and connected medical devices is the theme of this brief interview with Rob Scheschareg of MedConcierge, LLC. Scheschareg believes that demand for this type of service will increase if current health care trends continue. He thinks there are opportunities for Communications Service Providers to bundle remote health…
