Comcast hires ex-Amazon exec to head its Denver VIPER tech team
Meet the new executive running X1 and internet video tech development for Comcast from Denver.
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Is a Sprint-Charter-Comcast deal in the works?
Read Full ArticleSprint Corp. has reportedly agreed to exclusive talks for two months with Charter Communications Inc. and Comcast Corp. aimed at a wireless deal, according to an anonymously sourced report by the Wall Street Journal. The agreement means that ongoing discussions about a Sprint merger with rival T-Mobile US Inc. are on hold for now, the Journal said.
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Comcast offers free Internet speed boost for Colorado customers
Read Full ArticleDENVER -- Comcast announced it is more than doubling the speed of its "Performance 25" Xfinityreg; Internet tier for Colorado Comcast customers at no additional cost.
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Is Dish planning a wireless deal with Amazon?
Read Full ArticleIs Dish Network Corp. planning to make a wireless network deal with Amazon.com Inc.? That's the report in a trade magazine this week: Douglas County-based Dish (Nasdaq: DISH) was thinking of pairing with the online retailing giant and having Amazon "a foundational customer of the wireless network Dish Network hopes to launch within the next few years."
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Colorado IT consulting firm to be sold to Canadian company
Read Full ArticleThinkstock Global IT and business process services firm CGI Group Inc. is buying ECS Team, a Greenwood Village-based IT consulting firm. CGI (NYSE: GIB), based in Montreal, says it is the world's fifth-largest independent IT and business process services firm in the world, with some 68,000 employees, including 11,000 in the U.S. across 80 cities and 33 states. It has Colorado offices in Denver and Lakewood.
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Dish Network again bids billions in FCC spectrum auction
Read Full ArticleDish Network Corp. continues to spend billions of dollars acquiring wireless internet frequencies. The satellite TV company has been revealed as the second-largest buyer in an auction of broadcast TV airwaves. The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday announced the winners of spectrum licenses from its auction over the last several months.
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Former Intel Exec Ready to Help Bring Broadband to Rural Colorado
Read Full ArticleTony Neal-Graves talks about his plans for the state's broadband office and how he spent the first three weeks on the job.
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Comcast will offer cellular plans on Verizon network – The Denver Post
Read Full ArticleThe cable giant Comcast will start selling cell phone plans called Xfinity Mobile in the coming months, using a network it’s leasing from Verizon. Many subscribers will save money, especially if they don’t use a lot of data. The catch: Only Comcast internet customers can sign up. Comcast, which has nearly 25 million high-speed internet customers, said its wireless service is aimed at holding onto its customers.
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Speed up your RFP Process for Tech Solutions through CTA’s Partnership with SelectHub
Read Full ArticleThere’s no slowing down in Colorado, which is why Colorado Technology Association (CTA) has partnered with local startup SelectHub to simplify the request for proposal process for CTA members searching for tech solutions.
The tech industry continues to grow rapidly in Colorado, creating an immense volume of IT projects that need to be fulfilled. The quicker they come together, and the easier it is for companies to partner within the state, the better.
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Comcast, Colorado's Boomtown team up on new Atlanta startup accelerator
Read Full ArticleBoulder startup accelerator Boomtown will expand to Atlanta, running a 12-week program to help entrepreneurs launch businesses from a high-profile space in Comcast NBCUniversal’s regional heaquarters next door to the Atlanta Braves new baseball stadium.
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CenturyLink appoints new Colorado, regional execs
Read Full ArticleCenturyLink Inc. today named new executives to run its Colorado and multi-state regional operations, filling positions opened by the retirement of two officials. The Monroe, Louisiana-based telecom (NYSE: CTL) appointed Matt Rotter to be regional president overseeing its operations and financial functions in Arizona, Colorado and New Mexico.
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Deal aligns Dish Network for looming M&A, Ergen says
Read Full ArticleA deal swapping assets between Dish Network Corp. and its sister company sets up the satellite TV business for a wave of merger interest that’s expected in the TV and mobile internet industries, CEO Charlie Ergen said.
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Arcadis Appoints New Environment Leader for North America
Read Full ArticleArcadis (EURONEXT:ARCAD), the leading global design and consultancy firm for natural and built assets, today announced the appointment of Alex Rothchild as the company’s new president of its environmental sector in North America.
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Dish Network wants to hear what customers want from pay TV service
Read Full ArticleDish Network admits it. TV service providers — itself included — have plenty of room to improve their customer service reputation. On Monday, the Douglas County company begins a customer listening campaign, which includes a “spokeslistener” who stars in TV commercials and an advertising campaign.
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AT&T accelerator looking for a few good educational-tech startups who want $100,000 – The Denver Post
Read Full ArticleAttention education technology startups in need of money: AT&T is taking applications for its third AT&T Aspire Accelerator, a 6-month program that includes a $100,000 investment. This is open to for-profit and non-profit companies in the education-technology space.
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Arrow Electronics, Vodafone join to offer tech for IoT, M2M solutions
Read Full ArticleCENTENNIAL -- Arrow Electronics, Inc. (NYSE:ARW) announced a new agreement with UK-based Vodafone, a global market leader for cellular network services and managed Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity.
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Level 3 wins reversal of military contract awarded to Verizon Deutschland
Read Full ArticleA federal court has ruled Level 3 Communications was wrongly excluded from a contract for U.S. military telecommunications between Germany and Kuwait, and the judge ordered a military investigation into how it happened. The U.S. Court of Federal Claims revoked an award granted to Verizon Deutschland GmbH even though its price tag was $38.6 million higher than Level 3’s bid.
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AT&T launches new DirectTV Now video streaming services, from $35 a month for 60+ channels
Read Full ArticleTomorrow, AT&T will launch a new video streaming service called DirecTV Now, which the company touts as being "your favorite TV networks and made-for-digital video content delivered with more choice and flexibility than ever."
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Lockheed Martin, ULA launch advanced NOAA weather satellite
Read Full ArticleA rocket launched the most advanced U.S. civilian weather satellite ever made into orbit Saturday, a successful mission of two of Colorado's largest aerospace companies. An Atlas V rocket built by Centennial-based United Launch Alliance blasted off into darkened evening skies above Florida's Cape Canaveral Air Force Station carrying the GOES-R satellite, built in Jefferson County by Lockheed Martin Space Systems Co.
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HomeAdvisor plans to add second Indy office, create 170 more jobs
Read Full ArticleHomeAdvisor plans to add second Indy office, create 170 more jobs November 17, 2016 Instant Fan Guide: Football Fast-growing HomeAdvisor, one of the top companies in the home-services market and a fierce rival of locally based Angie's List Inc., announced Thursday morning that it plans to expand its downtown Indianapolis operations, creating up to 170 jobs by 2017.
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Xfinity delivers gigabit speeds to Coda in Cherry Creek
Read Full ArticleThe recently completed Coda in Cherry Creek apartment building is the first property in Colorado to deliver gigabit speeds to residents through Xfinity's Advanced Communities Network (ACN).
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Zayo acquires new data center in Silicon Valley
Read Full ArticleBOULDER -- Zayo Group Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: ZAYO) announced it has completed a $12.8 million acquisition of a data center in Santa Clara, the company's first data center in Northern California.
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Comcast announces new gigabit Internet service coming to Colorado
Read Full ArticleDENVER -- Comcast today announced it will begin offering a residential gigabit Internet service to customers throughout Colorado in early 2017. The company said it will deliver these super-fast...
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CenturyLink to buy Broomfield-based Level 3 Communications for $25 billion
Read Full ArticleCenturyLink Inc. said Monday that it reached a cash-and-stock deal to buy Level 3 Communications Inc. for roughly $25 billion, a marriage that would give the communications companies more heft to weather a competitive landscape...
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