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Research firm Kagan has released the 2006 edition of its Economics of Basic Cable Networks, which finds that, among basic cable networks, annual programming costs per subscriber have been essentially flat since the year 2000 (declining by 0.16 percent), arriving at an average of $2.29 per subscriber per year. All this while the amounts U.S. consumers pay for cable television have been rising steadily. Despite the fact that… Read More

The U.S. wireless industry opened 2005 with strong forward momentum following a banner year in 2004 that witnessed the addition of new wireless subscribers and the launch of 3G consumer devices.While this trend is expected to continue through 2005, it is inevitable that there will be an eventual slowdown as subscriber penetration surpasses 75% of the U.S. population, leading to heightenedcompetition brought on by the absence of first-time… Read More

Wavesat will have both WiMAX chipsets and subscriber (CPE) reference design available by October 2004. “Today's announcement underscores Wavesat's commitment to supply our pioneer OFDM expertise in advanced chip design and putting it quickly to work with our customers,” said Michel Guay, president and CEO of Wavesat. “Based on valuable feedback from 30 existing customers and many other companies, our DM256 chip… Read More

AT&T Wireless said the subscriber exodus was exacerbated by new rules enabling customers to move to rival services without changing phone numbers and by an unusually high number of customers not tied in by service contracts. The losses were steeper than analyst estimates for subscriber departures, which ranged from 87,000 to 295,000, according to four financial analysts contacted by Reuters. Read the full story at CNET… Read More