Pirelli says it will now concentrate on cable technology and fibre-optic components, which together accounted for 19% of its sales last year, and also on telecoms services.
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Likewise, traditional local and long-distance telephone service over the copper network is being displaced by better technology from cable and fiber.
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The cable companies' superior technology allows them to offer interactive content and video-on-demand as well as a regular phone service and high-speed internet access.
The tool is to radio what cable set-top technology is to television, said David Frerichs, Sonicbox's co-founder, chief technical officer and vice president of marketing.
There's a little something in this week's Circuits section of the New York Times about CableCard, a newish technology for cable TV that you're going to be hearing a lot about soon.
So now, you have a digital device on your wall, and I think because cable has connectivity there, all the technology you can use on the Internet, cable can also use with their connectivity to the television.
Why should it matter if cable companies control the best technology for getting on to the Internet?
The industry fears that if it refuses, standards will fragment and Microsoft will back some technology other than cable.
"The 19th Century technology of the cable cars does pose some challenges, " said Paul Rose, a spokesman for the city agency that oversees San Francisco mass transit.
And, year after year, the big networks imposed hefty price increases for ads, even as millions of viewers defected to cable, and early zapping technology--the remote control and the VCR--took hold.
Just about everyone with a stake in TV has been eager to support the rise of the new technology -- cable operators, TV networks and media conglomerates have put money into TiVo, Replay or both -- NBC and Disney, for example, have investments in each.
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But with big cable's embrace of the technology, it has brushed those arguments aside.
The deal would transform the relatively primitive Soviet telephone network into one utilizing high technology fiber-optic cable and switching equipment.
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After WiFi achieved great success, Bluetooth was spun as a technology for simple "cable replacement" (as opposed to wireless technologies that don't replace cables?).
Yet that is all the more reason for the government to act now and force the cable companies to adopt a different technology.
Thanks to DLNA technology or the HDMI cable, you can connect it to your TV to view your content on an even bigger screen!
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As digital cable and interactive TV become more prevalent, they are requiring cable companies to develop more advanced technology, and Gates and company are competing mightily for that business.
My friends, model this: The Internet is radically different from other technology sectors, like cable and cellular, that required a few years of blind faith and then hit their strides.
In 2004, Pagano was awarded the "Technology Leadership" award from Broadcasting and Cable Magazine as recognition for his many contributions to sports television production and high definition television (HDTV) technology rollout, implementation, and planning.
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"They've come here because Cambridge is now a world leader in technology science, " Dr Cable told us.
The sophistication gap between big and small cities has narrowed, thanks to technology (broadband Internet, cable television, satellite radio, overnight delivery, etc.).
Competition from one new technology after another has threatened cable.
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TiVo also distributes its technology and services through solutions tailored for cable, satellite, and broadcasting companies.
TiVo offers its service directly to consumers, and also distributes its technology and services through solutions tailored for cable, satellite and broadcasting companies.
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Shah says most of the major cable and broadcast operators will be switching their underlying technology to Internet Protocol in the next three to five years.
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Additionally, the cable companies and Verizon Wireless have formed an innovation technology joint venture for the development of technology to better integrate wireline and wireless products and services.
The Jabra Solemate connects to any device that can play music - either corded or wirelessly - using Bluetooth technology, a 3.5mm audio cable or USB cable, and caters to all types of uses, indoors or outdoors.
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His call centers provide services for Samsung and the cable television provider Multi Choice, but he also provides technology for businesses opening their own call centers in other parts of Africa.
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