Installer news from across the web:
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> Verizon and Samsung unveiled a new 4G LTE Network Extender designed to enhance wireless voice communications and deliver data coverage for residential and business locations. Release
> Brexit could stall U.K. data center build outs, said TechRepublic. ZDNet article
> Wi-Fi Alliance is expanding its Wi-Fi CERTIFIED ac standard that will more efficiently handle high-bandwidth applications from an increasing number of smartphones, tablets, TVs and other consumer electronics devices simultaneously connected to Wi-Fi networks. Release
> Belden's 10GXS Category 6A cable has received the "Most Innovative AV Installation Accessory" award, presented by Systems Contractor News (SCN) at the recent InfoComm 2016 in Las Vegas. Cabling Installation & Maintenance article
> Legrand recently enhanced its Evolution series product family with the addition of two new floor boxes and newly designed covers for its 6-inch and 8-inch poke-through devices. Release
> Amazon's AWS has launched two data center locations in Mumbai, India. Venture Beat article
Cable News
> Comcast has set an ambitious goal to enable more of its network with IPv6 addressing, reflecting a need to support more devices and functions on its network. Article
> At 39-39, and eight games back of the division leading Baltimore Orioles, the New York Yankees are doing little to change the mind of Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA), which dumped the team's Northeast-reaching regional sports network, YES, over the winter. Article
Online Video News
> With the Summer Olympics in Rio fast approaching, Akamai pointed out that global average and average peak internet connections have more than doubled since the previous Games in London. Article
Telecom News
> AT&T is taking another swipe at Verizon's joint business data services (BDS) proposal with Incompas, accusing its fellow Northeast telco brother of doublespeak. Article
> CenturyLink added its Enhanced Cybersecurity Services (ECS) product to the company's General Services Administration (GSA) IT Schedule 70 contract, making the service accessible to state and local government agencies. Article
Wireless News
> Initiatives by AT&T and T-Mobile to reward their customers once a week have erupted into a spat about who did it first. Article
> An undaunted BlackBerry is continuing to pursue its mobile hardware business aggressively, according to a report from VentureBeat. Article
And finally … Internet outage exposes weakness in S.W. Colorado fiber optic system as a single cut causes problems across region. The Durango Herald article