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> "Broadband access is no longer a luxury," New York Sen. Charles Schumer said on Wednesday at the Orange County Business Accelerator in New Windsor. Article
> Brazil's state-owned service provider Telecomunicacoes Brasileiras (Telebras) has signed a contract to extend the country's national broadband network (Plano Nacional de Banda Larga, PNBL) to Manaus--one of the host cities for the FIFA 2014 football World Cup. Article
> Tellabs will announce Q4 and year-end 2012 financial results after the close of the market on Jan. 31. Release
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> The NCTA, NAB and MPAA have all expressed support for President Obama's new proposals to reduce gun violence. Article
> Suddenlink promoted former Cox Communications executive Kevin Stephens as its new president of commercial and advertising operations. Article
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> Gartner says in a new study that enterprise use of digital technologies, including mobile, analytics, big data, social and cloud, have reached a "tipping point." Article
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> Time Warner Cable says Netflix is making it hard for ISPs that don't partner with the streaming video provider to get access to new content. Article
And finally… Cloud security is key for any enterprise that is supporting the BYOD movement, says a new (ISC) 2 2013 Global Information Security Workforce study. Article