Voice over IP
Methods of delivering voice communications and multimedia over IP networks
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| 2025 | Planned completion of the tax-free spin-off of cable networks, pending regulatory approval. Concurrent organizational changes include Donna Langley's promotion to head Entertainment & Studios and Matt Strauss becoming chairman. |
| February 4 2025 | Xfinity announced it will discontinue sponsorship of the NASCAR Xfinity Series after 2025, while maintaining its premier sponsorship of the NASCAR Cup Series. |
| 2024 | A patent lawsuit was filed, highlighting Google Voice's split-channel approach for pre-call data and voice efficiency. |
| 2024 |
Source-Connect
Source Elements received the NAB Show Product of the Year Award in the Remote Production category for the upcoming Source-Connect 4.
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| 2024 | Comcast signs a deal with Starlink to provide satellite-based connectivity to business customers in regions with limited network access. |
| November 20 2024 | Comcast officially approved the spin-off of its cable networks, creating a separate entity including USA Network, CNBC, MSNBC, Oxygen, E!, Syfy, Golf Channel, and digital properties like Fandango and Rotten Tomatoes. |
| October 31 2024 | Mike Cavanagh announced on the company's third-quarter earnings call that Comcast would consider spinning off its cable networks. |
| September 2024 | Marc Caputo reported that Comcast made a $50,000 donation to the anti-abortion PAC Florida Freedom Fund. |
| May 21 2024 | Comcast announced Xfinity StreamSaver, a streaming bundle combining Peacock, Netflix, and Apple TV+ for Xfinity customers, promising over 30% savings. |
| April 2024 |
Matrix
The first elections of the Matrix Foundation's Governing Board were held, comprising nine different constituency groups across three categories.
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| April 2024 | Rogers announced a deeper technology partnership with Comcast and began rebranding its cable TV and internet products as 'Rogers Xfinity'. |
| March 9 2024 |
Google Meet
Samsung Smart TV compatibility for Google Meet was discontinued
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| January 2024 |
Matrix
Rhineland-Palatinate launched SchulchatRLP, a Matrix-based chat network for schools, forked from FluffyChat and enhanced with additional features like read receipts for parents and polls.
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| January 2024 | Comcast agrees to stop using the 'Xfinity 10G Network' branding after BBB's ruling. |
| 2023 |
Matrix
Polish Armed Forces introduced a Matrix protocol-based communicator for exchanging unclassified information among soldiers and Ministry of National Defence employees.
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| 2023 |
Matrix
Fairkom became a silver partner of the Matrix foundation.
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| 2023 |
Source-Connect
Co-founder Rebekah Wilson was nominated for the Business Leader Award at the Rise Awards.
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| 2023 | Comcast and Disney agreed on a deal for Comcast to sell its 33% stake in Hulu, with the streaming service valued at $27.5 billion. Part of the proceeds were to be used for Comcast share buybacks. |
| December 20 2023 | Xfinity suffered a major data breach that exposed personal information of 35.8 million customers, including usernames, passwords, and security question answers. The breach was caused by a vulnerability in the Citrix software used by the company. |
| August 2023 | RingCentral acquired Hopin, an online audience engagement technology provider. |
| August 28 2023 | Tarek Robbiati became CEO of RingCentral. |
| June 2023 |
Matrix
Luxembourg planned to release Luxchat4Gov, a Matrix-based chat service for government officials, in the second quarter.
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| June 2023 |
Matrix
Beeper became the first member of The Matrix Foundation.
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| June 2023 | RingCentral became the first global cloud provider to offer fully compliant cloud phone system services in India. |
| June 2023 | Comcast deployed the 10-gigabit service for selected Gigabit Pro fiber business customers. |
| May 2023 | RingCentral announced the next generation of RingCentral for Microsoft Teams 2.0, featuring an embedded app with cloud PBX, softphone dialer, calling, SMS, and fax capabilities. |
| May 2023 | Vodafone Portugal and RingCentral announced the Vodafone One Net TeamCollaboration, integrating RingCentral's messaging and video capabilities with Vodafone's communication services. |
| April 2023 | Vodafone Italy and RingCentral partnered to roll out Vodafone Business UC. |
| March 2023 | RingSense, an AI platform, was launched. |
| February 2023 |
Matrix
The Matrix foundation was invited to the Digital Markets Act stakeholder workshop on messaging service interoperability.
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| February 2023 | RingCentral began offering its MVP and Contact Center features to Amazon Web Services. |
| 2022 |
Matrix
The vodozemac reference implementation of Olm encryption was audited by Least Authority, with findings publicly available and addressed by the Matrix team. The review was partially funded by Germany's national agency for healthcare system digitalization.
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| 2022 | Xfinity Flex and XClass TV were brought under Comcast's Xumo joint venture with Charter Communications and rebranded as Xumo Stream Box and Xumo TV respectively. |
| 2022 | Comcast reported annual earnings of US$15.4 billion, representing a 6.2% decrease from the previous year, while simultaneously achieving a 4.3% increase in annual revenue. |
| 2022 | Revenue reaches $121.400 billion, but net income drops significantly to $5.370 billion, with 186,000 employees. |
| 2022 | Comcast announced it would provide up to $10,000 in travel money for employees in states with tight abortion restrictions to receive abortion care. |
| 2022 |
Google Meet
Google Meet launched compatibility with Android TV, replacing the Google Duo app
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| December 2022 | Comcast announced the trial of symmetric, 10-gigabit service using DOCSIS 4.0 technology. |
| December 2022 | Comcast achieved another reduction in total CO2e emissions, reaching 1,978 kilotonnes, demonstrating a consistent commitment to reducing its carbon footprint. |
| November 2022 | Comcast and Charter announced the joint venture would use the Xumo name, rebranding Xumo, Xfinity Flex, and XClass TV as Xumo Play, Xumo Stream Box, and Xumo TV respectively. |
| November 1 2022 |
Google Meet
Google Meet replaces Google Duo, with the Duo mobile app being renamed Meet and the original Meet app to be phased out.
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| October 18 2022 |
Google Meet
Google Meet offered compatibility with Samsung Smart TV
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| September 2022 |
Matrix
Security issues were found in a client-side encryption library, which were subsequently fixed.
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| August 2022 |
Google Meet
The merger of Duo into Meet began, with the Duo mobile app being renamed Meet, and the Duo web app redirecting to the Google Meet web app.
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| August 1 2022 |
Optimum
Rebranding of SuddenLink to Optimum was completed, finalizing the brand's expanded geographic presence.
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| June 2022 |
Google Meet
Google announced the merger of Google Duo into Meet.
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| June 20 2022 | Comcast acquired Levl, an American-Israeli startup developing device authentication technology, for an estimated $50 million. The company subsequently announced plans to establish its first development center in Israel. |
| April 2022 |
Optimum
Altice USA announced plans to rebrand SuddenLink as Optimum, expanding the brand's footprint to eleven additional states.
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