WHY THIS MATTERS:The acquisition will extend billing and customer care giant Amdocs's reach more deeply into the world of premium multiscreen content distribution as it taps into Vubiquity's customer base of programmers, distributors and OTT players, including Time Warner, Disney, Comcast, Sky, Netflix and Amazon.
WHY THIS MATTERS:In his first State of the Union address, Trump asked Congress to produce a bill that would "generate" government and private sector investment in the country's infrastructure, adding in an email sent by the White House during the speech that "expanding broadband access" would be part of that investment, including $200 million in USDA funding for broadband access in rural areas.