 353 YouTube subsidiary, 282 handshake Google Apps, 25, 31, 52 cable modems, 202 Google Voice, 223 between mobile handset and user's home car- government agencies rier, 322 frequencies allocated to, 310 hardware, impact of virtualized hardware failure, managed services for, 238 government policies, role in mobile services, 390 Hastings, Reed, 159 government regulations, 110 Hatteras Networks, 246 allocation of spectrum, 309 HBOGO.com, 282 efforts of lobbyists to shape, 130 HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface), regulatory highlights, 161 government use of DPI, 14 HDTV. See high-definition TV GPONs (Gigabit Ethernet PONs), 200 headends, 186 GPRS gateway support node (GGSN), 331 linking to distribution hubs via MANs, 187 Index hertz (Hz), 242, 309 HTTP (HyperText Transfer Protocol), 21 Hewlett-Packard (HP) hub-and-spoke network configuration, 248, 254 cloud initiatives, 34 hubs, 103 expansion of offerings, 55 distribution hubs, 186 Snapfish, 285 linking to headends via MANs, 187 high-definition, flat-screen televisions, 282 Hulu, 16, 266 high-definition (HD) voice, 76 content providers fight back against, 284 High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI), Hutchison Whampoa, 393 hybrid computing, 34 high-definition TV (HDTV), 172 hybrid fiber/coaxial cabling, 204 lower resolution, 193 Hypervisor software, 56, 66 support for, and access network upgrades, 192 High-Speed Data Packet Access (HSDPA), 393 High-Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA), 326, 327 IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service), 29 High Speed Packet Access Plus (HSPA+), 332, IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority), 274 IBM, 55 High-Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA), 326, cloud initiatives, 34 IBOC (In-Band On-Channel) compression, 47 HLR (home location register), 209 ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names Hoffpauir, Scott, 180 and Numbers), 273 home location register (HLR), 344 ICC (Intercarrier Compensation) fees, 118, 119 home subscriber service (HSS), 344 disputes over, 120 horizontal plant, 39, 40 proposed changes to access fees, 121 hospi