According to a new survey of cable industry providers and vendors, more than half of responding operators have plans to roll out carrier-grade Wi-Fi to their customers. The survey makes clear that not only are customers looking to get top-grade Wi-Fi speeds and service, operators are dedicated to providing it for them. The survey predicts […]
AT&T Expands 1Gbps Gigapower Service to 5 More Regions
Hot on the heels of rolling out GigaPower service in the Orlando area, AT&T has announced that it is rolling out its service in five more regions. GigaPower will roll out in Georgia in Athens, Covington, Johns Creek and Smyrna, and in the Kansas City area in Belton, Blue Springs, Grain Valley, Lee’s Summit and Raymore. It […]
Comcast Business Expands Fiber Network in Twin Cities
Comcast Business has announced that, through a $3.1 million investment, close to 800 business in the Twin Cities have access to broadband that can scale up to 10 gigabits-per-second. The companies will also have access to Comcast Business services. “As Twin Cities companies increasingly compete with the rest of the world, it’s critical they have […]
Alcatel-Lucent Brings Broadband to East Poland
Alcatel-Lucent announced that it is collaborating with the Polish government and local authorities to bring ultra-broadband access to up to 8 million underserved people in eastern Poland, through the deployment of the company’s IP/MPLS and optical networking technology. The project, initiated by local Polish authorities and co-funded by the European Union, continues work already in […]
Comcast’s thePlatform Tapped for Starz Play Arabia
Starz Play has rolled out to the Middle East region as Starz Play Arabia, and as part of the expansion, it has announced that thePlatform, will provide the back-end video management and publishing system for Starz Play Arabia. Starz Play Arabia uses thePlatform’s cloud-based mpx video publishing system to support viewers across a variety of […]
Chinese Broadband Market Causes Growth in CPE Market
IHS Infonetics has upgraded its projections for growth in the broadband customer premises equipment (CPE) market, which includes DSL, cable, fiber-to-the-home (FTTH), residential gateways and mobile broadband CPE. The company has projected that its 2019 worldwide broadband CPE forecast will value the CPE market at $12.4 billion. “The primary source for raising our global broadband […]
BT Plans to Offer 300 Mbps Broadband to 10 Million Homes by 2020
In a release yesterday, BT CEO Gavin Patterson laid out a number of benchmarks his company will be aiming for as it rolls out broadband at increasing speeds in the United Kingdom. The promises made by Patterson start with the U.K. government’s plan from earlier this year to roll out 2 Mbps to all U.K. […]
Comcast Expands Internet Essentials Program to Low Income Community College Students
Comcast has announced that it is expanding Internet Essentials, a program meant to help lower income families and households gain internet access, to lower income community college students in Colorado. Comcast already rolled out the program in Illinois on a pilot basis as well. To be eligible, students must be receiving a Federal Pell Grant […]
Comcast Creates New Services Unit to Target Big Businesses
Comcast Business has announced a new Enterprise Services Unit, which will target Fortune 1000 Companies and other large enterprises. This new unit will offer companies a portfolio of solutions that include Broadband, Ethernet, Voice, Router, Security, Business Continuity and Wi-Fi. “We’re committed to expanding and enhancing our offerings for businesses of all sizes, and having […]
Germany Promises 50Mbps Broadband To All Citizens By 2018
Germany has promised that all of its citizens will have access to 50 Mbps broadband by 2018, which is 10 times faster than the global average broadband speed, according to the Next Web. This would make Germany home to the fastest average Internet speed in the world. South Korea, which according to State of the […]
