ADC said its OmniReach fiber distribution terminals (FDTs) and Digivance Long-Range Coverage Solution (LRCS) has been accepted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Utilities Services (RUS), a project designed to help foot the bill for broadband infrastructure in rural areas. The okay means ADC’s gear can be purchased and installed by rural carriers via […]
Tollgrade hires cable specialist
Tollgrade Communications has hired Peter Van Peenan to define and execute the company’s cable product strategy. Peenan, who is based at Tollgrade’s Sarasota office, will spearhead Tollgrade’s product concepts and development, through customer launches, and service maintenance. Most recently, he served as a consultant to Verizon’s fiber-to-the-premises project. Before that, he handled various products for […]
Cox gives A-OK to Xtend T-1 gear
Cox Communications has approved for use a platform from Xtend Networks that emulates T-1-based voice and data services over HFC (hybrid fiber/coax) plant. Xtend’s platform is capable of serving up to 48 T-1 links via a modular headend system, dubbed the XMTS, and its V3xx family of T-1 modems. In addition to providing commercial-class voice […]
ADC buys fiber firm
ADC will shore up its fiber-to-the-X strategy via the acquisition of Fiber Optic Network Solutions Corp. for $172 million. FONS is a manufacturer of high-performance passive optical components and fiber optic cable packaging, distribution and connectivity products. It had 2005 sales of about $95 million. “FONS is a high-quality connectivity business that fits well with […]
Cablevision raising the bar to 20-meg?
Some Cablevision Systems Corp. cable modem customers in Long Island are reporting they have been invited to try out a super-speedy 20 Mbps down/2 Mbps up tier. Cablevision’s present tier is capped at 10 Mbps down/1 Mbps up. According to a letter sent to customers, Cablevision’s Optimum Online unit will operate a beta test of […]
UCOM to offer 100-Meg tier
Japanese carrier UCOM Corp. will use silicon from Ikanos Communications to power a symmetrical 100 Mbps service. The deployment centers on Ikanos’ Fx 100100 chipsets, which reside within optical network units and optical line terminals for fiber-to-the-X and multi-dwelling unit (MDU) network deployments. Jupiter Telecommunications Ltd. (J:COM), Japan’s largest cable operator, is expected to launch […]
Videotron funnels cash toward network upgrade
Videotron of Canada will spend $29 million by the end of 2006 to upgrade its network in Quebec City to handle bandwidth-eating services such as high-definition television. Alongside the upgrade plans, the MSO said it will launch IP telephony services in Quebec City on July 11. The company has already signed up about 42,000 VoIP […]