Texas Instruments marks the latest silicon maker to join the Multimedia over Coax Alliance, a group that holds the keys to some advanced home networking technology that delivers data and even high-definition television signals over existing home coax networks at speeds up to 270 Mbps. Although MoCA founding member Entropic Communications was the only silicon company […]
SureWest revenues rise slightly
SureWest Communications posted Q3 revenues of $56.9 million, up 2 percent year-over-year. Consolidated net income, meanwhile, rose almost 10 percent, to $2.2 million. The company said its digital subscriber base rose 5 percent during the quarter, and its “hyper-speed data” products inched up 3 percent. Those helped to offset a 3 percent dip in the […]
Cox dilates the downstream
Cox Communications has ratcheted up downstream speeds for its trio of cable modem service tiers. On the high end, the downstream cap of Cox’s “Premier” tier will jump from 9 Mbps to a range of 10 Mbps to 15 Mbps. The upstream will remain the same at 1 Mbps. Cox’s flagship “Preferred” service will jump […]
FTTH reaches North American milestone
More than 1 million customers in North America access services via fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) networks, a new study reveals. The research, conducted by RVA Market Research on behalf of the Fiber-to-the-Home Council and the Telecommunications Industry Association, also found that FTTH deployments in the region now pass over 6 million homes, an increase of more than […]
Japan FTTH powder keg is exploding
LAS VEGAS – While Verizon has clearly become the fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) poster child here in the U.S., deployments of the technology and the number of customers who tap into it are on a much steeper growth curve in Japan. Demand for higher levels of capacity for apps such as IP video has caused FTTH growth to […]
YouTube gets some backbone
Online video-sharing phenom YouTube Inc. is doing some growing up after securing a broadband backbone deal with Level 3 Communications. Financial terms were not disclosed, but Level 3 will provide YouTube with access to multiple 10 Gbps ports, as well as a wavelength service that will link up all of YouTube’s data centers. The latter, […]
ViewNow enters the U-verse universe
ViewNow has become the latest company to score a video-on-demand (VOD) content deal for the AT&T U-verse service. Under the deal, the IP-based U-verse service will gain access to ViewNow’s library of traditional on-demand movies, as well as subscription and “free” VOD fare. Financial terms were not disclosed. Though U-verse is still in the early […]
MoCA okays ONTs from Motorola, Tellabs
The Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA) has awarded its first certifications to two Optical Network Terminals (ONTs), the home-side device for fiber-fed passive optical networks (PONs). The first ONT vendor products to pass the test were Motorola Inc.’s ONT1000M, and Tellabs’ 1600-612 Single Family Unit (SFU) ONT. Both ONT models have embedded the MoCA technology. Support for […]
XO gets a fix on wireless broadband
XO Communications has installed fixed wireless broadband in nine cities, claiming the technology can deliver speeds in the range of 10 Mbps to 100 Mbps. XO said service via its line-of-sight installations is available in Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, San Diego, Tampa and Washington, D.C. XO’s fixed wireless broadband system is being […]
WSJ report: Cable will have to deploy FTTP
Cable operator feathers were surely ruffled Thursday morning in the wake of a front-page report in the Wall Street Journal suggesting that the cable industry will have to spend billions more on upgrades in order to stay competitive with fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) networks being rolled out by Verizon and other telcos. The WSJ story cited a […]