CommScope has placed a rival bid for Andrew Corp., claiming its offer represents a 36 percent premium over an earlier offer made by ADC in late May. CommScope said its offer, at $9.50 per share, is valued at $1.7 billion in cash. It said the ADC per share value to Andrew shareholders would be $6.97, […]
Verizon GPON strategy will lay groundwork for IPTV
Verizon is preparing to introduce an advanced fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) architecture that will produce faster Internet services, and set the table for future IP-based video services, including more bandwidth-intensive high-definition television (HDTV) fare and expanded video-on-demand (VOD) capabilities. Verizon’s present FTTP deployments are based on BPON, an ATM-centric architecture that produces shared speeds of 622 Mbps […]
Time Warner Cable, EarthLink re-up broadband deal
Time Warner Cable will continue to offer broadband services from EarthLink under a new agreement announced Thursday. Financial terms were not disclosed, but the MSO said it will make EarthLink available to about 19 million homes passed by Time Warner’s cable systems. That footprint is expected to widen when Time Warner completes a deal to […]
Engineers and execs from Cablevision, Cox and TWC head 2006 ‘Pacesetters’ class(2)
CED has announced the winners of its third-annual Pacesetter Awards, which recognize individuals at cable and other broadband service providers who have taken leading positions or innovative “first steps” with advanced services, applications and technologies. In 2006, the Pacesetters are being awarded in six categories: Telephony, Digital Video Television Time-Shifting, Business Services, High-Speed Data/IP Convergence, […]
Engineers and execs from Cablevision, Cox and TWC head 2006 ‘Pacesetters’ class
CED has announced the winners of its third-annual Pacesetter Awards, which recognize individuals at cable and other broadband service providers who have taken leading positions or innovative “first steps” with advanced services, applications and technologies. In 2006, the Pacesetters are being awarded in six categories: Telephony, Digital Video Television Time-Shifting, Business Services, High-Speed Data/IP Convergence, […]
Narad bows 100 Mbps platform for cable
Narad Networks has introduced a line of Ethernet switches designed to offer dedicated, 100 Mbps connections that, the company claims, can help operators compete in contested markets served by high- capacity data services fed by fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) technology. Narad said the system can be used to support commercial and residential services and be deployed in […]
Trilithic to offer Corecess FTTP gear
Broadband test gear specialist Trilithic Inc. is expanding its horizons via a relationship with Corecess, a maker of Gigabit Ethernet Passive Optical Network (GEPON) access equipment for fiber-to-the-home deployments. The deal will enable Trilithic to sell Corecess’ portfolio to cable operators in North America and South America. Corecess’ products include its flagship S5 Scalable Broadband […]
Gallery IP dials up Hungary
FiberNet Communications, the third-largest cable MSO in Hungary, will roll out IP voice services in partnership with Gallery IP Telephony. Under the deal, FiberNet will leverage Gallery’s “CAssiopeia” softswitch, which, the vendor claims, can support PacketCable/NCS- and SIP-based voice services simultaneously. Gallery IP, which at one time was partnered with Net2Phone, is also serving as […]
Cable Center panel: Programmers, MSOs must adapt to new age of video distribution
DENVER — Cable operators, networks and other programmers must learn to establish new business models in an age of video downloading and streaming services. That was the common theme expressed by panelists who participated in the first annual Summit on Intellectual Property Digital Media, held this week here at The Cable Center. HBO Chief Technology […]
DSL gets the better of record Q1
Recent studies are showing that DSL out hit high-speed cable modem services in the first quarter of the year…again. Leichtman Research Group (LRG), in a report that includes figures from the 20 largest cable and DSL providers in the U.S., said top DSL providers added a record 1.66 million subs in Q1, representing 54 percent […]