Trilithic promoted three executives at the end of last week, including Daniel Dillon, who was named director of product marketing for mobile systems applications within the company’s Broadband Instruments Division. In his new role, Dillon is responsible for the product development and marketing of all mobile devices and software for the Broadband Instruments group. Dillon […]
CommScope helps ops with high-bandwidth services
CommScope is ready to assist cable operators that are deploying technology to support their customers’ ever-increasing demand for new and higher-bandwidth services. Using CommScope’s LxS-16016 wideband edge QAM, operators can deploy technology that provides them with the flexibility to roll out all of their existing voice, video and data services, plus support higher-bandwidth and next-gen […]
TWC’s LaJoie named new chairman of SCTE board
Mike LaJoie, executive vice president and CTO at Time Warner Cable, will serve as chairman of the board of directors of the Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers for the 2011-12 term, the SCTE board announced. LaJoie is joined on the 2011-12 board by: Terry Cordova, senior vice president and CTO at Suddenlink Communications, who will […]
Bright House deploys Arcom’s Hunter in Fla.
Bright House Networks has deployed Arcom Digital’s Hunter Technology throughout its entire Florida footprint. This follows a 2008 installation of Hunter in the Tampa market of the nation’s sixth-largest operator. Hunter, a network interrogation and predictive maintenance tool, helps cable operators locate the root cause of network impairments. And Hunter not only alerts ops to […]
Upfront – LRG: Nearly half of all U.S. households have a DVR
New consumer research from Leichtman Research Group (LRG) found that 44 percent of TV households in the United States have at least one DVR, and one-third of DVR households have more than one DVR – representing 14 percent of all households having multiple DVRs. In 2005, just 8 percent of all households had a DVR. […]
Hitachi tackles cable’s bandwidth crunch
Hitachi Communication Technologies America has introduced 10G EPON and 10G DePON ONUs and line cards for its Salira product line. The offerings give cable operators a fiber access infrastructure capable of supporting the bandwidth needed for such things as HDTV, 3-D TV, videoconferencing, cloud computing, rich media files, gaming, transparent LAN services, MEF services and […]
Mammoth ‘a good fit’ for small cable ops
Mammoth Networks and Dash Carrier Services are demonstrating how the two companies can provide carriers and operators with the ability to cost-effectively launch advanced IP telephony solutions. The announcement between Mammoth and Dash was released at Colorado Metro Connect, a telecom networking event taking place in Denver this week. Brian Worthen, founder and president of […]
Optimum Lightpath lands another Verizon customer
Optimum Lightpath, Cablevision’s business telecommunications services division, has snagged another business customer away from Verizon – New Jersey-based Wall Township Public Schools. Wall Township Public Schools was operating an advanced network that consisted of privately owned fiber between buildings, as well as 40 application servers powering a thin-client environment that served several thousand clients throughout […]
SureWest sees increase in Q4, full-year 2009 revenue
SureWest Communications reported revenue of $60.3 million in its fourth quarter, ended Dec. 31, compared with $58.9 million in the previous year’s quarter – a 2 percent gain. The operator said that its 13 percent year-over-year broadband revenue growth – which accounted for 69 percent of the company’s total revenues, compared with 63 percent in […]
Aurora is taking on cable’s ‘capacity challenge’
Aurora Networks aims to solve “cable’s looming capacity challenge” as consumer demand increases for what used to be “nice-to-have” services, which are now “must-haves,” company executives told CED. Especially with the introduction of services like 3-D TV, which will double the capacity now needed for HDTV, cable operators desperately need more bandwidth, noted John Dahlquist, […]