Alcatel-Lucent is using this year’s Broadband World Forum in London to introduce new products to its Vplus and TWDM-PON (Time and Wavelength Division Multiplexed Passive Optical) portfolios. The vendor says it’s the first company to make Vplus products commercially available. It intends the technology to serve as a stopgap of sorts between VDSL2 and G.fast […]
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Briefs: Sorrento Networks, WebNMS, Sensoray, Telestream
Sorrento Networks International announced the introduction of a 100G (Gigabytes per second) line-rate system. The ultra-compact GigaMux 3300 system is the latest addition to the GigaMux portfolio of products. WebNMS announced that Metrofibre Networx has selected its Symphony Orchestration Platform to unify the service management of their broad portfolio of Carrier Ethernet 2.0 (CE 2.0) […]
G.fast Certification, Demos, and Testing Announced at Broadband World Forum
G.fast, an alternative to DOCSIS for telephone companies looking to provide the internet speeds that fiber companies are starting to provide to customers, is inching closer to certification standards and deployment. This week at the Broadband World Forum in London, a couple of developments in G.fast were announced. First, the Broadband Forum announced that the […]
Briefs: Rovi, Intelsat S.A., TelAgility, USA Fiber, Amped Wireless
Rovi Corporation and Michigan State University announced that Rovi has donated a rare and valuable media collection to MSU. This donation establishes the largest media collection held by a library in the United States. The new “Rovi Media Collection” is comprised of close to one million CDs, Blu-Rays, DVDs, and video games, and is now […]
Briefs: NETGEAR, Marvell, Vodafone, Broadcom
NETGEAR Inc. is expanding its portfolio of next-generation DOCSIS 3.0-compatible cable products that support fast broadband speeds and service tiers offered by major U.S. cable Internet Service Providers. The new NETGEAR CM600 High Speed Cable Modem is designed for cable Internet subscribers who want fast cable Internet download speeds for HD and 4K streaming and […]
Altice Says Cablevision Purchase Won’t Cause Competition Issues In New York
A month after announcing its intentions to buy Cablevision for a whopping $17.7 billion, Altice has officially filed with the FCC to purchase Cablevision from the Dolan family. In the filing, which you can read here, Altice reiterates its contention that its Cablevision purchase won’t cause anticompetitive effects in the New York market, citing Verizon’s […]
Briefs: Huawei, Ruckus Wireless, P1dB, Evolution Digital
At SCTE Cable-Tec Expo 2015, Huawei announced a suite of solutions designed to help global Multi-Service Operators (MSOs) strengthen their competitiveness in the digital era. Huawei showcased its Hybrid Video Solution and a series of GigaBand Network solutions spanning Giga Coax, Giga Transmission and Giga Backhaul. These solutions help MSOs advance their service and network […]
Lawsuit Claims Sprint’s WiMAX Shutdown to Leave 300,000 Without Broadband
This story has been updated to include a statement from Sprint and a response from Mobile Citizen. Sprint long ago set the Nov. 6 shutdown date for its ill-fated WiMAX network and now the end is almost here. But some groups are alleging that once WiMAX goes away, many people will be left with Internet […]
Briefs: Rovi, ADTRAN, SeaChange, Fairview Microwave, COMPTEL, Sonus, Suddenlink
Rovi Corporation announced Rovi’s first customer for Passport Guide HD, Summit Broadband, and introduced i-Guide HD. Summit Broadband, a provider of phone, Internet, and cable TV services for residential and commercial customers, has selected Rovi’s innovative Passport Guide HD to deliver advanced entertainment discovery, powered by Rovi’s entertainment metadata. The addition of Passport Guide HD […]
Suddenlink Taps ARRIS for Carrier-Grade Wi-Fi Connectivity
Suddenlink announced today that it chose ARRIS to deliver carrier-grade Wi-Fi to its commercial customers in its 17-state service area. “ARRIS Global Services has the proven expertise and leadership in carrier-grade Wi-Fi to deliver the quality and scale of deployment that our customers expect from Suddenlink,” said Ivan Lamoureux, VP of DOCSIS and Network Engineering, […]