IBM announced that Bluemix, its cloud computing platform, will be available in China via a collaboration with 21Vianet Group, Inc., an internet data center services provider in China. As part of the agreement, IBM will provide access to Bluemix technologies, while 21Vianet will provide the infrastructure and be responsible for the end-to-end operation of Bluemix […]
Broadband
Comcast Talks Progress Toward DOCSIS 3.1 Deployment
NEW ORLEANS – A standing-room only crowd turned out Tuesday at SCTE Cable-Tec Expo for a DOCSIS 3.1 workshop featuring Jorge Salinger, vice president of access architecture at Comcast. Salinger is a pioneer in CCAP architecture and on Tuesday he was talking about the move toward deploying DOCSIS 3.1. “We want to be able to […]
New York City Council to Examine Verizon’s FiOS Rollout
For the better part of a year, New York City officials and Verizon spokespeople have been publicly debating the rollout of Verizon’s promised FiOS rollout across all five boroughs. Verizon says they delivered FiOS to everyone who wanted it in all of NYC by the end of November last year (they had promised by the […]
ONOS Project and Linux Foundation Join in Strategic SDN Partnership
ONOS—a creator of open source SDN and NFV projects for service providers—has announced a partnership with the Linux Foundation. The new collaborative project will bring together the community for ONOS to build open source platforms, solutions and ecosystem for service providers to monetize SDN/NFV, while helping vendors and service providers invent new business models. Working […]
Briefs: Hitron, EMCORE, Telco, CommScope
Hitron Technologies Americas Inc. announced it is demonstrating CODA, the industry’s first Intel-based DOCSIS 3.1 cable modem at SCTE Cable-Tec Expo ’15 this week at Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans. Utilizing Intel Puma 7 SoC, Hitron’s CODA will support download speeds up to 5 Gbps and upload speeds of one Gbps enabling […]
Accedian Tapped by WOW! Business for Performance Assurance
Accedian Networks has announced that it was chosen by WOW! Business to oversee the quality of service for its commercial services. WOW! Business provides Carrier Ethernet and IP business services, hybrid-cloud connectivity and high-speed internet, voice and video to businesses across the Midwest and Southeast regions of the U.S. It will use Accedian’s virtual customer […]
‘Star Wars Battlefront’ Causes Big Jump in Broadband Traffic for European Network
According to Procera Networks, the recently released beta for Star Wars Battlefront caused a major spike in broadband traffic for a fixed broadband network in Europe. In fact, on October 8, when the beta was released, traffic went up 30%. That stat is more impressive than Chewbacca’s skills at holographic space chess, and not just […]
AT&T Expands 1Gbps Gigapower Service to 5 More Regions
Hot on the heels of rolling out GigaPower service in the Orlando area, AT&T has announced that it is rolling out its service in five more regions. GigaPower will roll out in Georgia in Athens, Covington, Johns Creek and Smyrna, and in the Kansas City area in Belton, Blue Springs, Grain Valley, Lee’s Summit and Raymore. It […]
Arris Rolls Out Its First DOCSIS 3.1 Modems
Arris today unveiled a pair of DOCSIS 3.1-enabled modems, the first customer premise equipment (CPE) the company has made to work with the standard. The Touchstone CM8200, a dedicated cable modem for operators, can handle rates up to 5 Gbps downlink and 2 Gbps uplink. The SURFboard SB8200, a retail cable modem, matches the performance […]
Briefs: Canal+, Radisys Corporation, Sanctum Networks, Trimaran, Vimond Media Solutions
Radisys Corporation and Sanctum Networks Ltd announced a partnership to deliver a carrier-class SDN-enabled network services platform to communication service providers worldwide. The joint solution integrates Sanctum Networks’ Jupiter SDN Controller with Radisys’ FlowEngine Intelligent Traffic Distribution System, delivering to CSPs the ability to identify, provision and create network service offerings with real-time network visibility. […]