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DSL and active Ethernet ports shipped, 3Q06-3Q07 (millions).
Dec 01, 2007 ... <Pre> DSL and active Ethernet ports shipped, 3Q06-3Q07 (millions) Alcatel-Lucent (33.8) Huawei (24.4) ZTE ...
FCC burdens small MSOs, says American Cable Association.(POLICY)
Dec 01, 2007 ... Matthew M. Polka, president and CEO of the American Cable Association, issued the following statement in response to the Federal Communication Commission's adoption of the 13th Annual Report to Congress on Video Competition and Notice of Inquiry for the 14th Annual Report: ...
FCC calls for cable data.(POLICY)
Dec 01, 2007 ... The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) adopted its "13th Annual Assessment of the Status of Competition in the Market for the Delivery of Video Programming." In its examination this year, the FCC reported changes that have occurred in the market in 2006 and factors that have ...
FT is willing to open its ducts to rivals.(POLICY)
Dec 01, 2007 ... In a proposal submitted to the nation's telecommunications regulator Arcep, France Telecom (FT) has expressed its willingness to allow rivals to use its ducts in an attempt to allow efficient rollout of fiber-optic networks. This proposal is an important part of a public consultation that ...
Four thousand more Vermonters now have access to Verizon High Speed Internet.(SERVICES)
Dec 01, 2007 ... Four thousand more Vermont consumers and businesses now have access to Verizon High Speed Internet, allowing them to quickly download movies, share photos or video with friends and family, and create their own Internet content. Over the past month, Verizon has upgraded customer ...
Alcatel-Lucent and Hong Kong Broadband network introduce first carrier-class GPON in Hong Kong.(SERVICES)
Dec 01, 2007 ... Alcatel-Lucent and Hong Kong Broadband Network Limited (HKBN), a wholly owned subsidiary of City Telecom (HK) Limited, announced the deployment of the first Gigabit passive optical network (GPON) in Hong Kong. The collaboration contract also includes network maintenance. Alcatel-Lucent's ...
PCCW extends its direct fiber-optic broadband services to 66 percent of homes in the SAR.(SERVICES)
Dec 01, 2007 ... PCCW-HKT said that its direct fiber-optic broadband services have been extended to around 66 percent of the homes in the Special Administrative Region. The telecom firm unveiled two promotional schemes, which bundled mobile broadband services, symmetrical direct fiber connections, and ...
Village of The Branch, New York, approves video franchise for Verizon FiOS TV.(SERVICES)
Dec 01, 2007 ... The Board of Trustees for the village of The Branch, New York, granted a video franchise to Verizon on November 27, paving the way for video choice in the community. This vote brings to 75 the total number of New York communities that have approved video franchises for Verizon. ...
AT&T U-Verse introduces new interactive features in Connecticut, Houston.(SERVICES)
Dec 01, 2007 ... AT&T Inc. announced that Connecticut and Houston-area customers now have access to a suite of new U-verse TV features that further differentiate the service from cable. The new interactive features--available to customers at no extra charge--include the following: - ...
Covad and Purecom sign wholesale agreement.(BUSINESS)
Dec 01, 2007 ... Covad Communications Group Inc., a national provider of integrated voice and data communications, announced that it has signed a wholesale agreement with Purecom, a provider of small-business communication services. This strategic partnership with Covad will enable Purecom to offer ...
Telefonica to launch new Internet Protocol television services in Spain.(IPTV)
Dec 01, 2007 ... Telefonica plans to use its IPTV pay-TV platform Imagenio for launching new services in 2008. The Spanish giant is planning to launch a host of interactive services, which would enable subscribers to access Imagenio via cellular operator Movistar, which has over 22 million users ....
ZTE to build world's first AVS-IPTV commercial network with China Netcom Group.(IPTV)
Dec 01, 2007 ... ZTE Corporation, a global provider of telecommunications equipment and network solutions, has won the world's first AVS-IPTV commercial network development bid offered by the China Netcom Group Corporation (CNC), a broadband communications and fixed-line telecommunications operator in ...
USTelematics adds Disney Entertainment and online gaming content to Voyager Mobile IPTV.(IPTV)
Dec 01, 2007 ... USTelematics Inc., deployers of proprietary technology and market-disruptive products at the forefront of the connected-car revolution, has incorporated access to a broad range of programming from the Walt Disney Co., into USTelematics' Voyager Mobile IPTV product line. Voyager's program ...
Motive Inc. and AT&T Knowledge Ventures team to offer end-to-end service assurance for IPTV.(IPTV)
Dec 01, 2007 ... Motive Inc., a provider of service management software for broadband and mobile data services, announced a partnership with AT&T Knowledge Ventures to market an advanced service assurance solution for Internet Protocol television (IPTV). Using Motive Service Assurance Solutions, ...
PCCW expands IPTV deployment with Juniper Networks broadband Services Routers.(IPTV)
Dec 01, 2007 ... Juniper Networks Inc., a provider of high-performance networking, announced that Hong Kong-based telecommunications service provider PCCW IMS Limited has increased the scale and performance of its broadband network with E320 Broadband Services Routers. The E320 improves the capacity and ...
Connexion selects BitBand for supplying IPTV video servers in the US.(IPTV)
Dec 01, 2007 ... Fiber-optic amenity firm Connexion Technologies has selected USA's BitBand Technologies, which provides video solutions for broadband IP networks, for supplying its IPTV video servers. As per the deal, BitBand would help Connexion in providing residences with entertainment ...
Amino selected for Central America's first IPTV service.(IPTV)
Dec 01, 2007 ... Amino, an IPTV platform supplier, announced that Panama's CTV Telecom has selected the AmiNET125 multicodec set-top-box (STB) for Central America's first IPTV service. The AmiNET125 platform is specifically designed to help operators in emerging markets to introduce IPTV services with a ...
Alcatel-Lucent and Telstra to deliver Australia's largest business network.(CONTRACTS)
Dec 01, 2007 ... Telstra Corporation Limited and Alcatel-Lucent announced that they have reached a critical milestone in the roll-out of Telstra's next-generation Internet Protocol (IP) network (the Telstra Next IP network), by successfully deploying close to 900,000 IP DSLAM (ISAM) ports. A ...
Redback to provide broadband services for up to 2.5 million broadband subscribers for BSNL of India.(CONTRACTS)
Dec 01, 2007 ... Redback Networks, an Ericsson company that makes video-centric routers for more than 75 percent of the world's largest triple-play networks, announced that Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. (BSNL) of India will use Redback's SmartEdge family of multiservice edge routers to deliver broadband ...
Occam Networks named by Ironton Telephone Company to upgrade DSL network.(CONTRACTS)
Dec 01, 2007 ... Occam Networks Inc., a broadband access network supplier, announced that Ironton Telephone Company is upgrading and expanding the capabilities of its DSL network with Occam's Broadband Loop Carrier (BLC) system. Ironton is headquartered in Coplay, Pennsylvania, and serves over 18,000 ...