The Federal Communications Commission has amended its rules governing unlicensed wireless services provided over spectrum in the television broadcasting bands – the so-called TV White Spaces (TVWS). The amended rules will allow for expanded use of this spectrum for the delivery of broadband services in rural and underserved communities while protecting broadcast television stations and […]
Humax, a provider of video and broadband customer premises equipment (CPE), has announced the introduction of a new Voice Assistant set-top box and Wi-Fi 6E gateway at the virtual RDK Euro Summit 2020. Humax is currently developing a range of products built on RDK and has now unveiled its Voice Assistant set-top box, which includes […]
A report from Quilty Analytics makes difficult reading for those expecting low-cost (sub-$500) antennas which are vital if the likes of Elon Musk are to make in-roads into the mass consumer market. Quilty’s conclusions are blunt: “The original vision of a low-cost, high-performing electronically steered antenna for commercial markets and consumer applications has not yet […]
C-COM Satellite Systems, a designer of commercial grade mobile auto-deploying satellite antenna systems, has received orders worth $3.4 million for its iNetVu Manpack (backpack) antenna systems. Several antenna systems have already been delivered. The balance of this order will be completed, and the associated revenue earned in the first quarter of C-COM’s 2021 fiscal year. […]
Netgem has launched ‘Super WiFi’, a new service designed to improve WiFi coverage in consumers’ homes through customer experience whilst bringing best in class service management tools for the Customer Service operations of Telecom Operators. With more than 15 devices connected per household on average in Western Europe, and speeds up to 1Gbit/s offered via […]
At Broadband World Forum, AirTies, a supplier of managed Wi-Fi solutions to service providers globally, has announced that more than 25 million homes are now managed by AirTies Cloud. Service providers across North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia rely on AirTies Cloud to monitor, manage, and optimise home Wi-Fi performance. “Home Wi-Fi is more essential […]
Harmonic has announced new technology that enables cable operators to provide new two-way gigabit services. Harmonic’s unique upstream gigabit solution is full spectrum and compatible with already-deployed cable modems and set-top boxes (STBs). This new technology has been integrated into Harmonic’s CableOS core software and its new Ripple+ network edge platform. The company also announced […]
OpenVault, a global provider of industry analytics and SaaS technology solutions for broadband operators, and Power & Tel have announced a new cooperation that will significantly expand the ability of current and future Power & Tel service provider customers to manage, measure and monetise traffic on their networks. The multi-year agreement will enable seamless integration […]
UK digital network infrastructure provider Openreach is announcing a further 51 exchange locations across the UK, covering around 0.51 million premises, where it is planning to stop selling its legacy analogue services and instead focus on providing people with a modern, futureproof Full Fibre connection. This brings the total number of exchange locations where it […]
Mobile Internet consumer technology solutions provider ZTE has launched what it claims is the industry’s first broadcast service based on the 5G NR physical layer technology at Ultra High Definition Video (Beijing) Production Technology Collaboration Center, realising end-to-end 5G HD video broadcast service on 700MHz spectrum. Based on 5G NR broadcast, multiple terminal users can […]