CableLabs, the innovation and R&D lab for the cable industry, has released a new specification which it says is set to improve data delivery speeds and is a stepping stone on the path to the industry’s 10G initiative, with the higher speeds available with DOCSIS 4.0 technology serving as a catalyst for the next wave […]
UK multiplay operator Virgin Media has switched on what it says is the Midlands’ fastest gigabit home broadband service in the city of Birmingham, offering connectivity more than 20 times faster than the current local average. In what is seen as the UK’s largest ever gigabit broadband switch-on, more than a million homes across the […]
Bowing to the inevitable, given the likely spread of the Coronavirus and consequential withdrawal of a number of exhibitors, NAB President and CEO Gordon Smith has announced that the NAB Show scheduled for April 19th to 22nd in Las Vegas has been called off, with organisers reviewing options for an event later in 2020. In […]
UK technology sector trade body techUK has sought to refute number of claims made in a recent documentary, Dirty Streaming: The Internet’s Big Secret, shown on the BBC’s online-only service BBC Three, suggesting that these, or impressions given by the programme, were misleading, or simply incorrect. The programme took as its premise that with the […]
As part of the strategy to grow the core Media Networks business, media networks and resource optimisation Net Insight has acquired Aperi Corporation’s product portfolio. The acquisition will complement and strengthen Net Insight’s media offering. Over the last few years, the Aperi products have been deployed at some Tier1 customers globally. The acquisition of Aperi’s […]
BT has launched a new managed software defined wide area network (SD-WAN) service for UK business customers, as it continues to develop its portfolio of converged business networking products. BT says the new Managed SD-WAN offering enables secure, high-bandwidth connections across multiple sites using fixed and mobile networks. As part of the launch, BT is […]
Nokia is expanding its fibre access portfolio to include new solutions and innovations that will enable service providers to deliver a gigabit experience to everyone, sooner. The enhanced portfolio includes a new Lightspan MF access node designed for the 5G era, a new Beacon 6 in-home gateway that supports 5G mobile data offloading and several […]
Technetix, the global technology supplier, has completed the acquisition of the broadband equipment business of Germany-based ECAD. Technetix said its customers will benefit from access to a greater range and depth of FTTH and broadband cable technology products, both in Germany and globally. The ECAD operation will become an integral part of Technetix, enabling the […]
Humax, a provider of video and broadband customer premises equipment (CPE), has announced the upcoming availability of an expanded portfolio of RDK-powered devices to serve operators worldwide. Humax also joined the RDK Video Accelerator programme and announced its first RDK Video Accelerator 4K IP reference set-top box. Humax’s RDK Video Accelerator set-top box is pre-integrated […]
Visual processing solutions provider Pixelworks is working with semiconductor specialist Qualcomm Technologies on a 5G-based fixed wireless access (FWA) customer-premises equipment platform that integrates over-the-air (OTA) local TV streaming technology from Pixelworks. The joint reference solution will combine Pixelworks’ OTA streaming XCode processor with the Qualcomm Snapdragon X55 5G Modem-RF System, allowing broadband network operators, […]