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Forecast: PON equipment market revenue $7.3bn by 2023

According to a report by Dell’Oro Group, the trusted source for market information about the telecommunications, networks, and data centre IT industries, global PON equipment market revenue is forecast to reach $7.3 billion by 2023, driven by spending on new 10 Gbps EPON and XGS-PON deployments, and on maximising existing 2.5 Gbps GPON networks. Telecom […]

July 26, 2019

Virgin Media plans gigabit roll-out

UK multiplay operator Virgin Media has unveiled what it describes as a “bold boost” to UK broadband with plans that will bring next-generation gigabit connections to its entire network by the end of 2021 – which it says will make it the UK’s largest and fastest widely available residential gigabit connectivity provider. Providing nearly 15 […]

July 25, 2019

Research: 22% US broadband homes have Wi-Fi network extender

Parks Associates research from the 360 View: CE Adoption & Trends report finds 22 per cent of US broadband households have a Wi-Fi network extender and 11 per cent have a Wi-Fi mesh networking product. The firm notes that just over 30 per cent of computing and entertainment device owners report experiencing loss of wireless […]

July 25, 2019

Wi-Fi Alliance introduces Wi-Fi Certified Data Elements

Wi-Fi Alliance has introduced Wi-Fi Certified Data Elements, bringing a standardised approach to Wi-Fi network diagnostic data collection that enables service providers better visibility into Wi-Fi networks to enhance the quality of service delivered to customers. The certification programme captures and delivers key data on Wi-Fi network performance that assists service provider diagnostic capabilities, enabling […]

June 26, 2019

Report: WLAN market lifted by surge in N. America

According to a report by Dell’Oro Group, a source for market information about the telecommunications, networks, and data centre IT industries, the Q1 2019 Enterprise Wireless LAN (WLAN) market was lifted by the strong surge in North America for three consecutive quarters. Cisco and HPE Aruba scored the most significant revenue gains. “The WLAN market […]

June 12, 2019

Research: Broadband access equipment revenue dips in Q1

According to a report by Dell’Oro Group, a source for market information about the telecommunications, networks, and data centre IT industries, global revenue for broadband access equipment declined 2 per cent year-on-year in Q1 2019, reaching $2.9 billion. Increased shipments of XG-PON1,

June 11, 2019

RDK deployments top 50m

RDK Management has shared details about the adoption of RDK open source software used to power customer-premises equipment (CPE) from video and broadband services providers worldwide. “Service providers around the globe recognise that RDK gives them ultimate control over their software roadmaps and data within the connected home, across video, broadband and IoT connected devices,” […]

June 5, 2019Colin Mann @ ANGA COM

Vendors collaborate for FTTX solution

Three broadband equipment vendors – Emtelle, HellermannTyton and Senko Advanced Components — have revealed the fruits of a collaborative project and launched a brand-new solution into the Fibre-to-the-X (FTTX) market. Unveiled at the Emtelle booth on the first day of ANGA COM in Cologne, the three companies explained the collaboration and the benefits of FibreTap, […]

June 4, 2019Colin Mann @ ANGA COM

SSIMWAVE’s human touch content evaluation, encoding

SSIMWAVE, a specialist in the science of perceptual video quality measurement, has confirmed the availability of SSIMPLUS VOD Inspector, which it says is the first tool that enables the media industry to optimise video processing and delivery using the human visual system. The new cloud-based tool combines frame-by-frame and pixel-by-pixel analysis of video content with […]

June 4, 2019Colin Mann @ ANGA COM

Iskratel carrier-grade PON solution

Broadband access solutions provider Iskratel is claiming that an important milestone in enabling operators to deploy carrier-grade, virtualised PON solutions has been reached with its launched of a complete, integrated Software-Defined PON (SD-PON) solution, leveraging Radisys’s SD-PON framework for broadband access disaggregation. Based on open-community initiatives and the Open Networking Foundation’s (ONF) CORD architecture, the […]

June 4, 2019Colin Mann @ ANGA COM