BT is deploying Nokia’s 7750 Service Router (SR)-s platform to boost backbone network capacity in preparation for the continued rise in residential and mobile traffic driven by the traffic demands of FTTP and 5G. Traffic across BT’s core network is growing upwards of 40 per cent year on year, driven by video and gaming over […]
At NAB Show in Las Vegas, Intel and Netflix announced a new high-performance video codec that is available as open source and royalty-free to content creators, developers and service providers. Scalable Video Technology for AV1 (SVT-AV1) offers performance and scalability in video processing. According to Intel, modernisation of video software codecs for increased efficiency will […]
Video software provider Synamedia has revealed new automation capabilities for its Virtual Digital Content Manager (DCM) with Smart Rate Control that it says will save operators up to 50 per cent of bandwidth and storage costs. Using machine-learning (ML) and Stream Video Quality, Synamedia’s patented light weight and real-time quality metric technology, the solution, debuting […]
ARRIS has announced the availability of the RDK Lab Accelerator, a solution jointly developed by ARRIS, Metrological and RDK Management. The RDK Lab Accelerator is based on the ARRIS VIP5202W UHD IP set-top and provides the RDK community an efficient application development platform that uses the latest RDK application framework and the pre-integrated Metrological App […]
AirTies, a provider of managed in-home Wi-Fi solutions to global service providers, has completed its acquisition of Technicolor’s Wi-Fi Management software business, a.k.a. Wireless Doctor. AirTies and Technicolor have also entered into an agreement to partner through technology integrations and sales channels to offer Smart Wi-Fi solutions to service providers globally. In addition, Bart Vercammen, […]
UK households are increasingly adopting the smart home experience, according to the third report from EY’s annual digital home survey of 2,500 UK consumers. The report, which focuses on the connected home, finds that nearly a quarter (22 per cent) of households currently own a voice-controlled digital home assistant, double the figure from 2017 (11 […]
A Parks Associates report finds that smart home solutions will increasingly rely on voice control, video and data analytics, sound recognition, and AI to simplify the user experience. Technology Convergence and the Smart Home reports US broadband households now own more than 10 connected devices, including a mix of connected CE, smart home, and connected […]
Self-optimising Wi-Fi specialist Plume, whose smart home platform serving millions of members around the world, is continuing its rapid growth by announcing its direct-to-consumer debut in the United Kingdom, a new and advanced IoT security service, and its latest piece of hardware, the PowerPod. Plume’s UK consumer launch comes less than a year after the […]
AirTies, a provider of managed in-home Wi-Fi solutions to global service providers, and AirSonics, a solutions provider to North American service providers, have revealed that more than 30 regional operators across North America presently deploy AirTies’ Smart Wi-Fi solutions to their subscribers. AirSonics serves as a strategic partner for AirTies, offering managed Wi-Fi solutions and […]
Huawei has opened a Cyber Security Transparency Centre in Brussels in a ceremony with 200 representatives from regulators, telecom carriers, enterprises and the media in attendance. Huawei, the world’s biggest telecom equipment maker, is mired in accusations its equipment is being used to spy for the Chinese government. It has denied all charges and argued […]