Broadband innovation, standards, and ecosystem development body Broadband Forum has released the industry’s first Wi-Fi performance test standard – Technical Report 398 Indoor Wi-Fi Performance Test Standard (TR-398) – during Mobile World Congress 2019. TR-398 is the first standard that systematically and quantitatively evaluates home Wi-Fi device performance across six dimensions: receiver sensitivity, throughput, coverage, […]

Amazon has entered into a definitive merger agreement under which Amazon will acquire eero. eero’s home mesh WiFi systems blanket every room of a customer’s home in reliable WiFi.  “We are incredibly impressed with the eero team and how quickly they invented a WiFi solution that makes connected devices just work,” said Dave Limp, SVP […]

Plume, the Silicon Valley based creator of self-optimising Adaptive WiFi, has announced its availability in the UK through an invitation-only offering with TalkTalk. The Plume membership offered specifically for TalkTalk customers includes Adaptive WiFi, HomePass guest access, parental controls, and the Plume app for just £9 per month. This monthly fee includes a two-SuperPod starter […]

Stockholders of entertainment and communications technologist ARRIS International have voted by the requisite majorities to approve all matters presented regarding the proposed $7.4 billion (€6.45bn) acquisition by network infrastructure solutions provider CommScope of all of the shares of ARRIS dated November 8th, 2018. At the meeting at the Court and special general shareholder meetings in […]

AirTies, a provider of managed in-home Wi-Fi solutions to global service providers, has revealed plans to acquire Technicolor’s in-home Wi-Fi Management software business, a.k.a. Wireless Doctor, and related personnel, subject to customary closing conditions. Moving forward, the two companies also plan to partner across technology and sales to offer Smart Wi-Fi solutions to service providers […]

Open Fiber, the sole wholesale-only player in the Italian broadband market, has selected Nokia for a fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) rollout that will bring ultra-broadband services to the small towns and rural areas of Italy. The Open Fiber network will bring optical fibre from a point of presence to the customer’s home and deliver speeds of up […]

Alticast, an end-to-end media solutions provider, has announced that Kbro, one of Taiwan’s largest broadband and cable TV service providers, has selected Alticast’s AltiPlatform as the middleware solution to seamlessly integrate Kbro’s existing service infrastructure with Android TV. This upgrade will deliver the operator’s traditional cable services as well as give subscribers access to numerous […]