OpenVault, a global provider of industry analytics and technology solutions for broadband operators, has announced a new product that increases visibility into the connected devices on in-home WiFi networks and arms operators for the complexity of IoT environments. OpenVault says its ACS WiFi Insider enables operators to address the growing challenges of household device topography […]
Football fans have reason to cheer – BBC Research & Development (R&D) has managed to solve the problem of delays when people watch live Internet streams rather than a TV broadcast. In a new prototype being demonstrated at the IBC in Amsterdam, the team will show how the gap between an Internet-delivered live stream and […]
The company being created from the sale of Cisco’s Service Provider Video Software Solutions business to a company backed by the Permira funds is unveiled as Synamedia, preceding the transaction closure expected in first half of Cisco’s FY19. ‘Syna’ means ‘together’ in Greek, reflecting Synamedia’s ambition to bring together broadcast and OTT media services and […]
Consumers have saved $3.5 billion, and more than 20 million metric tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions have been avoided as a result of the voluntary set-top box energy conservation agreement among US pay-TV providers, manufacturers and energy efficiency advocates, according to a new report on the industry Voluntary Agreement for Ongoing Improvement to the […]
Senior executives, operational managers and engineers in cable organisations around the world have reported aggressive plans to adopt and deploy DOCSIS 3.1, according to a recent customer survey conducted by Technicolor Connected Home in May and June of 2018. The survey by the communications and entertainment technologist finds that 76 per cent of cable operator […]
The US Federal Communications Commission is continuing its efforts to promote broadband deployment and competition by speeding the process and reducing the costs of attaching new network facilities to utility poles. To enable broadband providers to enter new markets and deploy high-speed networks, access to poles must be swift, predictable, safe, and affordable. Pole access […]
Chip-set giant Qualcomm has abandoned its proposed acquisition of Dutch rival NXP Semiconductors. The deal has been 20 months in progress and would have been the largest-ever in the semiconductor sector, but it had emerged that China’s regulators were not in favour. Qualcomm is the world’s largest maker of chipsets for mobile phones. A successful […]
Rural connectivity specialist RTO Wireless and Microsoft Corp are teaming up to provide broadband Internet access to more than 290,000 people living in unserved rural regions of New York and Maine. The partnership is part of the Microsoft Airband Initiative, which aims to extend broadband access to 2 million people in unserved portions of rural […]
Liberty Global’s Connect Box, a modem and WiFi gateway that offers fast and reliable fixed and WiFi internet connectivity, is now in more than 10 million homes across Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean. The state-of-the-art router has now been rolled out to more than half of Liberty Global’s broadband customers in Europe. The box, […]
As operators look to cut their costs, Janez Öri, Strategy and Business Development Director at communications solutions provider Iskratel has cautioned them against simply looking at the price tag of equipment, warning that cheaper items could end up costing between 300 per cent and 800 per cent more than the initial capex saving. Speaking at […]