Gigabit speeds are around the corner for eligible homes and businesses in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth and the Gold Coast. The news comes as a result of Australia’s national broadband network operator nbn’s trials of DOCSIS 3.1 technology on its Hybrid Fibre Coaxial (HFC) network – previously Telstra’s pay-TV cable. In lab trials of […]
ICT specialist Huawei has released its 4K video network solution for multiple system operators (MSOs), at ANGA COM 2017 in Cologne, demonstrating 4K video, 4K multi-screen TV, and converged video delivery of traditional CATV and IPTV based on hybrid fibre-coaxial (HFC) networks. The solution is aimed at supporting MSOs in realising their all-IP video evolution. […]
The UK broadband market looked very different in terms of its technology base headline at the end of March 2017 than it did just three months earlier at the end of 2016. Having been dominated by DSL infrastructure, the country now has more subscribers to broadband services supplied over Docsis 3.0 cable modem and fibre-based […]
Responding to competitive challenges, Danish TV and Internet service provider Stofa is to undertake what CEO Ole Fruekilde describes as it biggest-ever project centring on a full technology migration across all Stofa’s sites in Denmark. It has selected ARRIS to transform its cable broadband network to deliver gigabit broadband speeds and new, enhanced services including […]
Leveraging its inherent strengths in high performance and high reliability, the Multimedia over Coax Alliance is set to introduce MoCA Access; a new broadband access specification based on the MoCA 2.5 standard which is capable of 2.5 Gbps actual data rates and leverages the existing in-building coaxial cabling. Expected availability is mid-June 2017. MoCA Access […]
Noting that today’s cable hybrid fibre coax (HFC) plant has grown from primarily a residential video network to a wireline aggregation network for all types of access markets, including small-medium businesses, Wi-Fi and LTE backhaul, and IoT and M2M, and that cable operators are looking to meet the broadband needs of their residential and small […]
Global ICT solutions provider Huawei has taken the opportunity of ANGA COM to release the CloudFAN prototype for multiple system operators (MSOs), and demonstrate fast service provisioning capabilities and smart home based on cloud under the cooperation between open protocols and network controllers. With the development of new services, such as HD videos, OTT, bring […]
Tata Communications, the official connectivity provider to Formula 1 and the Official managed connectivity supplier of Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport, is today launching the 2017 F1 Connectivity Innovation Prize and unveiling the first challenge of this year’s competition – with a focus on the Internet of Things (IoT). The first challenge, set by Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport, […]
At the 2017 Connected TV World Summit in London, AirTies, a provider of premium in-home wireless systems announced a strategic alliance with analogue and digital semiconductor connectivity solutions specialist Broadcom, to provide carrier grade, whole-home Wi-Fi solutions to service providers worldwide. Specifically, the two companies are collaborating on managed Wi-Fi Mesh systems designed to satisfy […]
US telco equipment company ARRIS International has announced preliminary and unaudited financial results for the first quarter 2017. Revenues in the first quarter 2017 of $1.483 billion (€1.36bn) were down $132 million, or 8 per cent, as compared to first quarter 2016 revenues of $1.615 billion. First quarter revenues were down $276 million, or 16 […]