UPC is planning a large-scale roll-out of the Connect Box among its customers. Over the next two years, some 300,000 Internet customers in Switzerland and Austria will receive the state-of-the-art modem free of charge. Ivo Hoevel, Chief Marketing and Products Officer at UPC, commented: “The satisfaction of our existing customers is our top priority. With […]
Bob Stanzione, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at entertainment and communications technologist ARRIS, has declared that the set-top box will remain a significant component of the company’s business for quite some time into the future. Speaking during the company’s Q2 2016 Earnings Call, in response to analyst questioning regarding the company’s video product segment, Stanzione […]
Premium in-home wireless systems specialist AirTies Wireless Networks has confirmed that its ultra-performance in-home Wi-Fi products are now available via Frontier Secure, a service of US operator Frontier Communications. As part of the Frontier Secure portfolio of Connected Home solutions, AirTies equipment will enhance customers’ in-home Wi-Fi coverage and speeds, and intelligently route data connections […]
ARRIS International has announced the expansion of its successful Channel Programme into the US and Canada. The programme now provides support and sales for ARRIS’s product and services portfolio in every major market. Additionally, ARRIS enhanced the programme with new tools and resources, enabling channel partners to design and deliver solutions for cable operators, telecom […]
Japanese telecommunications and Internet corporation SoftBank Group (SBG) and UK chip manufacturer ARM Holdings (ARM) have agreed a deal under which SBG will acquire 1,412 million shares of ARM with a total acquisition price amounting to approximately £24 billion (€28.74bn). The acquisition, which has been approved at a meeting of SBG’s Board of Directors, is […]
Technetix, a global broadband cable network transmission technology provider, has raised £7.5million (€8.7m) in strategic funding by new investor, Liberty Global Ventures, the global investment fund owned by Liberty Global. Technetix supplies critical headend and access transmission systems for fibre and HFC (hybrid fibre coax) networks. The investment will enable further market traction and a […]
ICT solutions provider Huawei has launched what it says is the broadband industry’s first 10 Gbit/s hybrid fibre coaxial (HFC) access platform, supporting 10G DOCSIS3.1 in Cable as well as 10G PON in fiber. According to Huawei, iIt can save about 70 per cent space in headend and improve the preference up to 30 per […]
The European broadband cable industry is best placed to satisfy future bandwidth demands, according to Matthias Kurth, Executive Chairman, Cable Europe. Speaking at the Huawei DOCSIS 3.1 Forum in Cologne, Kurth noted that at a political level, much of the discussion was about fibre networks, but he suggested it was not the only way to […]
Increasing consumer demand for bandwidth for data and video purposes is one factor that Germany’s telcos and cable operators are having to plan for, according to panellists at the opening session of the ANGA COM and Medienforum NRW congress in Cologne. Opening the event, Thomas Braun, President, ANGA, said it was only cable operators who […]
NOS, Portugal’s broadband and TV service provider, has selected the ARRIS ZD4500 set-top for its new, immersive 4K service. NOS says the 4K service will offer the highest-quality entertainment experience in the country, allowing consumers to take full advantage of the growing accessibility of 4K TVs as well as new 4K movies and sports broadcasts. […]