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. […]
VOO, a Belgian cable operator and one of the fastest-growing cable operators in Europe, is deploying the Cisco cBR-8 converged cable access platform (CCAP) to give its residential and business customers faster broadband services. VOO provides digital television services to its customers, including HD and VoD, as well as Internet, fixed telephone, and mobile phone […]
German telecommunications and cable provider NetCologne has selected the ARRIS Touchstone TG2492 Gateway to bring gigabit speeds and superior wireless broadband coverage to its subscribers in the area of Cologne. The ARRIS TG2492 is a EuroDOCSIS gateway designed to deliver ultra-fast broadband speeds of up to 1Gbps and the latest 802.11ac Wi-Fisetting the stage for […]
Providing premium scalability, fast-time-to-market and reduced on-site hardware investment for pay-TV operators adopting new consumer services over DVB, IPTV and multiscreen – multi-network platforms, Conax, a specialist in total service protection for digital entertainment services and part of the Kudelski Group is to feature its new Contego-as-a-Service cloud-based content protection service at ANGA COM in […]
Access announced it has extended its partnership with Verimatrix to enhance and secure the convergence of traditional broadcast infrastructure and IP services. As more devices enter the multiscreen mix, security has become a core component of rights negotiation. The collaboration between ACCESS and Verimatrix enables operators to deploy multiscreen systems that comply with the latest […]