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UPC launches Office 365

UPC Business has become the first cable company partnering with Microsoft to offer Office 365, bringing online versions of Exchange, SharePoint, and Lync together with Office desktop software as a single cloud service. UPC Business already offers Microsoft cloud services such as Exchange Online and SharePoint Online in Austria, and under this new agreement the […]

November 10, 2010

Cheetah Technologies and NCTC execute master purchase agreement

Cheetah Technologies, LP, an expert in network performance and video quality management solutions, today announced that it has entered into a relationship with the National Cable Television Cooperative (NCTC) that is designed to expedite the availability of Cheetah products and solutions to NCTC members. Under the terms of the Master Purchase Agreement, Cheetah will work […]

November 10, 2010

Pace buys Latens

Digital TV technology specialist Pace has acquired Latens Systems, the Belfast-based specialist in software-based Conditional Access/DRM and Middleware solutions for the pay-TV market in a £28.75 million (E32.72m) cash deal, of which £10 million is deferred and payable in 2012 subject to the achievement of conditions. Latens offers its solutions across cable, IPTV, DTH,and DTT, […]

November 5, 2010From Colin Mann in London

Bridge Tech among Norway’s Fast 50

Bridge Technologies has been honoured as one of the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 with a rank of 29. “Following on from our initial listing in Deloitte’s Fast 50 for 2009, this second year of recognition reflects continuing strong performance in a dynamic market sector,” said Simen K. Frostad, chairman, Bridge Technologies. “Most technology businesses today […]

October 29, 2010

Jünger Audio announces Integration with VSM

Dynamics processing specialist Jünger Audio is delighted to announce that the groundbreaking C8000 LEVEL MAGIC automated audio loudness control system can now connect to the Virtual Studio Manager (VSM) panels that are commonly used in Outside Broadcast vehicles and broadcast facilities where space is at a premium. Using the EMBER protocol, the VSM server can […]

October 29, 2010

Sigma first with G.hn set

Sigma Designs has announced the CG5110, the industry’s first G.hn chipset for home entertainment networking. Sigma says as the International Telecommunication Union’s (ITU) next-generation standard for wired home entertainment networks over any wire, G.hn represents an enormous step forward for consumer electronics OEMs, PC manufacturers and broadband service providers in terms of performance and ease-of-deployment. […]

October 25, 2010

Research: Fast net subs to rise fourfold by 2014

Global subscribers to wideband telco services such as Fibre To The Home (FTTH) and VDSL are expected to rise at more than triple the rate of ADSL during the next few years as carriers seek to boost their networks performance, according to the broadband market research firm iSuppli Corp. Wideband telco services subscribers are forecasted […]

October 7, 2010

BT to gauge fibre demand

BT is launching a nationwide survey dubbed ‘Race to Infinity’ to see how much potential demand there is for optical fibre broadband.  BT claims that this will identify “hot spots” where the demand for fibre is high. BT will have brought fibre broadband within reach of four million premises by the end of 2010, but […]

October 4, 2010

Telecentro chooses Cedar Point for major expansion of telecommunications network

Cedar Point Communications, a worldwide leader in integrated Voice over IP (VoIP) switching technologies for service providers, has been selected by Argentina’s largest cable network operator, Telecentro, to expand its VoIP communications services to subscribers using the SAFARI C“ Multimedia Switching System. This network expansion will more than triple the capacity of the Safari C3’s […]

October 4, 2010

£132m BT project for rural broadband

Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly are set to become one of the best connected locations in the world under an ambitious £132 million (E154m) project announced by BT and Cornwall Council and supported by European funding. The area will benefit from faster broadband thanks to the creation of a high speed network that will […]

September 30, 2010