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JDSU 40G certifier

JDSU has introduced its next-generation cable certifier, the JDSU Certifier40G. The innovative handheld test solution is the fastest and most advanced cable certifier for growing enterprise network bandwidth demands – including local access networks (LAN), storage area networks (SAN), and data centers.   The JDSU Certifier40G supports those responsible for quality, reliable performance of private businesses, […]

January 18, 2011

YouView delay?

BT’S pay-TV ambitions have been dealt a blow with the delay of a new and potentially ground-breaking service to bring VOD to Freeview. The launch of the YouView service will be delayed six months beyond the summer according to reports in the Daily Mail. The paper says technical problems and discord between the partners mean […]

January 17, 2011

China’s tougher stance on online piracy

China will step up its fight to protect intellectual property rights (IPR) by targeting online piracy, state media has said, amid calls for Beijing to do more on widespread copyright infringement. “It is vital to protect online IPR,” Wang Ziqiang, spokesman for the National Copyright Administration, was quoted as saying by the China Daily. “If […]

January 17, 2011

Russia: Internet users responsible for piracy

Internet users — not Internet companies — should be held legally accountable for uploading pirated content on web sites, Russian Communications and Press Minister Igor Shchyogolev has said. But Shchyogolev added that it is in the responsibility of the Internet companies to delete illegal content “upon the signal from the lawful property rights owner.” The […]

January 17, 2011

US and Europe Cable Labs co-op

Cable Television Laboratories and Cable Europe Labs have committed to a closer and more extensive working relationship under a memorandum of understanding (MOU) establishing a one-year trial programme by which the two cable research and development organisations might develop longer-term joint cooperation. “This accord builds upon the five years of collaboration on specification development and […]

January 17, 2011

BT broadband with cheap IPTV

BT has launched a new broadband deal geared at consumers seeking access to its on-demand IPTV service. The Internet service provider’s latest broadband bundle includes 20Mb download capabilities, unlimited UK weekend calls and a BT Vision subscription. Along with access to broadband-enabled TV content, the offer includes two viewing packs – TV and Replay – […]

January 14, 2011

51% of French homes to have triple-play by 2015

Fifty one per cent of all French households will subscribe to triple-play bundles in 2015, up from 36 per cent in 2010, according to a report from Pyramid Research. The regulatory environment encourages competition, but a saturated market makes it a tough operating environment. “Convergence is the key competitive factor in France, and it is […]

January 13, 2011

Facebook, Google, Yahoo to test-drive IPv6 addresses

Facebook, Google and Yahoo are switching their websites to new Internet addresses in a 24-hour test to raise awareness of the critical shortage of capacity. The three online giants, which together attract more than 1 billion visits a day, will transfer their sites to the next generation of internet addresses on June 8th, as experts […]

January 13, 2011

Video Metrix 2.0 from ComScore

ComScore, the measuring the digital world specialist, has confirmed the UK launch of Video Metrix 2.0, the next generation of comScore’s online video measurement service. The new service offers several enhancements – including reporting of online video ad impressions – designed better to align with the realities of today’s online video landscape. “The dynamics of […]

January 13, 2011

BT superfast broadband for 41 towns

Forty-one UK market towns with around 300,000 businesses and consumers will get broadband access of up to 40Mbps from spring next year as part of the next phase of BT’s £2.5 billion fibre deployment, the telecoms firm has announced. The 41 towns will complement 785 exchanges that BT has already named under its fibre roll-out […]

January 13, 2011