Tilgin, provider of customer premises equipment (CPE) for triple play, next-generation broadband and IMS-based services, has signed a worldwide sales and marketing co-operation agreement with Nokia Siemens Networks a globally recognised system integrator regarding the sale of pre-integrated Tilgin IPTV set-top boxes to selected customers. Tilgin will be promoted as a preferred supplier of Nokia […]
The market for home-networked CE devices has been trying to move past the early adopter stage, but this has not been occurring very quickly, In-Stat says. Although In-Stat’s consumer research shows that there has been progress, the majority of consumers still only use their home network for Internet sharing. “Improvement is still needed when it […]
Orange, Thomson and Sagem Communications have joined forces to create a joint venture: Soft At Home. This structure is aimed at creating a standard for the interconnection of equipment within the multimedia ecosystem. Soft At Home is designed to facilitate the deployment and interoperability of digital equipment in the home and make it possible to […]
The DVB Board has approved the commercial requirements for the DVB-C2 specification. The demand for more advanced services has pushed the existing cable specification to its limits and DVB has therefore introduced the process to develop a set of commercial requirements and is looking for contributions towards a specification that will serve the cable industry […]
UK broadband users are only getting an average download speed of 2.95Mbps, according to broadband comparison site Broadband-Expert.co.uk. The study is based on a survey of 18,558 UK broadband in January of this year. Be Broadband offered users the highest average download speed, with an average of 6.07Mbps recorded. This is partially due to Be […]
Scopus has revealed that FN Cable Holdings, a pan-European Multi Service Operator management group, will deploy Scopus headend solutions for the digital upgrade of its FiberNet Hungary and Eurocom Bulgaria subsidiaries. “In moving to a digital environment, we sought a partner whose solutions could fulfil our requirements for bringing high-quality video, voice, and data to […]
The Australian Government is considering a three-strikes policy against computer users who download illegally. The Government will examine new legislative proposals being unveiled in Britain this week to target people who download films and music illegally. Under the three-strikes policy, a warning would be first issued to offenders who illegally share files using peer-to-peer technology […]
BT believes it may be able to limit rivals' access to some of its wholesale broadband network after the European Commission backed a drive to lift regulation of the division in parts of the UK. Brussels endorsed a proposal by Ofcom, the telecoms watchdog, to scrap controls on internet providers in certain densely populated areas […]
Comcast Corp has told US regulators it uses reasonable measures to manage traffic moving over its broadband service as some of its customers overwhelm the network by using file-sharing applications like BitTorrent. Comcast, which is the second largest US Internet service provider with more than 13 million subscribers, said the use of network management was […]
Three of the UK's largest Internet Service Providers have signed up to use a new advertising platform that will give them a slice of the growing online targeted ad market. BT, Virgin Media and Carphone Warehouse’s TalkTalk have signed up to use a system created by Phorm that connects advertisers, Web sites and the ISPs […]