Ciena Corporation a networking systems, services and software company, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Tibit Communications, a privately-held company headquartered in Petaluma, California, and that it has acquired Benu Networks, Inc., a privately-held company headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts. Tibit and Benu are focused on simplifying broadband access networks through next-generation PON technologies […]
The US Federal Communications Commission has unveiled new rules that will for the first time require broadband providers to display easy-to-understand labels to allow consumers to comparison shop for broadband services. The Report and Order approved by the Commission creates rules that require broadband providers to display, at the point of sale, labels that show […]
Dramatic increases in provisioned speeds are continuing to shift the broadband landscape, according to the Q3 2022 edition of the OpenVault Broadband Insights report. The report was issued by OpenVault, a market-leading source of SaaS-based revenue and network improvement solutions and data-driven insights for the broadband industry. Using data aggregated from OpenVault’s broadband management tools, […]
Findings from Leichtman Research Group indicate that the largest cable and wireline phone providers and fixed wireless services in the US – representing about 96 per cent of the market – acquired about 825,000 net additional broadband Internet subscribers in Q3 2022, similar to a pro forma gain of about 820,000 subscribers in Q3 2021. […]
Dell’Oro Group, a source for market information about the telecommunications, security, networks and data centre industries, has released the results of a survey finding that 100 per cent of respondents have either deployed or are planning to deploy some form of vCMTS architecture in their networks within the next 24 months. Of those planning to […]
October was relatively steady in the Netflix ISP Speed Index – a monthly update on which ISPs provide the best prime time Netflix streaming experience. A total of 131 internet service providers (ISPs) moved up 0.2 Mbps from September’s results, 300 ISPs stayed the same, and one ISP, Reytel DSL in Honduras, saw a drop […]
Virgin Media O2 is giving millions of its customers a broadband speed boost at no extra cost, offering them even more megabits for their money at a time households are increasingly reliant on broadband to stay connected and entertained. The boost, effective immediately, will see Virgin Media’s M100 service benefit from a 22 per cent […]
Bath-based Truespeed has announced a £22 million (€25.5m) investment across multiple South West locations including South Gloucestershire, North Somerset and Bath as it continues to accelerate the rollout of its ultrafast full fibre broadband throughout the region. Truespeed has added 12 new areas to its full fibre rollout plan. For the first time, Truespeed is expanding its […]
As the availability of future-proof, full-fibre technology improves, and more people upgrade their connections, average home broadband speeds in the UK are increasing, according to the Home Broadband Performance report from comms regulator Ofcom, which reveals that the median average speed of a home broadband connection has reached 59.4 Mbit/s. That represents an 18 per […]
Surfshark has released an internet divide study, which is based on data from the annual digital wellbeing index (DQL 2022). The study reveals that people from lower-income countries have to work 3 times more than higher-income countries for 3 times slower internet. In many of these countries, the internet is so slow that not even […]