CableLabs Announces First-Round DPoE Quals
CableLabs announced qualification of the first devices to implement version 1.0 of the DOCSIS Provisioning of EPON (DPoE) specifications. Devices achieving qualification status were DPoE systems from CommScope, Huawei, Sumitomo Electric, and ZTE; and optical network units (ONUs) from CTDI, … Continue reading
Suddenlink Taps Sigma Systems for Biz Services
Suddenlink has deployed Sigma Systems‘ Fulfillment Solution to automate the activation of voice and data services to its business customers, integrating billing, order entry and delivery. Sigma’s business voice, SIP trunking and data services product provisions Suddenlink’s integrated voice and … Continue reading
Online Video: 41 Billion Views in May
According to comScore‘s (NASDAQ:SCOR) Video Metrix service, 182 million Americans watched nearly 41 billion online content videos in May, while the number of video ad views reached 15.8 billion. Other findings from May include: 84.8% of the U.S. Internet audience … Continue reading
TWC Bundles Biz Services for Teleworkers
Time Warner Cable (NYSE:TWC) Business Class announced its Teleworker Solutions, a suite of four bundled packages designed to meet the needs of businesses with remote employees, across its Texas, Midwest and Pacific West markets. The new bundles will combine high-speed … Continue reading
TiVo Rolls with Mediacom, Atlantic Broadband
TiVo (NASDAQ:TIVO) has notched up deployment wins with two cable operators, Mediacom and Atlantic Broadband. Mediacom will initially deploy the TiVo Premiere Q four-tuner gateway DVR, TiVo Mini IP set-top box client and companion applications for iOS and Android devices. … Continue reading
Cogeco Opens Data Center
Cogeco (TSX:CCA) Data Services announced the opening of its new multi-million-dollar data center in Barrie, just north of Toronto, Ontario. The facility, paired with Cogeco Data Services’ wholly owned cloud and network infrastructure, has been designed to support the global … Continue reading
Suddenlink Ups Web Speeds, Adds HD
Residential Suddenlink customers in Malvern, Perla and Rockport, AR, can now get High Speed-Internet 30.0 service, featuring a download speed up to 30 Mbps, and High-Speed Internet MAX 50.0 service, with a download speed up to 50 Mbps. Since spring … Continue reading
CableLabs, Broadcom Demo DOCSIS 3.1 Tech
At the Cable Show, CableLabs and Broadcom (NASDAQ:BRCM) ran a live demonstration of multi-Gbps HFC access using core technologies from the DOCSIS 3.1 specifications. In the demo, cable transport including DOCSIS 3.1 and EPoC (EPON Protocol over Coax) utilized technologies … Continue reading
Comcast Deploys ARRIS Router, Gateway
Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA) has taken the ARRIS (NASDAQ:ARRS) E6000 Converged Edge Router (CER) from trials to its first commercial deployment. The E6000 CER is a network component of ARRIS’ end-to-end portfolio, which spans the cloud, network and home. In other Comcast/ARRIS … Continue reading
Norwegian Op Picks NetCracker BSS
Norwegian cable operator Canal Digital Kabel-TV has chosen NetCracker‘s BSS for a transformation of its billing environment. NetCracker’s Rating and Billing solution will replace Canal Digital Kabel-TV’s legacy revenue management system. Canal Digital Kabel-TV offers more than 100 different TV … Continue reading
Comcast Plans Neighborhood WiFi, Standalone Smart Home
In conjunction with the Cable Show this week in Washington, DC, Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA) announced plans to create millions of WiFi access points for its customers through a neighborhood hotspot initiative. The MSO is beginning to give its Xfinity Internet customers … Continue reading
Ruckus Launches DOCSIS 3.0 WiFi Access Point
At the Cable Show, Ruckus Wireless (NYSE:RKUS) launched its ZoneFlex 7781CM outdoor WiFi access point (AP) with BeamFlex adaptive antenna technology. The 7781CM is designed to be strand-mounted on a cable operator’s aerial cable plant or to be pedestal, wall … Continue reading
Liberty Completes Virgin Media Buy
Liberty Global (NASDAQ:LBTYA) announced that following shareholder approvals, regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions, it has completed its previously announced acquisition of Virgin Media (NASDAQ:VMED) in a stock and cash merger valued at approximately $24 billion.