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Optical/Corning promote FTTH
March 20, 2001 7:00 pm | by Anne Kerven | CommentsOptical Solutions Inc. has partnered with Corning Inc. to accelerate acceptance of fiber-to-the-home. Under the agreement, Corning will provide passive optical network (PON) infrastructure components and solutions, while Optical Solutions will reciprocate with FTTH system information. While deploying fiber and optical, the two will combine resources in marketing, training and support to develop...
FCC pressured on ITV rules
March 19, 2001 7:00 pm | by Anne Kerven | CommentsIn something of a quandary about the future of touted-but-tentative interactive TV, the FCC is fending off pressure from consumer groups while taking comments on whether or not to regulate the fledgling service. But by acting now to ensure the future industry stays "open," observers say it could actually prevent development by regulating it too quickly.
Loops key in DSL on POTS
March 19, 2001 7:00 pm | by Anne Kerven | CommentsCareful how you manage that DSL loop there. A study from Turnstone Systems Inc. and TeleChoice Inc. shows profitability can founder when carriers deploy DSL to residences over plain old telephone lines, without good loop management. Turnstone's study quantifies the benefits of remote loop management in environments where carriers deploy DSL over POTS lines and claims that carriers can see a pay...
BWIF standards in the offing
March 19, 2001 7:00 pm | by Anne Kerven | CommentsWatch for a faction setting standards in wireless Internet equipment. The Broadband Wireless Internet Forum, based in Piscataway, N.J., but with members in Europe, North America and Asia, is taking bids from major tech labs as part of a potential equipment certification program. The plan calls for manufacturers to submit their wireless broadband equipment to the chosen lab, and have the product...
On that note …
March 19, 2001 7:00 pm | by Anne Kerven | CommentsCupertino, Calif.-based Vyyo Inc., a provider of fixed wireless broadband systems, is debuting a new broadband access platform for the 3.5 GHz frequency band. The platform combines the company's V3000 wireless hub, V251 wireless modems and 3.5 GHz radio equipment, allowing high-speed, wireless data and voice connectivity over 3.
SNAP2 uses Java on digital TV
March 19, 2001 7:00 pm | by Anne Kerven | CommentsSNAP2 out of Des Moines plans to demonstrate a Java-powered component to digital TV this week. LivingRoom is a Java application suite built using SNAP2's Gear for DVB-MHP, a HAVi-compliant framework. The company says LivingRoom combines digital broadcast TV, the Internet and resident set-top box applications as a new interactive medium for consumers, letting users customize and access news, mov...
ICC gets $1 M TWC contract
March 19, 2001 7:00 pm | by Anne Kerven | CommentsInternet Cable Corp. in West Chester, Pa., picked up a $1 million contract to provide broadband network services for Time Warner Cable in Harlingen, Texas. The work goes to its engineering services division, Cable Systems Technical Services Inc., and will include engineering services support, including network sweeping, for TWC's cable plant.
PayForView.com creates marketing division
March 19, 2001 7:00 pm | by Anne Kerven | CommentsPayForView.com has created Total PayPerView, a subsidiary providing Internet viewers and users with text and video about all pay-per-view TV products available on multiple viewing platforms. The new division will be headed by cable industry veteran Sid Amira. The three-pronged Total PayPerView targets three groups: It's a marketing vehicle for content providers/distribution platforms; an entert...
Trilogy/E-tron wire commercial buildings
March 19, 2001 7:00 pm | by Anne Kerven | CommentsTrilogy Communications Inc. will provide up to 1 million feet of coaxial cable and accessories for E-tron Technologies Inc.'s Wireless Utility System, Trilogy reports. Trilogy's AirCell cable will be used in a system E-tron developed for distributing commercial wireless frequencies in buildings, as well as other public facilities.
On that note …(2)
March 19, 2001 7:00 pm | by Anne Kerven | CommentsCupertino, Calif.-based Vyyo Inc., a provider of fixed wireless broadband systems, is debuting a new broadband access platform for the 3.5 GHz frequency band. The platform combines the company's V3000 wireless hub, V251 wireless modems and 3.5 GHz radio equipment, allowing high-speed, wireless data and voice connectivity over 3.
Marconi debuts photonics branch
March 18, 2001 7:00 pm | by Anne Kerven | CommentsMarconi Optical Components launches today with the release of a line of photonic components for next-generation, high-performance optical networks. With the debut of the new business unit, Marconi aims to blend the pace and energy of a start-up with the credibility and R&D leadership of an established player, Marconi President and CEO David Parker said in a prepared statement.
Lucent spinoff to break last-mile bottleneck
March 18, 2001 7:00 pm | by Anne Kerven | CommentsAgere Systems, once known as Lucent Technologies' Microelectronics Group, released a line of full-duplex, single-fiber optical transceivers that break the "last-mile bottleneck," the company reports today. The products allow a more cost-effective delivery of analog and digital video, Internet and voice traffic to homes, businesses or curbside distribution point, Agere reports.
BSI/Liberate join on Korean cable
March 18, 2001 7:00 pm | by Anne Kerven | CommentsBroadband Solutions Inc. plans to streamline its digital interactive services to its eight million Korean TV viewers, using a software platform from Liberate Technologies, the two companies report. The duo also agreed that BSI will use the software exclusively across Korea and that BSI will be sole provider of Liberate-based services for that market.
Downturn hits modem market
March 18, 2001 7:00 pm | by Anne Kerven | CommentsWondering about those mergers and company closures in the modem markets? According to a study by Cahners In-Stat, the research arm of CEDaily's parent company, analog and modem shipments fell last quarter, thanks to declining consumer and OEM purchases, but revenue decreases were even more drastic as average selling prices deteriorated.
ICG drama not over yet
March 15, 2001 7:00 pm | by Karen Kessler-Tanaka | CommentsThough ICG Communications has gone through every business tragedy possible, the company is still entangled in courtroom drama. The now-broke CLEC is asking a federal bankruptcy court judge to approve a $6 million settlement in a dispute with Microsoft's MSN Internet service provider, reports WSJ.com.
