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VOD ready to roll, Yankee Group says
June 24, 2001 8:00 pm | by Anne Kerven | CommentsVOD's technology and upgrades are in place this year "to achieve the critical mass required for commercial deployment," a Yankee Group study says. The research organization says the technology will generate revenue of $65 million by the end of the year and will reach $1.98 billion by the end of 2005.
Alcatel to maintain underwater cable in North Seas
June 24, 2001 8:00 pm | by Anne Kerven | CommentsThe North Sea Cable Maintenance Agreement, an international group of cable carriers, signed a 33-month deal with Alcatel to maintain all submarine networks laid in the North Sea. The group — which includes Concert, Deutsche Telekom, Tele Danmark, KPN, Telia and France Telecom — agreed to share the maintenance costs of the undersea networks.
TWC edges over competition, but customer count falls
June 24, 2001 8:00 pm | by Anne Kerven | CommentsTime Warner Cable shows an edge over other cable companies, with 14.4 percent of the cable TV households, but that number is down from last year's 15.5 percent of the customers, a new study says. Worse, the satellite industry is making inroads into the cable TV market and has higher customer-satisfaction ratings.
Qmedia taps Net Insight switches for 10,000-mile network
June 24, 2001 8:00 pm | by Anne Kerven | CommentsQmedia will use optical switches from Stockholm-based Net Insight in the 10,000-mile fiber optic network Qmedia is building across North America. The network initially will connect broadcast stations, production studios and others in the professional media industry, Qmedia reports. Under the deal, worth a potential $20 million during the next two years, Net Insight will provide its Nimbra Serie...
TradeWinds to use 'mesh' fixed broadband in Va.
June 24, 2001 8:00 pm | by Anne Kerven | CommentsTradeWinds Network Services will use mesh fixed broadband access technology from Radiant Networks Inc. in selected LMDS license areas in Virginia and surrounding states. Particulars of the multiyear, multimillion-dollar contract depend is open at this point, says Radiant spokesman Darrin Mylet. Numbers depend on how quickly the technology can be deployed and how acceptance among other LMDS lice...
Terabeam touts 'fiberless' optic system in Denver
June 21, 2001 8:00 pm | by Anne Kerven | CommentsTerabeam Corp. launched its "fiberless" optic system in Denver, the second city the company serves. The company says its metro area network sends an invisible beam of light, of the same wavelength as fiber optic cables, from its hub site to a customer's office, through its windows. "By beaming invisible light directly through office windows, customers can receive Terabeam's service within 30 da...
HighSpeed Surfing releases wireless router
June 21, 2001 8:00 pm | by Anne Kerven | CommentsHighSpeed Surfing Inc. is launching its WG 100 Wireless Router for homes and businesses. The product blends the capabilities of wireless routers' access points into a single device with remote management. It comes with a four-port, auto-sensing 10/100 Mbps Ethernet switch, one uplink push-button for cascading to another hub or switch, and is designed to support wired and wireless network interf...
C-COR.net to equip Indonesian network
June 21, 2001 8:00 pm | by Anne Kerven | CommentsC-COR.net will supply equipment to a broadband network in Indonesia, an HFC system passing 15,000 homes from two headends. The project is for Pt. Indosat Mega Media, a cable network operator in Jakarta. C-COR.net will supply its lumaCOR amplitude modulation fiber optic headend equipment, naviCOR optical nodes, FlexNet 900 series coaxial cable amplifiers and its Cable Network Manager element man...
China Broadband in letter of intent over Chongqing service
June 21, 2001 8:00 pm | by Anne Kerven | CommentsChina Broadband Corp. subsidiary Big Sky Network Canada Ltd. will supply capital, management and technology to Jitong Network Communication Co. Ltd.'s network in Chongqing, according to a letter of agreement. Jitong has a 1,500 km metro area network in the west-central China city. The two intend to deploy first in the city core — some 160,000 households of the city's 30 million population...
CableLabs certifies 17 cable modems in 18th wave
June 20, 2001 8:00 pm | by Anne Kerven | CommentsCableLabs certified 17 cable modems in its 18th certification wave of DOCSIS equipment, concluded today. The were certified DOCSIS 1.0, CableLabs says. The 17 modems come from three new companies — Hitron, Infinite and US Robotics — and nine companies were recertified, including 3Com, Ambit, D-Link, Ericsson, High Speed Surfing, LinkSys, Net & Sys, Thomson Multimedia and Toshiba.
Study: DSL gave cable a tech edge
June 20, 2001 8:00 pm | by Anne Kerven | CommentsYou snooze, you lose, says a cable-versus-DSL study from Allied Business Intelligence. Cable vs. DSL: The Race Is On says DSL providers sat on their technology too long and gave cable a head start in tech development. "In the last three years, (DSL providers) have been in too much of a race to catch up with cable access to satisfactorily resolve issues of supply, deployment and shared infrastru...
Liberty buys Deutsche Telekom cable systems
June 20, 2001 8:00 pm | by Anne Kerven | CommentsLiberty Media will buy six of nine regional cable TV regions from Deutsche Telekom AG for an estimated $4.7 billion. The deal follows a February letter of intent between the two, but with revisions. Under the deal, Liberty will acquire cable systems in Hamburg/Schleswig-Holstein/Mecklenburg-Vopommern, Bremen/Niedersachsen, Rheinland-Pfalz/Saarland, Berlin/Brandenburg, Sachsen/Sachsen-Anhalt/Thu...
Qwest rebuts Morgan Stanley report
June 20, 2001 8:00 pm | by Anne Kerven | CommentsSmarting from a Morgan Stanley analyst report that reduced its stock from "outperform" to "neutral," Qwest Communications International issued a strongly worded rebuttal. The MS report questioned Qwest's accounting decisions and suggested those could end up causing slower growth than what the company had predicted.
3Com may sell HQ and other sites
June 19, 2001 8:00 pm | by Anne Kerven | Comments3Com reportedly is selling part of its headquarters campus in Santa Clara, Calif., and intends to put several other facilities on the market. The computer network equipment maker will sell its facility in Marlborough, Mass., and lease space after, CNet says. Also on the market are its Mount Prospect, Ill.
Covad shows $198.5 M net loss in Q1
June 19, 2001 8:00 pm | by Anne Kerven | CommentsCovad showed a $198.5 million, or $1.15 per share, net loss in its first-quarter results, ended March 31, it reports today. Losses for the same quarter last year reached $136.3 million, or 93 cents a share. The company has been running late with its filings, due to internal changes and what the company last month called weaknesses in its internal controls last year.
