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Broadband Forum releases GPON interop standard
June 19, 2013 1:42 pm | by Brian Santo | News | CommentsThe Forum's BroadbandSuite 6.2 establishes a new standard for GPON network interoperability, with the aim of helping to accelerate the deployment of GPON networks. Separately, Lantiq’s GPON system-on-a-chip is the first new product to successfully achieve the expanded BBF.247 ONU certification.
Home automation wherever you are...
June 18, 2013 7:37 pm | by Brian Santo | Articles | CommentsHome services – packages that include some combination of home automation, home monitoring, and home security – have a long way to go before they rival any of the other elements in the residential bundle in terms of revenue. But the potential is there and initial indications are highly encouraging.
Deploying CCAP: Not just another box swap
June 18, 2013 6:24 pm | by Jorge Salinger and Ty Pearman | Articles | CommentsAs service offerings continue to expand and the end users’ appetite for these services continues to grow, MSOs are putting a tremendous effort into keeping up with the demands on the edge network. The concern is the finite resources, including space, power and cooling, used to handle these expansions within the headend and/or hub.
Google begins launching Internet-beaming balloons
June 18, 2013 1:38 pm | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsGoogle is launching Internet-beaming antennas into the stratosphere aboard giant, jellyfish-shaped balloons with the lofty goal of getting the entire planet online. Ground stations about 60 miles apart would bounce Internet signals up to the balloons. The signals would hop backward from one balloon to the next to keep people continuously connected.
Netgear sampling MoCA-to-Wi-Fi extender
June 17, 2013 1:23 pm | by Brian Santo | Product Releases | CommentsNetgear is sampling a MoCA-to-Wi-Fi extender based on Entropic’s silicon and software. Netgear’s WM2500RP extender is designed for service providers to use to boost coverage in whole-home video and data installations. The device delivers more than 400 Mbps of usable MAC (medium access control) throughput.
CableLabs announces first devices to achieve DPoE qualification
June 17, 2013 12:19 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsThis morning CableLabs announced qualification of the first devices that use 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, Finisar, Huawei, and Sumitomo Electric.
Time Warner Cable Business expands Teleworker availability
June 14, 2013 11:01 am | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsTime Warner Cable Business Class has expanded the availability of its Teleworker Solutions, which includes four bundled packages to pick from, across its Texas, Mid-West and Pacific West markets. The bundles combine high-speed Internet with business class phone and managed security to meet the needs of remote office workers.
Cisco announces newest core router: the CRS-X
June 13, 2013 1:54 pm | by Brian Santo | News | CommentsCisco today announced a new member of its Carrier Routing System (CRS) family of core routers, this one providing about 10 times the capacity of the founding product in the line, the CRS-1, which debuted in 2004. The new CRS-X, which will be available later this year, is a 400 Gbps per slot system that can be expanded to nearly 1 Pbps (petabit per second) in a multi-chassis deployment.
NetCracker lands BSS deal with Cox Business
June 13, 2013 12:28 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsCox Business has signed on to use NetCracker Technology’s managed services business support system (BSS.) The multi-year deal enables Cox Business to use NetCracker’s new TOMS (Telecom Operations & Management Solutions) version 9.0.
Live from the Show: Cable Show 2013 Day III
June 12, 2013 10:42 am | by Brian Santo | Videos | CommentsAs we roll into the third day of the NCTA Cable Show 2013, we ponder on what we have learned about X2 and the race to put stuff in the cloud, about high school football in Florida, about CCAP technology, and about life in general. Actually, not so much about life in general.
From the Cable Show: "Disruptors" not so disruptive
June 10, 2013 6:25 pm | by Brian Santo | News | CommentsExecutives from Vox Media, Jawbone, Twitter, and Roku were all quite enthusiastic about being complements to the cable industry, but they all wished that cable would innovate a little faster. Tom Rutledge meanwhile essentially admonished programmers to give it up already.
Cable Show: Cox, Cisco team up on two CCAP trials
June 10, 2013 11:01 am | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsCox Communications and Cisco have taken the cable industry’s converged cable access platform (CCAP) for a test-drive in two trials. In addition to Cox, Comcast and Time Warner Cable have also kicked the tires on CCAP, which will eventually combine edge QAMs and cable modem termination systems into one ultra-dense platform.
Applied Broadband sells IPDR analysis tool
June 7, 2013 1:25 pm | by Brian Santo | News | CommentsGuavus has purchased Applied Broadband’s Pipeline product. Pipeline is used for collecting, analyzing and mediating IPDR (Internet Protocol Detailed Records) data, drawn from cable modem termination systems (CMTSs) to understand bandwidth consumption and network activity.
Report: Service provider router market declines in Q1
June 6, 2013 11:55 am | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsThe service provider router market declined in the first quarter of this year, according to a recent report by Dell’Oro Group. The latest results were part of a continuing trend with quarterly market revenue growth stagnant since mid-2011, which was the last time the market experienced double-digit growth.
NA up, other regions down in broadband spending
June 6, 2013 11:48 am | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsThe broadband aggregation equipment market has dipped in most regions, but service providers were spending in North America to combat cable operators’ DOCSIS 3.0 deployments. Spending on DSL, PON and FTTH equipment decreased 7 percent from the fourth quarter of last year to the first quarter of this year for a total of $1.5 billion worldwide, according to a recent report by Infonetics Research.
