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100 Million Hybrid STBs to Ship in 2015

2012-01-24T21:08:00.000-08:00

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Hybrid set top boxes are a fast-growing segment of the worldwide set top box market. These boxes include a TV tuner and an Internet connection. It’s similar to hybrid vehicles that combine a gasoline engine with an electric motor. Hybrid STBs are appearing in all service categories and new usage models and applications have provided momentum. As television services begin

Google could speed up FTTH

2012-01-24T20:58:00.000-08:00

SureWest's latest FTTH target has been in nearby Olathe, Kan., an area where it allocated additional capital in 2011 to add 5,000 new homes. In late 2007, it entered the Kansas City, Mo. market through its purchase of the former Everest Broadband.Barry M. Sine, managing director of equity research at Drexel Hamilton, said relationship with Google could provide upside for SureWest. Barry M. Sine

Hackers jailbreak iPhone 4S and iPad 2

2012-01-23T20:36:00.000-08:00

The first untethered jailbreak for Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPhone 4S and iPad 2 running iOS 5.0.1 is now available. The Chronic Dev Team, the hacking group behind much of the jailbreaking software for devices running iOS, announced the news on its blog Friday.While previous jailbreaks have been released as quickly as the day after a software update, GreenPois0n, the solution from the Chronic Dev

The future of digital free-to-air television

2012-01-23T10:38:00.000-08:00

The Australian Communications and Media Authority is considering the future technological evolution of free-to-air television after the transition to digital television is complete.Following decades of stability in television technology, Australia took a giant step in 2001 with the adoption of what was then state of the art digital television. The transition provides us with crisp, clear images,

Apple's iPad 3 to support LTE

2012-01-13T20:58:00.000-08:00

The report, which cited three unnamed sources familiar with the device, said that Apple will deliver an LTE iPad before an LTE iPhone because the tablet's larger battery can more easily handle LTE's power requirements. Given the release timeframe mentioned in the report, it's likely that Verizon Wireless (NYSE:VZ) and AT&T Mobility (NYSE:T) will remain Apple's U.S. carrier partners--at least for

Global IPTV subscribers up 6% in 3Q 2011 to 54.4 million

2012-01-12T10:48:00.000-08:00

Broadband Delivers Strongest Growth Since 2009Third quarter broadband figures achieve 2009 levels of growthTelecom operators increase market share as fiber shows strongest access growth rateAsia remains dominant region, with China nearly doubling its broadband subscriber numbersIPTV approaches 55 million subscribers as Europe holds on to top regional position against strong growth out of

Broadcom announces industry’s first integrated MoCA® 2.0 STB and Hybrid IP Gateway SoCs

2012-01-11T10:38:00.000-08:00

Broadcom Heads to CES with Industry’s First Integrated MoCA® 2.0 System-on-a-Chip Portfolio; Delivers 2x Home Network Performance for Industry’s Top Operators; Showcases Innovation for 2012 CES ShowMoCA 2.0 more than doubles available home network bandwidth and enhances video quality and distribution in the home.Enables more energy efficient systems with advanced power management technology for

Hybrid Cable Set-Top Box with Home Gateway

2012-01-10T10:28:00.000-08:00

LAS VEGAS — 2012 International CES — Humax (KOSDAQ:028080), a premier set-top box manufacturer, will debut its global advanced tru2way set-top box at the International CES 2012 in Las Vegas. The version to be shown is targeted for the North American cable television market leveraging SeaChange International’s (Nasdaq: SEAC) Nucleus Hybrid Gateway software and Nitro applications suite providing a

Celeno bows new video-grade Wi-Fi chip

2012-01-08T18:18:00.001-08:00

Celeno Communications will be showing off its new video-grade Wi-Fi chip at next week's International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.The CLR260 is a single PCIe WLAN chip powered by Celeno's OptimizAir and digital beamforming technology. The chip can be used in wireless home gateways and set-top box applications."With the introduction of the CLR260, Celeno now offers a full product suite

Amino picks Celeno's Wi-Fi platform for IPTV STBs

2012-01-08T18:18:00.000-08:00

Amino Communications has selected Celeno Communications' Wi-Fi solutions for use in its IPTV set-top boxes.Celeno's OptimizAir Wi-Fi chipsets will be used worldwide by Amino to help distribute IPTV and over-the-top (OTT) services throughout homes via Wi-Fi home networking applications.With the deal in hand, Celeno is now a preferred technology partner for Amino. Financial terms of the agreement

THE BROADBAND 50 - 2011

2012-01-01T18:18:00.000-08:00

1: IP migration: A perfect circleIt has long been apparent that IP transport will eventually reach near-ubiquity, driven by the virtuous circle (… wider use drives down costs, dropping costs drives wider use, wider use drives …). Still, few can legitimately say that they expected usage to grow so quickly.Even with YouTube, Netflix and Hulu out there, nobody outside of Apple saw the iPhone or the

DirecTV, AT&T rank highest in J.D. Power customer satisfaction study

2011-12-23T18:08:00.000-08:00

Cable operators were shut out of the top spots in their respective regions in the latest J.D. Power and Associates 2011 residential television service satisfaction study, while AT&T and DirecTV posted the highest scores.The study measured customer satisfaction with cable, satellite and Internet protocol (IPTV) television providers in four regional segments: North Central, East, West and South. In

Calix expands VDSL2 portfolio

2011-11-23T17:58:00.000-08:00

Calix has expanded its portfolio of VDSL2 products complementing its Ethernet Unified Access Platform (ESAP), aimed at covering some of the few remaining density options that clients might require.The new equipment includes two new Ethernet eXtensible Architecture (EXA)-powered VDSL2 lines cards for the ESAP, featuring up to 96 VDSL2 combo ports (or 48 overlay ports and support for bonding and

Cisco serves up wireless boxes to AT&T

2011-10-28T18:08:00.000-07:00

Cisco is laying claim to an industry first with its new wireless IPTV receiver, which AT&T will offer across its entire footprint on Monday.Cisco’s ISB7005 wireless receiver allows U-verse subscribers to send standard-definition and high-definition programming around a home via 802.11n Wi-Fi. The system also features Cisco’s VEN401 Wireless Access Point, which, along with the wireless receiver,

Pioneer picks Amino’s DVR boxes for IPTV service

2011-10-23T17:58:00.000-07:00

Pioneer Telephone Cooperative has selected a DVR set-top box from Amino for its IPTV service.Headquartered in Kingfisher, Okla., Pioneer serves more than 40,000 customers across more than 74 communities in western Oklahoma. The co-op was at the forefront of IPTV deployments in North America.Pioneer is using Amino’s Aminet A540 DVR IPTV/OTT set-top boxes that include new system-on-a-chip (SoC)

Ikanos chips presage IPTV-optimized VDSL2

2011-10-23T17:48:00.000-07:00

Ikanos Communications has introduced a family of multimode VDSL2 chipsets with integrated packet classification and noise protection circuitry, critical capabilities for IPTV. The chipsets are designed to provide the highest throughput and density, with the lowest power consumption per port.VDSL2 provides the bandwidth DSL service providers need to offer the triple play, but only on subscriber

A-L supercharges DSL with vectoring

2011-09-23T17:58:00.000-07:00

Alcatel-Lucent announced new VDSL2 line cards that include vectoring, which DSL service providers can use to significantly boost data rates on bonded lines to speeds faster than 100 Mbps.In addition to line cards with vectoring capability built in, A-L also has a vector processing card.The company claims this to be the first commercial vectoring product for VDSL2. The vectoring process resolves

Start-up targets cable's hospitality business

2011-08-28T18:08:00.000-07:00

TiVus now has available its system for replacing hotel entertainment systems, directly challenging MVPDs that provide pay-TV services to the hospitality industry.TiVus' twist is that it provides its system at no cost to hotels; it makes money with ad insertion, with ad revenue shared with the hotels.TiVus' system is called e-SmartRoom, which it describes as a complete HD IPTV in-room Internet and

Why does T-Mobile USA have so many iPhone users?

2011-08-23T20:28:00.000-07:00

T-Mobile USA made a surprising revelation by declaring it supports 1 million iPhone users on its mobile network, AllThingsD reported. What's more astonishing is the fact that iPhone users on T-Mobile's network don't have access to the operator's HSPA network; they have to use T-Mobile's slower EDGE network since the phone only supports AT&T's Mobility's (NYSE:T) HSPA bands.Moreover, current

BT will bring ADSL2+ service to additional 2.5M homes, businesses

2011-07-29T10:48:00.000-07:00

BT (NYSE: BT) will expand its up to 20 Mbps speed ADSL2+ to about 2.5 million homes and businesses, or 90 percent of the UK population by 2013, up from the 80 percent of homes it originally planned. Having already upgraded telephone exchanges that serve over 17.6 million premises, BT will upgrade an additional 800 telephone exchanges to reach its new broadband expansion goal. Part of this new

VDSL Port Shipments Grow to Record Level in the First Quarter

2011-07-28T16:38:00.000-07:00

EMEA and North America Account for Most ShipmentsREDWOOD CITY, Calif. — According to a newly published report by Dell’Oro Group, the trusted source for market information about the networking and telecommunications industries, VDSL port shipments reached a record level in the first quarter of 2011, surging almost 50% over the year-ago period.“With ADSL being a mature technology with limited

AT&T's Stephenson says its legacy DSL is 'obsolete'

2011-07-20T05:48:00.000-07:00

Randall Stephenson, CEO of AT&T (NYSE: T), during this week's National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) summer meeting in Los Angeles, admitted that the copper-based DSL network that delivers its broadband data services is "obsolete."Of course, AT&T's chief competitor Comcast (Nasdaq: CMCSA), which had its own EVP David Cohen speaking at the event right after Stephenson,

AT&T: Bonded VDSL is here for real

2011-07-16T17:38:00.000-07:00

AT&T's (NYSE: T) deployment of bonded VDSL--one that's seen various delays dating back to 2007--now appears to be on track.Designed to be a response to cable's DOCSIS 3.0 drive, a Broadband DSL Reports post reports that AT&T will start rolling out pair bonded VDSL this week in certain markets and eventually throughout its entire 22 state territory. With bonded VDSL, AT&T will be able to reach

Ikanos chips support 100 Mbps DSL

2011-07-15T17:48:00.000-07:00

Ikanos has developed a new set of chips that support 100 Mbps DSL, based on a new standard that supports both channel bonding and vectoring.Ikanos' new Fusiv Vx185 and Vx183 chips conform to the new G.vector ITU standard, which defines how to achieve 100 Mbps service over traditional copper lines, which by some calculations would be a tenth the cost of achieving the same transmission rates with

56% of France’s DSL subscribers had TV-over-DSL at end-Q1 2011

2011-06-30T12:28:00.000-07:00

ARCEP (L’Autorité de régulation des communications électroniques et des postes), France’s telecommunications and postal services regulator, has published its latest market survey covering the period up to the end of the first quarter 2011.According to the survey, at the end of the period there were 20.25 million DSL subscribers in France, with 56% of those (11.4 million) also subscribing to