TV Everywhere Better for Customer Retention Than Revenues

DALLAS - Multiscreen solutions and streaming options will be valuable in retaining and acquiring subscribers...

Broadband Forum Promotes FTTH Interoperability

SHANGHAI - As part of its project to make fiber access equipment interoperable - and...

South Dakota Companies Select Calix for Regional FTTH Projects

PETALUMA, CA — Two South Dakota broadband stimulus award winners — TrioTel Communications and Midstate...

SureWest Launches T-Commerce Offering

ACTON, MA - Integrated communications provider SureWest Communications upgraded its SeaChange VoD service to VODlink...

Uruguay Operator Selects ZTE for National FTTH Rollout

SHENZEN, CHINA - ANTEL (Administración Nacional de Telecomunicaciones), Uruguay's largest fixed-line operator, selected the Chinese...

TDG: Web Viewing on Nontraditional Devices on the Rise

FRISCO, TX - A surprising number of adult broadband users are viewing the Web from...

Fiber Available to 70% of French Businesses by End of Year

PARIS - Although deployment of fiber to the home has been relatively slow in France...

AFS Launches Handheld Fiber Optic Test Unit

EASTON, MA - Fiber optic test equipment vendor Advanced Fiber Solutions announced the launch of...

Enablence Sells Trident Business to Aurora Networks for $5M

TORONTO, ONTARIO - Enablence Technologies announced that it completed the sale of its Trident7 FTTP...

Co-Mo Electric Selects KIOWA to Prepare for Fiber Build

TIPTON, MO — The Co-Mo Electric Cooperative, one of a number of Missouri electric co-ops...

Zhone Adds Small-Form-Factor OLTs to Fiber-to-the-Home Portfolio

OAKLAND, CA — Network access vendor Zhone Technologies announced the availability of its new MXK...

PTCL Launches First FTTH Service in Pakistan

KARACHI, PAKISTAN - Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL), the incumbent operator in Pakistan, announced that...

Calix Scores Two FTTH Wins in Minnesota

PETALUMA, CA - Two public-private broadband projects in Minnesota, one of them stimulus-funded, have both...

Canadian Telco Tbaytel Partners With Genband to Deploy Voice Over IP

FRISCO, TX - Tbaytel, a municipally owned service provider serving Thunder Bay and Northern Ontario...

US Ignite Promotes Ultra-Fast Broadband Applications

The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and the National Science Foundation...

Rural Carriers Struggle to Provide Wireless Services

ARLINGTON, VA - Rural carriers may be the wireless underdogs, but they continue to offer...

Next-Generation Ireland: 1 Million FTTx Connections

DUBLIN, IRELAND - Irish incumbent eircom Group announced that it would spend €100 million ($136...

Cisco Routers Help Converge Wireless and Wired Internet

SAN JOSE, CA – Cisco announced three new platforms in its ASR 9000 Series designed...

OFS Unveils New FTTx Splitter Cabinet

CINCINNATI - OFS, a supplier of fiber optic network products, introduced a new 432-fiber distribution...

Point Topic: Broadband Affordability Is the Next Challenge

LONDON - Over the last decade, broadband has shifted from a luxury to a necessity;...

AFL Adds MPO to Splice-On Connector Series

SPARTANBURG, SC – AFL announced the introduction of the FuseConnect MPO – a fusion-spliced, field-terminated...