Nokia Siemens Networks is demonstrating DSL with download speeds of 25 Mbps at a distance of up to 1500 meters from the local exchange at Broadband World Forum in Paris this week. The VDSL2 bonding solution is a milestone in the industry.
“Restricted reach has put limits on the business opportunity of VDSL2. By doubling the [...]
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Cable and DSL fight back as fibre looms in their future.
Broadband operators, whether DSL or cable, are having to make big improvements to their offerings in the face of competition. This is clear from Point Topic’s most recent report, for Q2 2009, on quarterly tariff and speed data from ISPs around the world.
“If you want [...]
Rome, June 2009, 3rd World Wire & Cable Conference
Emtelle presented the challenges and the tremendous opportunities of investing in fibre-based broadband in MDU’s. In Europe about 50% of all households live in MDU, which equals 110.000.000 households. 98% don’t have access to future proof broadband.
Fibre is future-proof – and ensures future profits
Of course, large markets [...]
Promotes VDSL2 technology as best migration path to next generation access networks
Nokia Siemens Networks is to introduce a range of access solutions that offer operators a genuine cost effective alternative to fiber to the home networks.
The company is to launch a package of new hardware and software solutions based on DSL technology at Broadband World [...]
17 September 2008 – The future of Fixed Mobile Convergence (FMC), the role of Internet Protocol (IP) v6, fibre architecture work and the successful deployment of IPTV over DSL were topics high on the agenda at the very first meeting of the Broadband Forum, formerly the DSL Forum.
Held in Stockholm, Sweden, the meeting got underway [...]
The latest data from Point Topic reveals that in Q1 2008 fibre optic broadband for the first time added more subscribers than cable. While there were 2.5 million cable broadband subscribers added worldwide in the first 3 months of 2008, fibre grew by over 4.2 million users.
Its a significant milestone for fibre optic broadband, where [...]
A federal judge has denied an attempt by Revonet, Inc. to terminate a lawsuit filed by Covad Communications Company contending that Revonet misappropriated Covad’s VoIP customer lead information and sold this information to other customers. The case will now continue on its merits.
“We are very pleased that the Court has allowed us to continue [...]
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CommunicAsia 2008
Andrew, the CommScope, Inc. division that is a global leader in communications systems and products, introduces two new base station antenna solutions at CommunicAsia 2008 for unique Asia Pacific operator requirements, which build upon the company’s extensive portfolio of end-to-end, industry-leading wireless [...]
Global speeds and prices of residential and business DSL services increased by 4.7% and 9.3% respectively in the first quarter of 2008 according to analysis from Point Topic’s quarterly tracking report.*
The global average residential DSL service cost and downstream speed in Q1 2008 increased to $61.36 per month (up 9.3% on Q407) and 6,517 Kbps [...]
Auction sites are suffering a downturn in popularity. The last 6 months has seen the proportion of UK households saying they buy on eBay and other online auction sites drop by 4% according to the latest data from Point Topic’s series of consumer broadband surveys*.
Auctioneers are being hit the hardest but other retailers can’t [...]
