Huawei, NEC Electronics, NeoPhotonics and Source Photonics Join Ecosystem
Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation (Pink Sheets: VTSS), a leading provider of advanced IC solutions for Carrier and Enterprise networking, announced a substantial expansion of its FTTX (Fiber-to-the-Home, Building or Premise) Technology Ecosystem with the addition of four industry-leading system, component and module vendors: Huawei Technologies, NEC Electronics, NeoPhotonics [...]

Tilgin (STO:TILG), a leading provider of solutions for multiplay and next-generation broadband services, today launches a new FTTX portfolio of multiport Home Gateways at the Fiber-to-the-Home Council’s European Conference in Copenhagen. Engineered for converged service scenarios, Tilgin’s new Home Gateways enable operators to take full advantage of gigabit fiber to the homes.
“Building on Tilgin’s [...]

Imagine a typical scenario where telecom operators or internet service providers offer high bandwidth services to its subscribers to support advanced IP or bandwidth-heavy FTTX applications. But the same level of high bandwidth is consumed most of the time in low bandwidth activities like sending emails. When video-conferencing is on, PC users on the same [...]

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 [...]

The average entry level prices* for DSL, cable and FTTx subscriptions have increased slightly during the last quarter of 2007 according to the latest data from Point Topic.
Most significantly, the average price for cable services increased from $27.21 to $27.43. This increase is due to the activity of the Australian-based operator OptusNet Cable.
“OptusNet Cable recently [...]

Cost-Efficient W684386 Features Four-Channel Design, Industry’s Best Idle Channel Noise and Return Loss Performance
Winbond Electronics Corporation America, a leading supplier of semiconductor solutions to the consumer, computer, communications and electronics products markets, today introduced the industry’s first four-channel CODEC optimized for short-loop VoIP applications. The newest member of Winbond’s popular Pro-X (PROgrammable Extended) Series [...]