By mid-2014 network operators should be conducting trials of broadband equipment that will provide customers with speeds as high as a gigabit per second without requiring the installation of fiber all the way to the home, said Kurt Raaflaub, senior…
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AT&T Plans to Test 5G with AirGig, Seeks AirGig Manufacturers
AT&T plans to test 5G in combination with the AirGig fixed broadband technology that the carrier developed in house. The 5G AirGig plans came to light in an AT&T policy paper in which the carrier also said it had “initiated…
Survey: More Than 80% of Service Providers Have 2018 Gfast Deployment Plans
More than four in five service provider respondents to a Broadbandtrends survey say they have 2018 Gfast deployment plans, with 27% in live deployments. Broadbandtrends’ Global Service Provider G.fast Deployment Strategies surveyed 33 incumbent and competitive broadband operators from across…
Nokia Intelligent Access Highlights Shift to Virtualization and SDAN for Broadband Access
The Nokia Intelligent Access suite of solutions, announced yesterday, will provide operators with better efficiency for gigabit services, the manufacturer said. The company points out that operators have challenges in providing broadband service because they have customers with very diverse…
Report: U.S. Median Broadband Price is $80 Monthly
The U.S. residential median broadband price was $80 per month during the second quarter of 2017, according to research from Point Topic. Globally, the average residential download speed was 135 Mbps and the average monthly charge was $105. The best…
I3 Broadband Win Demonstrates Huawei Persistence in U.S. Market, MDU Broadband Focus
Regional broadband provider i3 Broadband has selected Huawei for broadband access gear to serve MDUs and FTTP in their central Illinois market. I3 will use Huawei gear for a growing MDU broadband focus to deliver triple play capability, according to…
Next Stop for Copper Broadband? Terabit DSL Promises 10-100 Gbps Speeds over Copper Wiring
Innovative ‘waveguide’ technology developed by broadband vendor ASSIA holds out prospects of multi-gigabit network data transport using existing telco twisted pair copper wiring. Using waveguide modes of existing copper network infrastructure enables data to be transported at 100 Gbps over…
Calix AXOS Standardizes OSS/BSS Integration
PETALUMA, CA – March 29, 2017 – Calix, Inc. (NYSE: CALX), the world leader in Subscriber Driven Intelligent Access, today announced that leading customer management and billing solutions provider GLDS is leveraging the AXOS common service model and standards based…
Adtran: Connect America Fund Broadband Technologies Will Be a Mixed Bag
Telcos are likely to use a mixture of technologies — including fixed wireless, copper bonding and vectoring – to meet deployment requirements of phase two of the Connect America Fund (CAF), said Kurt Raaflaub, head of strategic solutions marketing for…
Windstream CEO: We’ll Pass on OTT, Focus on Broadband and Continue to Leverage Rural Markets
Windstream’s heavily rural local service territory gives the company an advantage over other major local exchange carriers, said Windstream CEO Tony Thomas yesterday. In combination with Windstream broadband, which has seen substantial investment, the company’s rural focus has enabled it…
Seven Top Telecom Trends for 2017
Fixed wireless (including 5G), broadband Universal Service, and increasingly diverse video options will be key focus areas for the telecom industry in 2017. Other top telecom trends for 2017 include G.fast and new business opportunities such as SD-WAN and the…
