Verizon is looking at offering session border control capability as a service and virtual network probes later this year or early next year, said Vicky Lonker – Verizon director of product management for software defined networking (SDN) – on a…
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Consumer Electronics Energy Efficiency Sees Gains
A groundbreaking consumer electronics energy efficiency agreement among U.S. ISPs is paying dividends across U.S. society, according to the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) and National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA). Nearly 90 percent of home Internet modems, routers and other…
Developer: Big Improvements in TV White Spaces Economics Coming Soon
Will 2016 be the year we finally begin to see a serious uptake in adoption of TV white spaces broadband wireless technology? The answer is yes, according to Jim Carlson, CEO of Carlson Wireless, who told Telecompetitor this week that…
SDN in the Access Network: Calix AXOS Breaks New Ground
The earliest implementations of software defined networking (SDN) were in data centers, but SDN in the access network is now on the rise, as Calix’s announcement about its AXOS operating system this week illustrates. “AXOS is a new network operating…
Broadband CPE Forecast: $12.4 Billion by 2019
Strong demand from China has prompted IHS to raise its global five-year forecast for broadband customer premises equipment (CPE) shipments and sales 8 percent. Encompassing DSL, cable, fiber-to-the-home (FTTH), residential gateways and mobile broadband CPE, IHS now expects the worldwide…
Execs Detail EATEL Gigabit Launch
Louisiana-based EATEL is the latest small telco to begin offering gigabit service. Today service is available to about one third of the company’s footprint but “very soon we will have it across the entire network,” said Toby Dubois, EATEL executive…
Central Office Transformation: CORD Demo on Tap
It’s time to add another acronym to the telecom lexicon: CORD, for “central office re-architected as data center.” The idea behind CORD is to use software defined networking (SDN) and network functions virtualization (NFV) to “transform . . . carrier…
ABI: Broadband CPE Shipments to Grow 9% for 2014
Unit shipments of broadband customer premises equipment (CPE) will increase over 9 percent in 2014, rising to reach 151.9 million by the end of the year, according to a new market forecast from ABI Research. Global shipments of more advanced…
IHS: Gateways, Faster Wi-Fi, Will Boost Broadband CPE Revenue
The worldwide market for broadband customer premises equipment (CPE) will grow at a faster rate in 2014 than it has since 2010, rising 20 percent year-over-year to reach nearly $11 billion, according to the latest market research from IHS Technology….
New Hybrid DSL-4G LTE Gateway Highlights Broadband Convergence
As the broadband carrier ecosystem continues on its mission to bring faster and more robust broadband services to the market, there is an ongoing debate regarding wireline versus wireless. Many wireline proponents say nothing but ubiquitous FTTH should be the…
GCI, Pace and TiVo Launch New Platform for Cable Television Subscribers
BOCA RATON, FL – August 12, 2013 — Pace (LSE:PIC), a leading global developer of advanced technologies for service providers, today announced its first deployment resulting from the global partnership agreement with TiVo Inc. GCI (General Communication Inc.), one of…
ABI: Sales of DOCSIS 3.0 Devices Up 65%
Broadband consumer premises electronic (CPE) device shipments – including modems, wired routers and gateways – will continue to increase, reaching 149.4 million units in 2013 from 144.9 million in 2012, a 3.1% year-over-year gain, according to a new forecast from…
