by Pivot
Tag: Fiber Broadband
Google’s Kansas City Fiber Service to Launch on July 26?
It’s been close to 2 ½ years since Google announced their intentions to build a FTTP network and roughly 16 months since they selected Kansas City as the location of the fiber experiment. Google now…
Next Generation FTTP Standard, NG-PON2, Begins to Emerge
The Full Service Access Network (FSAN), an industry working group made up of 85 global network operators, announced an agreement for the next generation passive optical network (PON) fiber-to-the-premise (FTTP) recommendation, known as NG-PON2. The…
LUS Joins 1 Gbps FTTP Movement
The Cajun country capital of Lafayette, Louisiana is joining the ranks of communities looking to transform themselves into smart cities. LUS Fiber, the broadband division of Lafayette Utilities System, announced that “ultra high-speed,” 1 Gbps…
Missouri Electric Co-ops Take the FTTH Leap
Two Missouri electric co-ops are the latest example of an ongoing trend of electric utilities getting into the broadband access business. Co-Mo Electric Cooperative (Co-Mo) of Tipton, Missouri and United Electric Cooperative (United) of Maryville,…
Xfone Continues Texas FTTP Expansion
Lubbock, TX – January 18, 2012 – Xfone, Inc. (NYSE Amex and TASE: XFN) (“Xfone” or “the Company”) connected its first fiber customer in Slaton, Texas further expanding the Company’s new “PRIDE” fiber-to-the-premise Network. Xfone’s…
Is Google Eyeing IPTV?
Google is in the process of building a FTTP network in Kansas City that will deliver 1 Gbps service to the premise. They expect to begin offering service sometime in early 2012. Many analysts, myself…
Texas Telco Picks ADTRAN for Stimulus Project
HUNTSVILLE, Ala.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–ADTRAN®, Inc., (NASDAQ:ADTN), a leading provider of next-generation networking solutions, today announced that Valley Telephone Cooperative, Inc. (VTCI), a LEC and CLEC serving South Texas and recipient of the single largest Broadband Stimulus…
Gigabit Challenge Highlights Potential Google Fiber Impact
The Gigabit Challenge is an app development contest, sponsored by Kansas City based Think Big Partners, an early stage business and entrepreneur incubator. The contest invites app developers and entrepreneurs to compete for $200K in…
Google Fiber Beta Test Yields 151 Mbps Down, 92 Mbps Up
Google is busily preparing to build a FTTP network in Kansas City, but they are further along with their beta test of the technology on the campus of Stanford University in California. It’s a much…
Southwest Minnesota Broadband Turns to Calix for Stimulus Project
PETALUMA, CA—March 30, 2011—Calix, Inc. (NYSE: CALX) today announced that Broadband Stimulus award winner Southwest Minnesota Broadband Services (SMBS) has selected the EXA Powered Calix E7 Ethernet Service Access Platform (ESAP) and 700GE family of…
Rural Cable Provider, Troy Cablevision, Turns to Hitachi for FTTP
ATLANTA–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Hitachi Communication Technologies America, Inc. (HCTA) today announced that the Hitachi Node+Zero Radio Frequency over Glass (RFoG) product is being used by Troy Cablevision, Inc. (Troy Cable) to provide Fiber to the Premises (FTTP)…
Verizon Launches SMB FiOS Packages
Verizon announced the launch of symmetrical 15 Mbs and 20 Mbps broadband services, powered by their FiOS network, and targeting the SMB sector. It’s no coincidence that Verizon is flexing its FiOS muscle on the…