Infinera and Sumitomo Electric said they have demonstrated point-to-multipoint pluggable transceiver technology that uses coherent XR optics. Coherent optics can deliver more data in comparison with traditional optical communications based on ones and zeros. Until now it has only been…
Lumen has added another contact center as a service (CCasS) offering for business customers to its portfolio of CCasS offerings. The new offering comes via a partnership with Talkdesk and is based on the Talkdesk CX Cloud. Lumen Solutions for…
Virtualized broadband equipment supplier Harmonic said today that Charter will use the Harmonic virtualized cable modem termination system (vCMTS) to support the cable company’s DOCSIS 3.1, DOCSIS 4.0 and distributed access architecture (DAA) plans – which are all part of…
Signify, formerly known as Philips Lighting, now offers streetlights that can also support connectivity to wireless networks, including cellular networks. “We replace the light fixture, not the pole, to build out wireless mesh networks in the last mile of cities,”…
Arelion said it had reached point-to-point transmission speeds of 400 Gbps wavelengths over 1,800 kilometers of SMF-28 fiber in a live production network. The demonstration used Infinera’s ICE-X 400G ZR+ intelligent pluggable coherent transceiver and crossed Arelion’s production transmission networks…
While some wireless internet service providers (WISPs) are beginning to deploy fiber broadband in some areas, Maine-based Redzone Wireless remains focused on fixed wireless, said Jim McKenna, Redzone CEO, in an interview with Telecompetitor. “I’m very passionate about wireless in…
Cox Communications today announced a private wireless “go to market” collaboration with semiconductor giant Intel and systems integrator Future Technologies. Private networks use the same technology as commercial networks but are for the exclusive use of a single entity, such…
Great Plains Communications is the latest broadband provider to make multi-gigabit news. The company said it has launched 2 Gbps symmetrical service in 10 communities, primarily in Nebraska. A spokesperson for the company said the offering is supported by XGS-PON…
As providers begin to decommission copper networks, startup Community Phone sees an opportunity to cash in by serving people who would prefer not to make any big changes. Telecompetitor talked to Community Phone CEO and founder James Graham to learn…
The signup process is critical, especially for a new customer. If the process is difficult to understand or requires a lot of time, the customer has a couple of options. They can try to call your office and speak with…
In Telecompetitor’s latest Broadband Industry Innovator series, we talk with Finley Engineering’s Vice President & Professional Engineer, Dean Mischke, about the supply chain issues and its effects on the industry. This is a three-part interview series. Stay tuned for the next…
Tarana, who is expected to supply gigabit fixed wireless for at least one or two of the biggest winning Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) bidders made some product announcements this week. Telecompetitor talked with Dirk Gates, Tarana’s president, about the…
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