V-Nova claims compression paradigm rewrite
Emerging from ‘stealth’ mode as it refined its technology over a five-year period with a range of industry partners, video compression solutions specialist V-Nova has released a number of products...
View ArticleZiggo to cut 450 jobs
The workforce at Dutch cable company Ziggo is set to be cut by 450 over the next three years, following the merger with UPC. In addition, a number of temporary contracts will not be renewed, the...
View ArticleCharter buys Bright House in $10.4bn deal
In a move that will see it become the second largest cable operator in the US as the consolidation of the broadband cable sector continues, Charter Communications and Advance/Newhouse Partnership (the...
View ArticleOfcom: 4G outperforming 3G
The UK’s 4G networks are performing “much better” than 3G but a study has highlighted significant variations between operators. Ofcom’s test of smartphones in five towns and cities found EE delivered...
View ArticleGermany: ‘Modems are part of network’
German cablers are resisting the Federal government’s planned ban on operators forcing subscribers to take a router supplied them rather than buy a device on the open market. Vodafone and Kabel...
View ArticleVirgin extends TiVo partnership
UK cable MSO Virgin Media has extended its existing five-year partnership with next generation television specialist TiVo for a further three years. As part of the new agreement, Virgin Media has...
View ArticleFrance considers 700 MHz band
France’s telecoms regulator ARCEP has published a summary of the contributions to its consultation on a strategic review of spectrum for superfast mobile, which ran from December 16th 2014 to February...
View ArticleCasa delivers New York CCAP
Casa Systems, a specialist in ultra broadband solutions, has announced that Time Warner Cable has completed the deployment of high speed data, voice and QAM video in New York City on Casa System’s...
View ArticleAustralia: ISPs must reveal pirates
An Australian court has ordered ISPs to hand over details of customers accused of illegally downloading a US movie. In a landmark move, the Federal Court told six firms to divulge names and addresses...
View ArticleOxygen Broadband Begins shipment of its Ikanos-based multiGateway platform
Ikanos Communications, a provider of advanced broadband semiconductor and software products for the connected home, has announced that Oxygen Broadband, a provider of broadband gateways to the...
View ArticleExcentis opens sales and support office in New York
Excentis, a European expert centre for cable access and Wi-Fi network technologies, has announced the opening of its sales and support office in New York City. By setting up a US-based branch, Excentis...
View ArticleProviders ramp spending on premium CPE
Technology market research firm Infonetics Research, now part of HIS, has reported that growth in FTTH and DOCSIS 3.0 customer premises equipment (CPE) drove the global broadband CPE market to $10.5...
View ArticleEuropean rights groups back net neutrality
European civil society groups have relaunched ‘Save the Internet’, a European wide campaign aimed at defending net neutrality in Europe. The campaign calls on concerned Internet users in Europe to...
View ArticleSES boosts SAT IP Alliance
Satellite operator SES used the NAB show in Las Vegas to announce a wider grouping of organisations to promote the adoption of SAT IP technology. SAT IP technology makes it possible to distribute...
View ArticleNokia and Alcatel-Lucent merge
Nokia and Alcatel-Lucent have announced their intention to combine to create an innovation leader in next generation technology and services for an IP connected world. The two companies have entered...
View ArticleVodafone One first convergent offer
A year after the €7.2 billion acquisition of Spain’s largest cable company ONO, Vodafone is launching its first convergent offer – including fixed and mobile telephony, broadband Internet access and TV...
View ArticleSky Italia and TIM team for quadplay
Sky Italia’s whole package is now available on Telecom Italia’s new generation networks thanks to the IP platform and to the dedicated My Sky HD decoder. For the first time this means integrated...
View ArticleOfcom mulls TV deregulation to reflect OTT
Ofcom is contemplating a deregulation of the television and telecoms industry to reflect shifts in how people watch, read and talk over the past decade. In her first interview since taking over as head...
View ArticleScotland superfast rollout expands
High-speed fibre broadband is being rolled out to a further 200 communities across Scotland over the summer, many in rural areas. Up to 145,000 homes in Aberdeenshire, Angus, Ayrshire, Argyll and Bute,...
View Article9 in 10 Brits couldn’t live without broadband
Only one in ten UK broadband users say they could live without access to the Internet, according to 2,000 respondents surveyed by broadband, TV and mobile comparison site Cable.co.uk. Just 10 per cent...
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