If – or perhaps when – the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approves some sort of variation of the C-Band Alliance’s plan for the adoption of 180 MHz of satellite frequency over the US, there will be another financial beneficiary. The Alliance is being led by Intelsat and SES, who between them control around 90 per […]
About 1000 passengers – plus crew – on a fleet of Mississippi paddle wheel steamboats can now access satellite-delivered broadband. The American Queen Steamboat Co has equipped its American Queen vessel with FMC GlobalSat connectivity. The company is adding connectivity to its sister vessels, American Countess and American Duchess. The American Queen Steamboat Company operates a […]
Teleste Corporation has announced ecosystem collaboration with VIAVI Solutions, a global provider of network test, monitoring and assurance solutions as well as optical technologies. Acceptance as a Silver Partner in the VIAVI DAA Test-Ready Certification Programme proves that Teleste has engaged with VIAVI and has roadmap in place to support interoperability between the company’s Distributed […]
Altibox, one of the largest regional telecommunication operators in Norway and Denmark, will deploy Nokia’s Gainspeed Unified Cable Access solution, based on a fully virtualised Distributed Access Architecture (vDAA). The solution provides the network foundation needed for Altibox and its partner Eidsiva Bredbånd to deliver enhanced all-IP-based ultra-broadband services to residential and business customers. The […]
RDK Management has shared details about the adoption of RDK open source software used to power customer-premises equipment (CPE) from video and broadband services providers worldwide. “Service providers around the globe recognise that RDK gives them ultimate control over their software roadmaps and data within the connected home, across video, broadband and IoT connected devices,” […]
Three broadband equipment vendors – Emtelle, HellermannTyton and Senko Advanced Components — have revealed the fruits of a collaborative project and launched a brand-new solution into the Fibre-to-the-X (FTTX) market. Unveiled at the Emtelle booth on the first day of ANGA COM in Cologne, the three companies explained the collaboration and the benefits of FibreTap, […]
BT has signed a five-year deal with The FA, worth around £50 million (€56.3m) to become the exclusive lead partner for all England representative teams and home of the national game, Wembley Stadium. The partnership will see the BT logo appear on all training kit worn by the England senior men’s and women’s squads and […]
BT is aiming to create a single, cloud-based technology platform to bring various lines of business together and enable a more flexible, virtualised network infrastructure. It will use the platform for new converged services, combining mobile, Wi-Fi and fixed networks. Neil McRae, Chief Architect at BT, said: “With growing demand from our ultrafast broadband services […]
SSIMWAVE, a specialist in the science of perceptual video quality measurement, has confirmed the availability of SSIMPLUS VOD Inspector, which it says is the first tool that enables the media industry to optimise video processing and delivery using the human visual system. The new cloud-based tool combines frame-by-frame and pixel-by-pixel analysis of video content with […]
Broadband access solutions provider Iskratel is claiming that an important milestone in enabling operators to deploy carrier-grade, virtualised PON solutions has been reached with its launched of a complete, integrated Software-Defined PON (SD-PON) solution, leveraging Radisys’s SD-PON framework for broadband access disaggregation. Based on open-community initiatives and the Open Networking Foundation’s (ONF) CORD architecture, the […]