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Smart Axiata deploys Huawei FWA Suite

Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) users of Smart Axiata in Cambodia has increased significantly with total registered subscribers exceeding 100K+ in 2021 and its service is now available in 20+ provinces. One of the contributing factors to this growth in subscriber base is the FWA Suite from Huawei, the industry’s first intelligent solution that enables end-to-end […]

March 1, 2022

Forecast: Growth for PON equipment sales to 2026

According to a report by Dell’Oro Group predicts that sales of PON equipment for fibre to the home deployments, cable broadband access equipment, and fixed wireless CPE will all increase from 2021 to 2026, as service providers look to expand both the reach and rate of their fixed broadband services. “Between national broadband plans, public […]

February 2, 2022

Report: Broadband access equipment market up 7%

According to a report by Dell’Oro Group, a source for market information about the telecommunications, networks, and data centre IT industries, total global revenue for the broadband access equipment market increased to $3.9 billion (€3.4bn) in Q3 2021, up 7 per cent year-on-year. Growth came from spending on both PON infrastructure and fixed wireless CPE. […]

December 16, 2021

Vodafone, Technicolor DOCSIS 3.1 deal

Connectivity and entertainment technologist Technicolor Connected Home and multiplay telco Vodafone have announced plans to deploy next generation gateways with Wi-Fi 6 capabilities throughout Germany in 2021. This anticipated rollout of customer premises equipment (CPE) further solidifies the strong collaboration between the two companies which began in 2019 with the deployment of Technicolor DOCSIS 3.1 […]

November 19, 2021

Research: 39 European operators offering Wi-Fi 6

European broadband operators providing Wi-Fi 6 gateways amount to 39 at the end of 2020, for 53 devices commercialised, as shown in Dataxis latest research focusing on broadband CPE key characteristics. Wi-Fi 6 is the latest Wi-Fi standard deployed by the Wi-Fi Alliance. The wireless networking standard enables a larger capacity and better use of […]

August 12, 2021

Voice-activated Android STBs for SKY Brasil

Media and entertainment technologist Technicolor Connected Home and DTH pay-TV operator SKY Brasil have confirmed the deployment of SKY Connect, a next generation set-top box (STB) that integrates Google Assistant far-field voice technology that allows subscribers in Brazil to navigate entertainment content on their TVs. The move is the latest development in the 15-year relationship […]

July 15, 2021

5G Omni Outdoor CPE from Technicolor

Suggesting the solution is ideal for densely populated urban and suburban markets underserved by wired broadband access infrastructure, comms and media technologist Technicolor Connected Home has unveiled 5G Omni Outdoor CPE, a 5G Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) Consumer Premises Equipment (CPE). Noting that as 5G spectrum auctions continue to take place in many countries, 5G […]

June 29, 2021

Wi-Fi 6 CPEs debut on OpenSync

Together with leading Consumer Premises Equipment (CPE) partners – ADTRAN, Askey, CIG, Hitron, Kaon, Sagemcom, Sercomm, Technicolor, and Zyxel Communications – Smart Home Services specialist Plume has confirmed the availability of over 20 Wi-Fi 6 devices fully supported by open-source silicon-to-cloud framework OpenSync. The initial list of CPE providers who are launching Wi-Fi 6 CPEs […]

February 9, 2021

Study: Open standards critical to connected home future

More than three out of every four (76 per cent) broadband service providers have either started to implement open standards development organisation the Broadband Forum’s User Services Platform (USP) or plan to do so in the next year, according to a new report. Respondents to a major new study

January 28, 2021

Technicolor, RealVNC customer care initiative

Technicolor Connected Home and remote access solutions specialist RealVNC have revealed a joint initiative to enhance the ability of network service providers (NSPs) to improve remote customer care for the surge in Android TV devices that are being deployed around the world. The Connect TV solution from RealVNC allows NSP customer service representatives (CSRs) and […]

December 16, 2020