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WCG partners with OpenVault

Westman Communications Group (WCG) and OpenVault have announced that WCG is using OpenVault’s Proactive Network Maintenance (PNM) solutions to optimise customer experiences for broadband subscribers throughout over 65 communities in Manitoba. WCG is deploying OpenVault PNM to provide greater, automated identification of network issues that may impact broadband performance, enabling field support and customer service […]

March 12, 2024

Successful direction neutral network trial for Technetix

Technetix, a provider of innovative broadband technology solutions, has announced a successful trial of its Direction Neutral Network (DNN) technology in an N+2 configuration with a prominent tier one operator in Europe. The trial, conducted in May 2023, marks a significant milestone in proving the capability of DNN in a true network environment with actual […]

May 24, 2023

Telia enhances broadband services with Teleste

Teleste’s Distributed Access technology is helping Telia expand coverage of its ultra-high-speed broadband services in the Nordics and Baltics region. Rollouts of the DOCSIS 3.1 Distributed Access-based broadband are currently under way in Telia’s networks, and Teleste’s Remote PHY Distributed Access devices have already been widely implemented in Finland and Norway. “Teleste’s Distributed Access technology […]

May 22, 2023

Harmonic CableOS tops charts

Harmonic’s Nasdaq stock price jumped nearly 20 per cent after it revealed to investors big gains in its cable-net virtualisation software in Q1. CableOS now reckons to control around 10 per cent of modems connected to DOCSIS 3.1 networks worldwide, about 18.4 million total. CableOS replaces expensive cable modem termination system (CMTS) hardware in networks […]

May 10, 2023

Survey: Operators committed to virtualising broadband networks

Dell’Oro Group, a source for market information about the telecommunications, security, networks and data centre industries, has released the results of a survey finding that 100 per cent of respondents have either deployed or are planning to deploy some form of vCMTS architecture in their networks within the next 24 months. Of those planning to […]

November 16, 2022

Report: Wholesale model reshaping fibre rollout in W. Europe?

The expansion of fibre networks is progressing fast in Western Europe, where an average of 7 million premises were connected each quarter over the last year, reports Dataxis. When considering the five biggest consumer markets in the region, it is clear that the deployment of fibre infrastructures widely varies in each country. The market is […]

January 27, 2022

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