Broadband (xDSL, DOCSIS, WiMax, FTTH, …) News

Trinity Communications Launches Triple Play Service With ARRIS RFoG Solution
Aug 9, 2010 – ARRIS (Nasdaq: ARRS) has announced that Trinity Communications has launched digital voice, video and high-speed data triple play service through an ARRIS FTTMax RF over Glass (RFoG) all fiber network to Marion and Sequatchie County, TN.
News categories: ARRIS Group, Trinity Communications, Cable TV, Content Distribution, Fibre, USA

SNL Kagan Analysis of Asia-Pacific Broadband Indicates Growth Despite Recession
Jul 19, 2010 – In a recent analysis of the Asia-Pacific broadband market, SNL Kagan found that despite recessionary pressures, the region's broadband subscriber base grew 17.7% to 181.4 million in 2009 compared to 154.1 million in 2008.
News categories: SNL Kagan, Asia, Broadband, IPTV, Market Research, Streaming, Subscribers

WiFi to bring mobile TV to the masses
Jul 6, 2010 – A report published by Juniper Research has found that a surge in applications which can take advantage of the increasing availability of free WiFi services are set to boost the mobile TV industry with anticipated revenues of nearly $7bn by 2015.
News categories: Juniper Research, 5G, Broadband, Digital TV, Market Research, Mobile, Streaming

Global IPTV subscribers grow 8% in Q1 2010
Jun 16, 2010 – Broadband subscription growth took an upswing during the first quarter of 2010. The Broadband Forum figures show that the number of IPTV subscribers grew to 36.3 million. China and the USA are the top two countries for both broadband and IPTV.
News categories: Broadband Forum, Point Topic, Broadband, BroadcastAsia, China, Digital TV, France, Germany, Hong Kong, IPTV, Italy, Japan, Korea, Market Research, Russia, Spain, Subscribers, USA

Motorola IPTV Set-top Brings Innovative Media Experiences to KDDI Customers
May 25, 2010 – Motorola (NYSE: MOT) has announced that KDDI (Tokyo:9433) has deployed Motorola's innovative high-definition (HD) IPTV set-top (model VIP2060), providing enhanced personal media experiences to its Fiber to the Home (FTTH) subscribers.
News categories: Motorola, KDDI, Digital TV, DVR, Fibre, IPTV, ISDB-T, Japan, Satellite, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Top 25 LTE Operators Will Reach over 200 Million LTE Subscribers by 2015
May 17, 2010 – The top 25 LTE (committed) operators will reach a 3G/UMTS subscriber base of 1,087 million, of which 226.7 million will be served with dual mode 3G/LTE devices in 2015, according to the latest Maravedis research report.
News categories: Maravedis, 5G, Broadband, Market Research, Subscribers

47% of DSL subscribers in France had TV-over-DSL at the end of 2009
May 5, 2010 – France's telecoms authority, ARCEP, has published its latest market survey up to the end of the second quarter 2009.At the end of the period, 44% of ADSL subscribers, or 7.7 million, were also subscribing to TV-over-DSL.
News categories: ARCEP, Broadband, Digital TV, France, IPTV, Market Research, Subscribers

Residential Gateways Outperform Cable, DSL and Broadband Routers
May 5, 2010 – Residential Gateways showed stronger growth in 4Q09 than other areas of the broadband CPE market, reports In-Stat, accounting for nearly 37% of the market. Revenues were $567 million and unit shipments were 9.05 million.
News categories: In-Stat, Broadband, Cable Modem, CPE, Gateway, Market Research, Router

Ericsson to upgrade network of Cable Tica in Costa Rica
May 4, 2010 – Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) has signed a five-year contract with cable television operator Cable Tica of Costa Rica to build and operate its next generation optical fibre backbone network. The network will allow for future deployment of IPTV.
News categories: Ericsson, Cable Tica, Cable TV, Content Distribution, Costa Rica, Fibre, IPTV