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

Samsung's New See'N'Search Set-Top Box Revolutionizes How Consumers Access the Internet
Feb 13, 2008 – Samsung is changing the way consumers enjoy the Internet in the living room with the introduction of its See'N'Search technology. Using just their TV's, users can directly pull up Internet information and media-related content onto the screen program without the need for a PC/keyboard and or special content programming.
News categories: Samsung Electronics, Broadband, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Streaming, USA

Qwest Reports Fourth Quarter And Full Year 2007 Results
Feb 12, 2008 – Qwest (NYSE: Q) added 44,000 net DIRECTV subscribers in the quarter to end the year with a total of 649,000 video subscribers, an increase of 58 percent in total video customers from the end of 2006.
News categories: Qwest, Earnings Release, Broadband, Digital TV, IPTV, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, USA

Ericsson's IPTV solution chosen by Valtech
Feb 10, 2008 – Valtech Communications Inc, a supplier of next-generation triple-play services in Canada, has chosen Ericsson's (NASDAQ: ERIC) IPTV solution.
News categories: Ericsson, Valtech, Broadband, Canada, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware

Freescale Demonstrating End-to-End LTE Cellular Technologies
Feb 7, 2008 – Freescale Semiconductor will be demonstrating working LTE technology in both its handset and network platforms. This technology will be on display at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, February 11-14, 2008.
News categories: Freescale, 5G, Broadband, Content Distribution, Mobile, MWC24, Semiconductor

Motorola Long-Term Evolution (LTE) to Accelerate Delivery of Personal Media Experiences at Mobile World Congress 2008
Feb 7, 2008 – Motorola, Inc. (NYSE:MOT) will demonstrate the ability of Long Term Evolution (LTE) to accelerate the delivery of personal media experiences at Mobile World Congress 2008.
News categories: Motorola, 5G, Broadband, Content Distribution, IPTV, Mobile, MWC24

France Telecom 2007 annual results: a very good Group performance
Feb 6, 2008 – ADSL Multiservices were up significantly at 31 December 2007, with 1.149 million ADSL television subscribers (IPTV), twice the number of a year ago, accompanied by the success of video on demand services (VOD), with 2.5 million paying downloads recorded in 2007.
News categories: France Telecom, Earnings Release, Results Presentation, Broadband, Digital TV, France, IPTV, Results, Subscribers

BSkyB Results for the half year ended 31 December 2007
Feb 6, 2008 – BSkyB has announced its results for the half year ended 31 December 2007. New DTH customer additions were 385,000 for the quarter.
News categories: BSkyB, Earnings Release, Broadband, Digital TV, DVR, Ireland, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box, Subscribers, UK

Asia-Pacific will Outpace Europe in IPTV Market
Feb 5, 2008 – A comprehensive market research report by RNCOS has found that the global IPTV market is currently dominated by Europe but it is expected that Asia will emerge as a stronger competitor to Europe in the coming years.
News categories: RNCOS, Asia, Broadband, China, Digital TV, Europe, Hong Kong, India, IPTV, Japan, Korea, Market Research, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan

KPN Full year results 2007 and strategy update 2008-2010
Feb 5, 2008 – In January 2008, KPN reached the milestone of half a million TV subscribers. Growth continued to accelerate in Q4 2007, adding 83k new customers, compared to 77k in Q3. TV growth was mainly driven by Digitenne, KPN's DVB-T proposition.
News categories: KPN, Earnings Release, Presentation, Broadband, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Fibre, IPTV, Mobile, Netherlands, Results, Subscribers, Terrestrial