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

RingNett to Expand IPTV Service Reach With Envivio MPEG-4 AVC Encoding Solution
Dec 20, 2007 – Envivio has announced that it is providing a Convergence Generation™ video headend to Norwegian ISP RingNett AS to enable the roll out of its Digital-TV IPTV service across its ADSL2+ infrastructure.
News categories: Envivio, RingNett, Broadband, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Norway

SK Telecom to launch Internet-TV service
Dec 18, 2007 – SK Telecom Co., South Korea's top mobile carrier, has said that it plans to launch a video-on-demand (VOD) TV service that can be used through any Internet operator.
News categories: SK Telecom, Broadband, Digital TV, Korea, Set Top Box, Streaming

INTRACOM TELECOM Delivers fs/cdn™ IPTV Solution to Bruce Telecom
Dec 18, 2007 – JSC SITRONICS (LSE: SITR) has announced that a part of its INTRACOM TELECOM subsidiary, the US-based Conklin-INTRACOM, is delivering its fs|cdnTM MPEG-4 IPTV Solution to Bruce Telecom, a provider of telecommunication services in Canada.
News categories: INTRACOM, Bruce Telecom, SITRONICS, Canada, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Fibre, IPTV

Magyar Telekom provides first HD TV service in Hungary
Dec 17, 2007 – Magyar Telekom is the first in Hungary to carry HD TV broadcasts on its network. The company launched a pilot project in the 11th district of Budapest in the summer of 2007, to test the underlying VDSL2+ technology of the service.
News categories: Magyar Telekom, Broadband, Digital TV, Hungary, IPTV

O2 plans broadband battle in pay-TV market
Dec 17, 2007 – The mobile phone company O2 is seeking to extend the deals it has with media companies for its TV service in the Czech Republic to the UK, as it plans to go head to head with BT, Sky and Virgin Media next year in the British pay-TV market.
News categories: O2, Broadband, Digital TV, IPTV, UK

PT Multimédia announces approval of Strategic Plan
Dec 12, 2007 – The Board of Directors of PT Multimédia have approved the Company's Stategic Plan until 2010.
News categories: PT Multimédia, Multimédia Strategic Plan Presentation, Broadband, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, Finance, Portugal, Satellite

Tiscali TV Has Begun Airing and Viewers Will Never Be the Same
Dec 11, 2007 – Tiscali is delighted to announce the launch of TISCALI TV. The television channel, transmitted over IP network and received directly on home TVs, will initially be available in the Cagliari, Milan and Rome areas and will be free until 31 March 2008.
News categories: Tiscali, TISCALI TV, Broadband, Digital TV, IPTV, Italy, Terrestrial

Tunisie Telecom selects Alcatel-Lucent's broadband access solution for triple play and VPNs
Dec 11, 2007 – Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) has announced that implementation has begun of a multi-million Euro contract with Tunisie Telecom, Tunisia's national incumbent operator, to deploy a DSL-based network.
News categories: Alcatel-Lucent, Tunisie Telecom, Broadband, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IPTV, Tunisia

Korea - LG Dacom to join free IPTV market
Dec 11, 2007 – LG Dacom unveiled 'myLGtv', its new free IPTV service to join the competition in the Triple Play Service (high-speed Internet + telephone+ broadcasting) market.
News categories: LG Dacom, Broadband, Digital TV, IPTV, Korea