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

Intel targets WiMAX with software radio device
Dec 11, 2007 – Intel (INTC) has developed a test chip for software defined radio that can handle WiFi, WiMAX and DVB-H digital TV in one chip.
News categories: Intel Corp, Broadband, Digital TV, Mobile, Semiconductor, Smart Home

Entropic and CAIW Join Forces to Deploy Affordable Triple-Play Services in Europe
Dec 11, 2007 – Entropic Communications (Nasdaq:ENTR), in conjunction with Dutch Cable Operator CAIW, has announced the first deployment of Entropic's c.LINK Access technology in Europe.
News categories: Entropic Communications, CAIW, Broadband, Cable TV, Digital TV, Netherlands, Semiconductor, Smart Home

Algérie Télécom Becomes First Operator to Pioneer Fibre-to-the-Home Strategy
Dec 10, 2007 – Algérie Télécom is deploying an FTTH network from French vendor Sagem Communication and on 15 December it will be launching a triple play offer with voice, broadband Internet and television.
News categories: Sagem, Algérie Télécom, Algeria, Broadband, Digital TV, Fibre, IPTV

Ofcom Releasing spectrum for mobile television and satellite radio
Dec 7, 2007 – Ofcom has published details of its plans to auction radio spectrum suitable for a range of services including mobile television and satellite radio.
News categories: Ofcom, Broadband, Digital TV, Mobile, UK

Italy's Wind launches IPTV service with Alcatel-Lucent
Dec 6, 2007 – Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) has announced that Wind has launched a nationwide commercial IPTV offering based on Alcatel-Lucent's market leading solutions and the Microsoft Mediaroom Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) and multimedia platform.
News categories: Alcatel-Lucent, Wind, Microsoft, Frédéric Rose, Khaled Bichara, Broadband, Content Distribution, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Italy, Middleware

Telia Stofa Selects Motorola Hybrid Set-Top Box for Denmark
Dec 3, 2007 – Motorola (NYSE: MOT) has confirmed that Telia Stofa has selected the Motorola hybrid cable/IP set-top box (STB) for the launch of its Danish cable/IP video service - a first for the cable industry.
News categories: Motorola, Telia Stofa, Broadband, Cable TV, Denmark, Digital TV, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box

Broadcom Delivers the Industry's Most Advanced Real-Time, High Definition Video/Audio Encoder/Transcoder Single-Chip Solution
Dec 3, 2007 – Broadcom (Nasdaq: BRCM) has announced its real-time, high definition (HD) encoder/transcoder solution. The new single-chip enables consumer devices to share a wide variety of video and audio content while maintaining a high degree of digital rights management and security
News categories: Broadcom, Broadband, Digital TV, DVR, ICs, Placeshifting, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Streaming

Comstar Financial Results For The Third Quarter And First Nine Months Of 2007
Nov 29, 2007 – Comstar-Direct is the largest broadband service provider in Moscow, and has 452,600 residential subscribers, including 106,000 double-play (broadband Internet + IPTV) customers.
News categories: Comstar, Financial Results, Broadband, Digital TV, IPTV, Results, Russia, Subscribers

Kabel Deutschland accelerates growth in the internet and telephone business
Nov 29, 2007 – In the Pay TV business, Kabel Deutschland boosted the number of RGUs. The digital pay TV packages Kabel Digital Home and Kabel Digital International posted 731,000 RGUs. In the previous year this figure was 601,000.
News categories: Kabel Deutschland, Earnings Release, Broadband, Cable TV, Digital TV, Germany, Results, Subscribers