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

AT&T Delivers Strong Third-Quarter Results; Growth Highlighted by Robust Wireless Gains, Advances in Enterprise Services, Accelerated TV Ramp
Oct 23, 2007 – AT&T (NYSE:T) has posted strong third-quarter results and delivered its tenth consecutive quarter of double-digit growth in adjusted earnings per share. At the end of the third quarter, subscribers to AT&T's U-verse IP-based video service, totaled 126,000, up from 51,000 three months earlier.
News categories: AT&T, Full Release, Broadband, Digital TV, Fibre, IPTV, Mobile, Results, Subscribers, USA

Calix to Demonstrate Advanced IPTV and Internet Video Services at TelcoTV
Oct 23, 2007 – Calix will demonstrate at TelcoTV advanced new IPTV and internet video services delivered over 2.5 Gbps GPON, VDSL2, and ADSL2+ using the Calix C7 and E5 access platforms.
News categories: Calix, Broadband, Content Distribution, DVR, Fibre, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box, Streaming

MobiTV Now Serves More Than Three Million Subscribers
Oct 22, 2007 – MobiTV has announced that the Company has surpassed three million subscriptions for its services worldwide; adding one million in six short months.
News categories: MobiTV, Broadband, Digital TV, Mobile, Streaming, Subscribers

NDS Partners with ITRI to Demonstrate Live WiMAX TV
Oct 21, 2007 – NDS (Nasdaq:NNDS) and the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) of Taiwan have announced that they are partnering to demonstrate the secure live transmission of TV content over mobile WiMAX.
News categories: NDS Group, Industrial Technology Research Institute, WiMAX Forum Showcase and Conference, Broadband, Content Protection, Digital TV, DRM, Streaming, Taiwan

Dominican Republic - ETGETEL to offer TV and Internet telephony in poor communities
Oct 20, 2007 – The company ETGETEL Dominicana, specializing in providing television services, telephony and broadband Internet (IPTV) in poor communities throughout the country, will launch in November during an event to be held in the community of Restauración, on the border with Haiti.
News categories: Broadband, Caribbean, Digital TV, Dominican Republic, IPTV

Japan's NTT to offer high-definition digital TV via fiber optic lines
Oct 19, 2007 – Japan's Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp will start offering high-definition digital television broadcasting service in March by enhancing its fiber-optic network, the Nikkei business daily has reported.
News categories: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT), Nikkei Net Interactive, Broadband, Digital TV, Fibre, IPTV, Japan

ITU defines the future of mobile communications
Oct 19, 2007 – The ITU Radiocommunication Assembly took a decision of global importance to include WiMAX-derived technology in the framework of the IMT-2000 set of standards. This agreement paves the way for the deployment of a range of voice, data, and multimedia services to both stationary and mobile devices.
News categories: International Telecommunication Union, WiMAX Forum, 5G, Broadband, Digital TV, Mobile

Thomson: Third Quarter 2007 Revenues
Oct 18, 2007 – Thomson (Euronext Paris: 18453, NYSE:TMS) shipped 2.7 million satellite set-top boxes in 3Q07, 0.6 million cable set-top boxes, and 2.6 million access products for telecom operators - making a total of 5.8 million access products in the quarter.
News categories: Thomson, Full release, Broadband, Cable TV, Camcorder, Digital TV, France, Gateway, IPTV, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box, UK, USA

Juniper Networks Shows How to Build, Operate and Generate Revenue From High-Performance Video Networks at TelcoTV 2007
Oct 17, 2007 – Juniper Networks (NASDAQ:JNPR) has announced its participation in the sixth annual TelcoTV Conference and Exposition. The Juniper Networks booth (#728) will showcase the company's unique high-performance networking infrastructure and how it enables operators to cost-effectively build, operate and generate revenue from scalable IP video networks.
News categories: Juniper Networks, Broadband, Content Distribution, IPTV