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

IPTV Deployments More Than Double In a Year as Broadband Continues to Achieve Strong Growth
Oct 8, 2007 – The DSL Forum today announced new broadband and IPTV statistics at the Broadband World Forum Europe in Berlin. The statistics, prepared for the DSL Forum by industry analyst Point Topic, show that the number of people using IPTV services increased by 179 per cent in the 12 months to 30 June 2007.
News categories: Point Topic, DSL Forum, Africa, Asia, BBWF, Broadband, Canada, China, Digital TV, DOCSIS, Europe, Fibre, France, Germany, IPTV, Italy, Japan, Korea, Latin America, Market Research, Middle-East, North America, Spain, Subscribers, UK, USA

Neuf Cegetel Selects Alcatel-Lucent's GPON Solution for Very High Speed Services
Oct 8, 2007 – Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris: ALU) (NYSE: ALU) has announced that Neuf Cegetel, France's leading alternative service provider, has selected it to deploy a Gigabit Passive Optical Networking solution (GPON) for very high-speed services.
News categories: Neuf Cegetel, Alcatel-Lucent, BBWF, Broadband, Digital TV, Fibre, France, IPTV

Thomson: New Triple-Play, on-Chip Solution for VDSL2 Broadband Access Gateway
Oct 8, 2007 – Thomson (Euronext Paris:18453) (NYSE:TMS) has announced the launch of the Thomson 5411/5120 chipset for customer premises equipment at the 2007 Broadband World Forum Europe.
News categories: Thomson, BBWF, Broadband, ICs, Semiconductor

Mobile Broadband Enabled Consumer Electronics Devices Will Expand in 2008
Oct 5, 2007 – There is a new class of devices emerging on the horizon: a convergence of everyday consumer electronics and mobile broadband.
News categories: ABI Research, Broadband, Digital TV, Market Research, Mobile

PT Multimédia First Nine Months 2007 Results
Oct 5, 2007 – Pay-TV customers reached 1,521 thousand at the end of September 2007, with net additions of 26 thousand in 3Q07, as compared to net additions of 7 thousand in the same period last year.
News categories: PT Multimédia, Earnings Release, Broadband, Cable TV, Digital TV, Portugal, Results, Satellite, Subscribers

Broadcom to Demonstrate Innovative Impulse Noise Protection Technology at Broadband World Forum
Oct 4, 2007 – Broadcom (Nasdaq: BRCM) will demonstrate its innovative impulse noise protection technology at next week's Broadband World Forum in Berlin, Germany.
News categories: Broadcom, BBWF, Broadband, Digital TV, IPTV, Semiconductor

BT and FON launch the world's largest Wi-Fi Community
Oct 4, 2007 – BT and FON today promised to transform the UK's market for wireless broadband by launching BT FON, the world's largest Wi-Fi community.
News categories: BT, FON, BT FON, Broadband, Smart Home, UK

Digital TV increases to 41% of Dutch households
Oct 3, 2007 – In the Netherlands, the digitalisation of media and communication services continues at a fast pace. Digital TV now reaches 41% of all households, an increase of 50% compared with last year.
News categories: synovate/Interview NSS, Broadband, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Market Research, Netherlands, TV Services

DIRECTV, EchoStar May See Declining Subscriber Growth in Next Five Years, Pike & Fischer Study Predicts
Oct 2, 2007 – Satellite TV providers DIRECTV and EchoStar have been building customer loyalty with services such as high-definition channels and upgraded digital video recorders. But they are likely to see their customer growth fall significantly over the next five years, a new report from Pike & Fischer suggests.
News categories: Pike & Fischer, Broadband, Digital TV, Market Research, Satellite, USA