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

Chile - Telmex to offer wireless triple-play
Aug 16, 2007 – The Chilean unit of Mexican telecoms giant Telmex (NYSE: TMX) aims to strengthen its position in the local residential market after closing the acquisition of Chilean satellite TV operator Zap TV.
News categories: Broadband, Digital TV, IPTV, Mexico, Satellite

DIRECTV Partners with CURRENT Group to Enable Broadband and VoIP Services to its Customers
Aug 15, 2007 – DIRECTV (NYSE: DTV) and CURRENT Group have announced an agreement that will enable DIRECTV to offer its customers CURRENT's innovative BPL (Broadband Over Powerline) high-speed Internet and VoIP services at the end of 2007/beginning of 2008.
News categories: DIRECTV, CURRENT Group, Broadband, Digital TV, Satellite, USA

Steady growth for all services of Videotron in Q2 2007
Aug 9, 2007 – For the second quarter of 2007, the Company reports steady customer growth for its four products. Vidéotron posted a net increase of 26,000 subscribers to its illico Digital TV service, bringing the total to 679,000.
News categories: Vidéotron, Quebecor Media, Broadband, Cable TV, Canada, Digital TV, Subscribers

Deutsche Telekom Interim Report January 1 to June 30, 2007
Aug 9, 2007 – Deutsche Telekom is continuing to invest in upgrading the network infrastructure for IPTV and bundled products in Germany. It plans to equip 50 cities with VDSL and connect them to the platform by 2008.
News categories: Deutsche Telekom, Broadband, Digital TV, Germany, IPTV, Results

KT Launches Mega TV Utilizing NDS Content Protection
Aug 6, 2007 – NDS (NASDAQ: NNDS) has announced that it has been selected by KT as the provider of content protection solutions for the company's Mega TV service, as KT announces commercial launch of the service.
News categories: Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, Fibre, IPTV, Korea

France Telecom first half 2007 results
Aug 2, 2007 – ADSL Multiservices rose sharply with 837,000 ADSL television subscribers in France, almost three times the number at 30 June 2006. Added to this is the success of video on demand services (VOD), with 938,000 paying downloads in the first half of 2007.
News categories: France Telecom, Earnings Release, Broadband, Digital TV, France, IPTV, Results, Subscribers

VOLNÃ launches more entertaining TV
Jul 31, 2007 – VOLNÃ, one of the first Czech telecommunication operators, has begun commercial operation of new its service: VOLNÃ TV. It is digital TV via the telephone line.
News categories: Broadband, Czech Republic, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Router, Set Top Box

Verizon Posts Strong 2Q 2007 Results
Jul 30, 2007 – FiOS TV continued to accelerate as Verizon Telecom (NYSE: VZ) added a net 167,000 new subscribers in the second quarter of 2007 giving a total of 515,000 customers - an addition of 460,000 FiOS TV subscribers since the end of the second quarter of 2006.
News categories: Verizon Communications, Earnings Release, Digital TV, Fibre, IPTV, Results, Subscribers, USA

HickoryTech Launches Digital TV in Minnesota
Jul 30, 2007 – HickoryTech Corporation (Nasdaq: HTCO) has announced that it has launched its Digital TV service in North Mankato and Janesville. The state-of-the-art broadband network is one of the first of its kind to support Digital TV in Minnesota.
News categories: HickoryTech, Broadband, Digital TV, IPTV, USA