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

Verizon Reports Strong 1Q 2007 Results
Apr 30, 2007 – Verizon Telecom (NYSE: VZ) added a net of 141,000 new FiOS TV customers in the first quarter 2007. Verizon served 348,000 FiOS TV customers as of the end of the quarter, and this growth is accelerating.
News categories: Verizon Communications, Earnings Release, Digital TV, Fibre, IPTV, Results, Subscribers, USA

AT&T Delivers Strong First Quarter
Apr 27, 2007 – At the end of the first quarter, AT&T had 13,000 U-verse video subscribers, up from 3,000 three months earlier. As of April 24, U-verse subscribers in service had reached approximately 20,000. More …
News categories: Digital TV, Fibre, IPTV, Results, Subscribers, USA

Cable Modem Shipments Set New Record
Apr 25, 2007 – Combined worldwide shipments of cable data and voice modems came close to hitting 30 million units for the first time in 2006, thanks to rising MSO demand for both standard data-only modems and the newer voice-data combination models. More …
News categories: Broadband, Cable Modem, Cable TV, Digital TV, DOCSIS

Bulgaria - Vestitel launches IPTV
Apr 18, 2007 – On April 4, telecommunication company Vestitel BG launched Bulgaria’s first fibre-optic Internet protocol television (IPTV) after a series of tests involving 200 households in Sofia. More …
News categories: Bulgaria, Digital TV, Fibre, IPTV

Over 240 Million TV-Enabled Handsets and Over $2.9 Billion of Infrastructure Equipment To Be Sold By 2011
Apr 16, 2007 – MRG has announced a sweeping new Mobile TV Market analysis and forecast that provides a ground-up analysis of over 70 trials and deployments, using both the better-known DVB-H and MediaFLO technologies and other technologies like DVB-S, 3G, DAB IP, T-DMB, S-DMB and WiMAX.
News categories: Multimedia Research Group (MRG), 5G, Broadband, Digital TV, Market Research, Mobile, Smart TV

Korea Telecom to Deploy DASAN STBs Powered by Sigma Media Processors
Apr 10, 2007 – Sigma Designs (Nasdaq:SIGM) and DASAN Networks have announced that Korea Telecom (KT) has selected DASAN Networks for deployment of fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) equipment for their Megapass TV service.
News categories: Sigma Designs, DASAN Networks, Korea Telecom (KT), Megapass, ATSC 3, Broadband, Digital TV, Fibre, IPTV, Korea, Middleware, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

Alvarion, NDS and MobiTV to Demonstrate Mobile WiMAX TV
Apr 9, 2007 – Alvarion, (NASDAQ: ALVR) has announced that it is showcasing 4Motion(TM) mobile WiMAX high resolution TV in cooperation with NDS and MobiTV. More …
News categories: Broadband, Content Protection, Digital TV, Middleware

ComX Selects Widevine for IPTV Deployment in Denmark
Mar 27, 2007 – Widevine has announced that Denmark’s largest broadband services provider ComX is deploying IPTV services with Widevine Cypher® which has enabled them to license and deliver secure premium content faster, to meet aggressive market launch objectives. More …
News categories: Broadband, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Denmark, Digital TV, IPTV

Greece - Vivodi launches IPTV service
Mar 26, 2007 – Vivodi Telecom has said its ‘cable TV by Vivodi’ service is now up and running. Using a MEDIAstream platform supplied by MCOM it offers both live TV and VOD services via an ADSL2+ network. More …
News categories: Broadband, Digital TV, Greece, IPTV