Fibre / Fiber (FTTN, FTTC, FTTB, FTTH, FTTK, FTTP) News

SureWest Video RGUs up 100 in 3Q09
Oct 29, 2009 – SureWest Communications (Nasdaq: SURW) has announced results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2009. Broadband Residential revenues increased 12% year-over-year to $29.4 million due to 10% growth in average revenue per user (ARPU).
News categories: SureWest, Fibre, IPTV, Results, Subscribers, USA

Verizon adds 191,000 FiOS TV customers in 3Q09
Oct 26, 2009 – Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ) has reported its results for the third quarter of 2009. Verizon added 191,000 net new FiOS TV customers to give 2.7 million FiOS TV customers at the end of the quarter, a 67.7 percent year-over-year increase.
News categories: Verizon, Fibre, IPTV, Results, Subscribers, USA

Meo surpasses 500 thousand customers
Oct 21, 2009 – Portugal Telecom (Lisbon: PTC; NYSE: PT) has announced that Meo, its pay-TV service, surpassed 500 thousand customers, representing circa 64% of PT's ADSL customers and 19% of its traffic generating lines, at the end of 2Q09.
News categories: Portugal Telecom, Digital TV, Fibre, IPTV, Portugal, Satellite, Subscribers

Magnalink Selects Motorola FTTH and IPTV Solutions for the Czech Republic
Sep 7, 2009 – Motorola (NYSE: MOT) has announced that Magnalink has chosen Motorola Home & Networks Mobility's (H&NM) GPON and IPTV set -top solutions to deliver services within the city of Hradec Kralove in the Czech Republic.
News categories: Motorola, Magnalink, KonekTel, BBWF, Content Distribution, Czech Republic, Digital TV, Fibre, IPTV, Set Top Box

Entone Amulet And Hydra Integrated With Conklin-Intracom fs|cdn IPTV
Aug 31, 2009 – Entone and Conklin-Intracom have announced the interoperability of Entone's Hydra IP Video Gateway and Amulet IPTV Receiver with Conklin-Intracom's fs|cdn® IPTV solution. One successfully deployed customer is Delhi Telephone in Delhi, NY.
News categories: Entone, Conklin-Intracom, Delhi Telephone, Broadband, Content Distribution, Fibre, Gateway, IPTV, Middleware, Set Top Box, Smart Home

SureWest Video RGUs down 900 in 2Q09
Aug 6, 2009 – SureWest Communications (Nasdaq: SURW) has announced results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2009. Video RGUs increased 4% compared to 2008 reflective of the company's ability to offer high-speed data, HDTV, HD DVR and other enhanced services.
News categories: SureWest, Fibre, IPTV, Results, Subscribers, USA

Ericsson powers interactive TV for Ucom in Armenia
Jun 24, 2009 – Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) is bringing high-quality, interactive TV to viewers in Armenia through a deal with operator Ucom. Ericsson will deliver its IPTV solution including GPON technology in the first contract of its kind.
News categories: Ericsson, Ucom, Armenia, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Fibre, IPTV, Middleware

Global IPTV market up to nearly 24 million
Jun 16, 2009 – The Broadband Forum has announced the latest broadband and IPTV statistics. Its report shows that broadband grew by 16.6 million lines globally in the last quarter alone, while IPTV continues to expand strongly.
News categories: Broadband Forum, Point Topic, Brazil, Broadband, Canada, China, Digital TV, DOCSIS, Egypt, Fibre, France, Germany, IPTV, Italy, Japan, Korea, Market Research, Mexico, UK, Ukraine, USA

Taylor Telephone IPTV To Use Conklin-Intracom fs|cdn®
Jun 9, 2009 – Taylor Telephone Cooperative is to deploy video services using Conklin-Intracom's fs|cdn® IPTV middleware. The service will offer SD and HD channels, using a mix of MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 encoding, with on screen DVR & pause live TV capability.
News categories: Conklin-Intracom, Taylor Telephone Cooperative, Content Distribution, Fibre, IPTV, Middleware, USA