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

IPTV remains in a nascent state in the Arab World
Jun 8, 2009 – According to the Arab Advisors Group, seven service providers in six countries in the Arab World were offering commercial IPTV services as of May 2009. FTA channels and piracy remain the main obstacles facing IPTV uptake in the region.
News categories: Arab Advisors, Algeria, Bahrain, Digital TV, Egypt, Fibre, IPTV, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Market Research, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, UAE, Yemen

UAE's du invests AED 100 Million to upgrade network infrastructure
May 31, 2009 – du, the UAE's integrated telecom service provider, has upgraded its IP-based core network to 40 Gbps. For residential customers, this upgrade will enable du to offer IPTV with enhanced capabilities like HD, VoD and instant channel change.
News categories: 'du', Content Distribution, Fibre, IPTV, UAE

SK Broadband Selects Harmonic for the World's Largest Commercial Launch of Cable IPTV to Date
May 27, 2009 – Harmonic Inc. (NASDAQ:HLIT) has announced that SK Broadband (KOSDAQ:033630) has deployed Harmonic's Direct-2-Edge (D2E) solution, for the world's largest commercial launch of cable IPTV to date, across its cable, xDSL, and FTTx access networks.
News categories: Harmonic Inc, SK Broadband, ANGA COM, Cable TV, Content Distribution, DOCSIS, Fibre, IPTV, Korea

Cisco Advances the Connected Life at Home at ANGA Cable 2009: Helping Service Providers Become Experience Providers
May 13, 2009 – At ANGA Cable 2009, Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) is demonstrating new technologies and solutions that help enable Internet Protocol (IP) networks to become the intelligent platform for a new generation of video and rich-media applications and services.
News categories: Cisco Systems, ANGA COM, Cable Modem, Cable TV, Content Distribution, DOCSIS, Fibre, IPTV, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Streaming

KPN Q1 results 2009
Apr 28, 2009 – KPN Group (Amsterdam:KPN) has release its results for the quarter ended March 31, 2009. KPN TV (Digitenne DTT and IPTV) customers were up 60 thousand in the quarter to give a total of 835 thousand at end-March.
News categories: KPN, Fibre, IPTV, Netherlands, Results, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Verizon Reports Results for 1Q 2009
Apr 27, 2009 – Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ) has reported its results for the first quarter 2009. Verizon added 299,000 net new FiOS TV customers to give a total of 2.2 million, an increase of 83.8 percent compared with the first quarter 2008.
News categories: Verizon, Fibre, IPTV, Results, Subscribers, USA

Verimatrix Secures CDE Lightband IPTV Service
Apr 21, 2009 – Verimatrix has announced Clarksville Department of Electricity (CDE) as its latest customer that has deployed the Verimatrix Video Content Authority System (VCAS™) for IPTV.
News categories: Verimatrix, Clarksville Department of Electricity, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, Fibre, IPTV, NABShow, USA

Russia's North-West Telecom has 6,000 IPTV subscribers
Apr 9, 2009 – North-West Telecom has announced that its broadband subscriber base has exceeded 700,000. In December 2007, N.W.Telecom was one of the first companies in Russia to launch IPTV commercially and now has almost 6,000 connections.
News categories: North-West Telecom, Avangard, Fibre, IPTV, Russia, Subscribers

Australia plans National Broadband Network
Apr 7, 2009 – The Australian Government has announced the establishment of a new company to build and operate a new super fast National Broadband Network to connect 90 percent of Australian homes, schools and workplaces with broadband at speeds up to 100Mbps.
News categories: Australia, Broadband, Fibre, IPTV