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

IPTV Deployments Double For The Second Year Running As Broadband Continues To Achieve Strong Growth
Jul 15, 2008 – The Broadband Forum has announced the latest Broadband and IPTV statistics. The report shows that IPTV subscribers have more than doubled for the second year running with an increase of 53.14 percent in the 12 months to 31 March 2008.
News categories: Broadband Forum, Point Topic, BBWF, Broadband, Digital TV, DOCSIS, Fibre, IPTV, Market Research, Subscribers

Etisalat and France Telecom agree on a partnership covering strategic technological and marketing fields
Jul 2, 2008 – Etisalat and France Telecom (Euronext Paris: FTE) have announced their intention to collaborate in a number of fields of strategic importance for the telecommunications industry, notably in home services, content, as well as international networks.
News categories: Etisalat, France Telecom, Digital TV, Fibre, IPTV, Set Top Box, Smart Home, UAE

Lincoln County Telephone System selects Alcatel-Lucent's triple play service delivery architecture for customers in Lincoln County, Nevada and new town of Coyote Springs
Jun 25, 2008 – Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) has announced that Lincoln County Telephone System (LCTS) will deploy Alcatel-Lucent's Triple Play Service Delivery Architecture (TPSDA), the next- generation blueprint for triple play infrastructure.
News categories: Alcatel-Lucent, Lincoln County Telephone System, Broadband, Content Distribution, Fibre, IPTV, USA

UTStarcom Awarded Contract From United Telecoms Ltd. for Broadband Network Triple Play Solution
May 8, 2008 – UTStarcom (Nasdaq: UTSI) has announced that it has been awarded a contract by United Telecoms Limited to deliver Internet Protocol TV (IPTV), bandwidth on demand and Voice over IP (VoIP) services in the state of Goa.
News categories: UTStarcom, United Telecoms, Broadband, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Fibre, India, IPTV

KPN publishes first quarter results 2008
Apr 29, 2008 – Q1 2008 was another quarter with healthy growth of TV subscribers with 56k net adds. The customer base reached 553k (compared to 296k in Q1 2007). The commercial launch of DVB-H is anticipated for mid 2008.
News categories: KPN, Digital TV, Fibre, IPTV, Mobile, Netherlands, Results, Subscribers, Terrestrial

Verizon Reports Continued Strong Growth in 1Q 2008
Apr 28, 2008 – Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ) has reported another quarter of strong sales and operational results. Verizon added a net 263,000 new FiOS TV customers to give 1.2 million FiOS TV subscribers in total at the end of the quarter.
News categories: Verizon, Broadband, Digital TV, Fibre, IPTV, Mobile, Results, Subscribers, USA

Public announcement of the Summary of Annual report 2007 of Telekom Slovenia Group and Telekom Slovenije, d. d.
Apr 25, 2008 – At the end of September 2007, the share of IPTV in Slovenia was 14.7%, an increase of 8.21% in share from the previous year. The largest market share - 61.4% - among IPTV service-providers was held by Telekom Slovenije (Ljubljana: TLSG).
News categories: Telekom Slovenia, Broadband, Digital TV, DVR, Fibre, IPTV, Kosovo, Results, Slovenia, Subscribers

TVA to launch Telefónica's FTTH IPTV in São Paulo
Apr 16, 2008 – Telefónica will lease its FTTH optical fiber network to its cable TV subsidiary, TVA, who will start offering advanced residential IPTV services through that connection as from this month.
News categories: Telefónica, TVA, Brazil, Cable TV, Digital TV, Fibre, IPTV

Clarksville, Tennessee Department of Electricity's New IPTV Triple Play Service Protected By SecureMedia
Apr 14, 2008 – SecureMedia has announced that Clarksville, Tennessee Department of Electricity has selected and implemented SecureMedia's Encryptonite ONE System to provide content protection for its cutting-edge IPTV service, CDE LIGHTBAND.
News categories: SecureMedia, Clarksville Department of Electricity, Conditional Access, Content Protection, Digital TV, Fibre, IPTV, USA