Tier 1 Central American service provider taps Enablence again for broadband JULY 28, 2010 — Enablence Technologies Inc. says it has secured a follow-on contract from an existing Tier 1 customer. Enablence would identify the customer only as “the dominant telecommunications service provider in its...
Sunrise Telecom debuts SunLite UDSL universal service verification set for FTTN/DSL
Sunrise Telecom debuts SunLite UDSL universal service verification set for FTTN/DSL UGUST 24, 2010 — Sunrise Telecom Inc. (Pink Sheets: SRTI.PK) has announced immediate availability of the palm-sized SunLite UDSL service verification test instrument. The introduction is in response to service providers’ need to control...
Actiontec launches FTTH-compatible pair-bonded VDSL2 home routers
Actiontec launches FTTH-compatible pair-bonded VDSL2 home routers OCTOBER 25, 2010 — Actiontec Electronics has introduced two new pair-bonded VDSL2 routers to its portfolio of IPTV residential gateways. The V2000H and Q2000 routers have been built to support high-bandwidth triple-play services, including HD video/IPTV and voice...
Ikanos NodeScale Vectoring improves DSL performance
Ikanos NodeScale Vectoring improves DSL performance OCTOBER 25, 2010 — Ikanos Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: IKAN) has unveiled NodeScale Vectoring. By countering the effects of such impairments as cross talk, NodeScale Vectoring can enable 100-Mbps performance via DSL, Ikanos asserts.One of the challenges in deploying very...
Nokia Siemens Networks claims 825 Mbps via Phantom DSL is world record
Nokia Siemens Networks claims 825 Mbps via Phantom DSL is world record OCTOBER 25, 2010 — Phantom DSL has struck again. Nokia Siemens Networks says it has used the technology to transmit data at 825 Mbps over 400 m of bonded copper lines and 750...
Bijou Telephone Cooperative taps ADTRAN for broadband expansion
Bijou Telephone Cooperative taps ADTRAN for broadband expansion SEPTEMBER 29, 2010 — ADTRAN Inc. (NASDAQ:ADTN) says that Bijou Telephone Cooperative of eastern Colorado has selected ADTRAN’s Total Access 5000 Multi-Service Access and Aggregation Platform (MSAP) to extend broadband and POTS to underserved rural areas. “When...
Ofcom: BT must share fiber, duct, and poles
Ofcom: BT must share fiber, duct, and poles OCTOBER 8, 2010 by Stephen Hardy — Ofcom, the UK telecommunications regulatory authority, has announced rulings designed to promote competition within the UK broadband market. Principal among them is a mandate that BT must share its broadband...
ADTRAN unveils Ultra Broadband Ethernet access architecture
ADTRAN unveils Ultra Broadband Ethernet access architecture OCTOBER 26, 2010 By Stephen Hardy — ADTRAN, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADTN) has introduced Ultra Broadband Ethernet, a new broadband network architecture that delivers a symmetric 100-Mbps Ethernet connection over copper to each of up to eight subscribers from...
Alcatel-Lucent upgrades ISAM FTTN capabilities
Alcatel-Lucent upgrades ISAM FTTN capabilities OCTOBER 26, 2010 –Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) has added GPON and point-to-point fiber capabilities on the 7302 and 7330 Intelligent Services Access Manager (ISAM) FTTN platforms. The upgrades are designed to enable service providers to offer a mix...
ZyXEL launches VDSL2 home gateways that ease copper to fiber conversion
ZyXEL launches VDSL2 home gateways that ease copper to fiber conversion NOVEMBER 9, 2010 — ZyXEL Communications has announced the VSG series of VDSL2 home gateways. ZyXEL says the gateways make the transition from copper to fiber-optic FTTH environments pain-free for both service providers and...
