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Xfone expands fiber network to include Burkburnett, Texas Xfone Inc. (NYSE Amex and TASE: XFN) connected its first triple-play customer in Burkburnett, Texas, expanding the company’s “PRIDE” fiber-to-the-premise (FTTP) network. Xfone’s ongoing fiber build out, when completed, is expected to reach 19 new communities bringing...

PRTC selects Calix B6 to develop broadband in Kentucky Peoples Rural Telephone Cooperative (PRTC) has begun to deploy Calix B6 Ethernet Service Access Nodes (ESANs)and the 2000 family of optical network terminals (ONTs) to bring fiber-based broadband services to Jackson and Owsley counties in Kentucky,...

China Telecom deploys Itibia business access gateways with BroadLight’s Helios processor Fiber broadband semiconductor provider BroadLight says that China Telecom is using small and medium enterprise (SME) gateways based on BroadLight’s Helios processors to provide fiber-based business services. The roll out is part of China...

Alcatel-Lucent wins SaskTel GPON FTTP deal Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE:ALU) says it has won a contract from SaskTel to supply Saskatchewan’s primary carrier with GPON equipment for SaskTel’s fiber to the premises (FTTP) roll out. The FTTP deployment is part of SaskTel’s Next Generation...

New Mexico FTTH project partners announced Kit Carson Electric Cooperative (KCEC) has announced several partnerships for its planned fiber to the home (FTTH) rollout in Northern New Mexico. The partners include Pulse Broadband, WESCO, Atlantic Engineering, and TCS Communications.Pulse Broadband will act as project manager...

China Telecom chooses Alcatel-Lucent PON for Fibre Cities project China Telecom has selected Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext and NYSE: ALU) to supply PON equipment for its “Broadband China, Fibre Cities” project. The project aims to supply more than 26 million people in unserved and under-served areas of...

EPB, Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs partner for smart grid via FTTH EPB, the electric power distributor in Chattanooga, TN, that made waves last year by offering 1-Gbps services over its new GPON FTTH network, has strengthened its ties with its GPON equipment supplier, Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris...

ZTE to power BelTelecom GPON FTTH national broadband network ZTE Corp. says it will supply GPON fiber to the home (FTTH) equipment for BelTelecom’s national broadband network project in Belarus. The multi-phase project will cover all the seven regions of the country, including the capital...

Alcatel-Lucent touts GPON win with China Unicom Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) says it is not just any supplier, but the largest supplier to China Unicom’s fiber to the home (FTTH) broadband deployment in China. The firm will supply GPON equipment to 29 provinces...

Calix scores two broadband stimulus deals in Iowa Calix Inc. (NYSE:CALX) has announced two more broadband stimulus award winners who will use gear from the systems house in their new projects. Winnebago Cooperative Telecom Association (WCTA) and Breda Telephone Corp. (DBA Western Iowa Networks), both...