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Calix adds new ONTs to MDU market fray

Equipment vendor Calix Networks is launching a new series of optical network terminals for gigabit passive optical network architectures targeted at multi-dwelling unit deployments-in short, GPON Read more...
Tags: DSL   FTTH   IP Edge   Broadband   FCC  

Provo committee gets 'brutal' with iProvo

A Provo city council committee ripped the city's mayor for his management of Provo-owned fiber-optic network, iProvo, which has lost $7.5 million since 2003 and stands to lose another $2 million this Read more...
Tags: FTTH   Cable Operators   Broadband   Qwest  

Verizon says it'll raise FiOS prices again

Verizon's FiOS users can expect to pay a little more, the company said during its earnings call yesterday. FiOS broadband has seen steady Read more...

Qwest announces 20 Mbps, 12 Mbps on FTTN

Qwest Communications is introducing fiber-to-the-network offerings in 23 markets under the Qwest Connect brand, hoping to have the rollout reach about 2 million customers this year. The two FTTN Read more...
Tags: DSL   FTTH   Broadband   Qwest  

Tellabs posts solid Q1, but issues Q2 warning

First-quarter earnings results for Tellabs could have been worse. It would not have been surprising given recent changes at the company, including the vendor's recent withdrawal from GPON activities Read more...
Tags: 2008   Broadband   FTTH   Earnings   Verizon  

NAB: FTTH provides telcos room to work out IPTV

Sometimes, taking little steps lead to great leaps. That's the situation some telcos are in now, "waiting to see the five millionth subscriber to IPTV" before moving off RF. FTTH allows telcos to Read more...
Tags: Telco   FTTH  

Verizon delivers NYC-wide TV proposal

Just like the Dutch and, much later, The Muppets, Verizon Communications is aiming to take Manhattan--and the rest of New York Read more...

Verizon begins FiOS analog-to-digital move

Verizon Communications is not waiting for the February 2009 federal deadline to complete its transition to all digital programming. The carrier will begin tuning out local analog channels on its FiOS Read more...
Tags: Cable Operators   FTTH   Broadband   Verizon   FCC  

Tellabs GPON move leads to more questions

Following Tellabs' exit from a GPON supply deal with Verizon Communications, industry analysts may be waiting for the other shoe to drop. Will Verizon exit the PON market entirely? The company says Read more...
Tags: FTTH   Verizon   IP Edge   Broadband  

Australia withdraws OPEL broadband funding

The Australian government has withdrawn about $869 million in funding support for a joint venture that had won an earlier government bid to build out broadband coverage to remote, underserved areas Read more...
Tags: Telco   DSL   FTTH   Broadband  

Press Releases

3M brings fibre installation within closer reach of communications installers and service providers with 3M No Polish Connector

Dubai, UAE, 08 May 2008 - 3M, which produces thousands of innovative products for dozens of diverse industries, has announced the launch of two new products in the Middle East region, designed to Read more...

Occam Networks Helps Ganado Telephone Deploy FTTH as Access Network Evolution Continues

South Texas ILEC to Begin Second Phase of Multi-Phase Project
SANTA BARBARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Occam Read more...

Enablence Technologies Inc. Issues No Material Change Statement

OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - April 3, 2008) - Enablence Technologies Inc. ("Enablence Technologies" or the "Corporation") (TSX VENTURE:ENA) issues the Read more...

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