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Calix adds new ONTs to MDU market fray

admin — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 06:59:54 -0400

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...

Provo committee gets 'brutal' with iProvo

admin — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 06:59:56 -0400

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...

Verizon says it'll raise FiOS prices again

admin — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 06:59:55 -0400

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

admin — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 06:59:57 -0400

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...

Tellabs posts solid Q1, but issues Q2 warning

admin — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 06:59:56 -0400

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...

NAB: FTTH provides telcos room to work out IPTV

admin — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 06:59:54 -0400

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...

Verizon delivers NYC-wide TV proposal

admin — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 06:59:57 -0400

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

admin — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 06:59:55 -0400

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...

Tellabs GPON move leads to more questions

admin — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 07:59:54 -0400

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...

Australia withdraws OPEL broadband funding

admin — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 07:59:54 -0400

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...