During its recent 2016 Winter Conference, CableLabs unveiled a Full Duplex DOCSIS technology that aims for multi-gigabit rates. The breakthrough increase in the upstream speeds for DOCSIS delivered broadband service...
CableLabs awarded the first DOCSIS 3.1 certifications to five cable modem vendors: Askey, Castlenet, Netgear, Technicolor and Ubee Interactive. Certification verifies compliance to the specifications, interoperability among products and enables...
Comcast announced an important step toward deliver residential gigabit Internet speeds over its existing plant by installing what it claims is the world’s first DOCSIS 3.1 modem on a customer-facing...
US Internet is preparing to launch 2.5 and 5 Gbps fiber Internet service in Q1 2016 via its "Active Ethernet" fiber platform for residents and businesses of the City of...
AT&T unveiled plans to extend its fiber residential network, which offers Internet speeds of up to 1 Gbps, to an additional 38 metro areas across the U.S.. This rollout will...
Ericsson introduced the first 802.11ac Wave 2 access point. The new Ericsson AP 6335 strand-mounted cable access point uses a DOCSIS modem for backhaul and multi-user MIMO for increased network...
Altera demonstrated its new, flexible and upgradeable silicon solution for multi-service operators (MSOs) adopting distributed CCAP (converged cable access platform) architecture. The Altera DOCSIS Remote (MAC) PHY design, which is...
TELUS unveiled plans to invest $1 billion to connect the majority of homes and businesses in the City of Vancouver directly to the fibre network over the next five years....
ADTRAN is delivering on its open interface commitment and decoupling the closed equipment “lock-in” from fiber broadband access solutions. The company said it is providing a standards-based carrier-grade set of...
CableLabs posted information on several different Distributed CCAP Architectures (including Remote PHY and Remote MAC-PHY). Last month, CableLabs publicly issued the Remote PHY family of specifications. Theses specifications are also...
TE Connectivity (TE) introduced a new line of fiber distribution hubs featuring higher fiber counts, smaller footprint and improved mounting options. The new sealed fiber distribution hub (FDH) 4000 brings...
Comcast will begin offering a residential, symmetrical, 2 Gigabit-per-second service throughout its service area in Utah starting this summer. The Comcast Gigabit Pro service will be delivered via a fiber-to-the-home...
ADTRAN is adopting a flexible optics approach to significantly cut the cost of delivering Fiber-to-the-Premise (FTTP) services based on NG-PON2 architecture. The company said its breakthrough uses the latest 10G...
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