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Telekom Austria’s A1 squeezes more out of its copper lines with vectoring

Published on January 20, 2012 By Don

Telekom Austria’s (NYSE: TKA) A1 subsidiary has found that vectoring technology is another way to extend the life of its copper network to deliver higher speed on its Giga-Network.
Built in a hybrid copper/fiber configuration, the Giga-Network con…

FTTH isn’t resonating with Germany’s broadband users

Published on January 19, 2012 By Don

Despite all of the unlimited bandwidth promise of Fiber to the Home (FTTH)-based services in German consumers aren’t biting.
As reported by the FTTH Council Europe, Germany trails the rest of Europe in terms of FTTH deployment with only 1 million homes…

Verizon, Comcast get service partnership going in Portland and Seattle

Published on January 17, 2012 By Don

Verizon (NYSE: VZ) and Comcast (Nasdaq: CMCSA) have begun to sow the seeds of their new co-selling bundled service partnership, naming Portland and Seattle as its initial markets.
At this point, the initial drive will be around co-marketing Verizon’s w…

France Telecom strikes FTTH network pact with Bouygues Telecom

Published on January 17, 2012 By Don

France Telecom-Orange (NYSE: FTE) is enhancing its Fiber to the Home (FTTH) network expansion efforts via a new relationship with competitive provider Bouygues Telecom.
Targeting the country’s 148 most densely populated areas, the incumbent telco will …

Verizon taps InstallerNet to conduct installation of its home automation service

Published on January 11, 2012 By Don

Verizon (NYSE: VZ) has added InstallerNet to its home monitoring and control service deployment team where the installation company will conduct professional installation for the new service.

Verizon’s home security service.

As announc…

Broadband over powerline last mile networks: more hype than hope

Published on January 10, 2012 By Don

Once heralded by former FCC leader Michael Powell as “great broadband hope,” broadband over powerline (BPL) has become the “great broadband hype” now that International Broadband Electric Communications (IBEC) has shut down its business, putting anothe…

Taipei City leverages sewers as FTTH network route

Published on January 5, 2012 By Don

Taipei’s city government is set on bringing its Fiber to the Home (FTTH) to 80 percent of the city’s homes by 2015, and to reach that goal it is going to leverage the city’s sewers as a way to connect the service to consumers.
Over the course of the ne…

Verizon Plans New Media Gateway Smaller Set Tops – As the Company Ultimately Moves Away From the Set Top Entirely

Published on December 27, 2011 By Don

In a new promotional video Verizon notes how the company will soon be deploying smaller, more energy efficient set top boxes in 2012 — followed eventually by the elimination of the set top box altogether. According to Verizon, the company will be laun…

Verizon: FiOS Build Remains in Neutral – May Never Be Restarted

Published on December 9, 2011 By Don

For more than a year we’ve noted that with the exception of markets that have signed franchise obligations (New York, Washington DC, Philadelphia), Verizon’s fiber to the home FiOS build is essentially over. The company had previously stated that they …

RUS adds $410.7M in loans to fund rural broadband projects

Published on November 15, 2011 By Don

Just as the USDA’s Rural Utilities Service (RUS) and the Commerce Department tighten their grips on broadband stimulus funding awards–revoking $80 million in funding in Louisiana and ordering an investigation in North Florida–the RUS is making availa…