Multimode fiber (MMF) is increasingly acquiring market share in high-end data centers, replacing the copper-based cabling that has been the predominant media for high speed communication. Currently, there are six major areas that affect data rates in s…
Orange says it will leverage its fiber to the home (FTTH) network to offer “Fibre Pro,” a symmetrical 100-Mbps service. The French communications services provider will target the offering primarily at small businesses and high-end “professionals…
Driven by some high-profile outages and taking off with some notable RFP issues (and wins), the question remains just how big–and important–this emerging market really will be.
The partnership with FiberHome comes as the Chinese FTTH IPTV market is heating up.
Swedish equipment vendor Ericsson this week won a sizeable fibre to the home (FTTH) contract in a surprising market ? India.
AT&T (NYSE: T) is taking a stab at Chattanooga, Tenn.’s increasingly competitive triple play services market by bringing its U-Verse service set to parts of the city beginning this week. Users that sign up for the service will be able to get AT&T’s full U-Verse suite, including AT&T U-verse IPTV-based TV service, AT&T U-verse High [...]
The deal will help Atheros tap into fiber as the PON market is predicted to grow.
ASSIA, a provider of software tools that provide Dynamic Spectrum Management (DSM) of DSL networks, has found a sizeable niche serving the U.S. DSL service provider market that wants to make more out of their existing copper networks. Although it has not revealed a breakdown of its customer base, the vendor claims that recent sales [...]
Here are some of the interesting research reports released in the past week: IP/MPLS Infrastructure: Synergy Research this week released “Q1 2010 Carrier Infrastructure (CE, IP, MPLS) market shares,” an annual report detailing market growth among the top worldwide infrastructure providers. Overall, the infrastructure market grew 27 percent over Q1 2009. Cisco topped the rankings [...]