Thursday, July 31, 2008

Enablence's FTTx products receive RUS acceptance

NH-based Union Communications taps Pannaway for FTTH

Alcatel-Lucent deploys first GPON-based FTTH network in Chile

Certified FTTH Providers in the U.S. now at 34

Forget FTTN we need FTTH and we need it now!

KPN launches FTTH €65-€110/month

KPN is serious about FTTH

GTD Manquehue selects Alca-Lu to deploy FTTH network based on GPON technology

Entropic Plunges on Broadcom Fears

Locals Try To Keep Utopia Afloat

DSL's Worst Quarter Ever

U-verse Wishlist

AT&T U-verse — A Double-Edged Sword

OPEC 2.0: Why Bandwidth is the Oil of the Information Economy

NYC to bypass muni Wi-Fi

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Rock 'em, sock 'em TV providers: Comcast digital cable vs. AT&T U-Verse TV

AT&T to roll out TV service in Palm Beach County next week

Report: AT&T Slowing on U-verse

Verizon, Time Warner Cable on war footing in N.Y.

Telco wouldn't install fiber network, sued to prevent city from doing so

Pannaway Networks Lights Up Fiber For Manti Tele Communications

The End Of DSL? AT&T, Verizon Show Weak Broadband Growth. Good News For Comcast, Cable?

Unions Rally, Vowing Strike at Verizon

Top 2 Bosses at Alcatel Are Leaving

Verizon Hits 2M FiOS Subs

Minnesota scraps multicity muni fiber plans

Tennessee: Cable appeals EPB case dismissals

AT&T plans $400 million fiber investment in Alabama

FiOS outpaces cable for Web, study says

Business insight: Utopia Citizens Advisory Network

Chattanooga: Reshaping the telecom landscape

Incumbents Be Warned: Don't Mess with Muni-Broadband

Europe’s next-generation broadband

Verizon inks more franchise agreements for FiOS service

All Markets Will See U-Verse Dual HD Streams By Q3

Verizon ups in-home FiOS speeds to 175 Mb/s

The Best Municipal Broadband Strategy - Just Lay Conduit

Monticello FiberNet update with Christopher Mitchell

Friday, July 25, 2008

Enablence Technologies Integrates & Deploys Trident7 FTTP Access Solution With Servei de Telecommunications d'Andorra

Aspen Optics Speeds Up Channel Expansion To Realize FTEH (Fiber To Every Home)

Thursday, July 24, 2008

Google Talks About Owning Your Internet Connection

For telecommuters, time to raise the speed limit

Asia powers home with fiber deployment

Pannaway Wins FTTH Deal

LS Cable Offers GPON

Verizon Brings GPON Home

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

AT&T on verge of offering TV service

New AT&T Broadband Customer Additions Take Nose Dive

Fiber broadband – it’s duh marketing!

Alcatel-Lucent picks up GPON win in Japan

Building a national high-speed broadband network a titanic task for Labor

Swisscom to invest 8 bn CHF in NGA network

KPN launches FTTH commercial offer

Interview with Tellabs on WDM-PON

AT&T Hits 550K IPTV Subs

Charge Of The Light Brigade

Build a Future-Proof Home Network

Time Warner Cable, Verizon to Duel

Thursday, July 17, 2008

Council approves ultra-high-speed broadband plan

How Realistic Is BT’s Fiber Broadband Plan?

FiOS premieres new Disney content on VOD

Despite economics, WDM-PON remains in the mix

Industry debates wholesale open access model

Comparing bend-insensitive singlemode fibers

Dynamic bandwidth allo-cation [sic] sets GPONs apart

Next-generation PON options promise greater bandwidth

Alloptic receives multi-wavelength PON patent

Verizon Readies FiOS TV for NYC

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Adtran Hints at Slowdown

First-Ever Flat Optical Cable Makes FTTH Installation Faster, Easier

Xelerated offers GPON reference design

U-verse launches in Dayton

Verizon’s New Double Play Features Ordering Incentive

Optic fiber heading to customers in Lake View (IA)

Strike up the broadband

Will fiber pay the bills?

Fiber broadband demands more bandwidth

Verizon Shuts Off Analog In Maryland, Northern Virginia

BT Pumps Up On Broadband

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Broadweave Buying Houston FTTP Network

Enablence and DuPont Deal

ECI Unveils GPON Gear

U-verse Comes to Miami Valley

VZ Phasing Out More Analog

PON-derous!

'Run Away!' Nokia Siemens Retreats From GPON

Xelerated Tackles GPON

ECI Touts GPON Advance

BT Unveils $3B FTTx Plan

Friday, July 11, 2008

The road to NGN

AT&T pushes U-Verse into muni fiber hotbed

When Will Qwest Learn?

Mediacom, Qwest offering faster speeds for Web service

Australia shows US how a real broadband strategy works

Thursday, July 10, 2008

AT&T looks to add four NBC HD channels

AT&T to provide video services throughout Birmingham metro area

Fiber To The Home In Kutztown, PA

Palo Alto council enthusiastic about high speed broadband proposals

Importance of FTTP to Business Location (pdf)

Verizon Intros FiOS for Business

TranSwitch Buying Centillium

Wednesday, July 09, 2008

U-verse Comes to Tulsa

Tuesday, July 08, 2008

Telecoms Sue Over High-Speed Links

Connexion to build FTTH network in Chandler, AZ

EU to fund Ignis-led WDM-PON project

Ericsson Joins Cost-Cutting WDM-PON Team

Monday, July 07, 2008

Raising the Speed Limit

Fiber optics may hold key to future

PacketFront Takes On AlcaLu, Cisco

BVU Wins 2 Power Industry Awards

VidChat: Talking Fiber with Joe Savage

Consumers WANT fibre

Get your mugs and tshirts here!

Ed Richards, Ofcom CEO, on FTTx and regulation

Numéricable blows a gasket

Verizon to Speed Up Internet in 10 States

iProvo sale has loose ends, but deal still on

Sunday, July 06, 2008

FTTH Group Studies Usage

Broadcom Breaking Into GPON?

Friday, July 04, 2008

FTTH Becoming FTEH (Fiber to Every Home) By 2010, Aspen Optics Predicts

Wednesday, July 02, 2008

Verizon Adds 15 HDs To FiOS TV In Indiana

Report: Fiber Internet growth overtakes cable

The Buzz from CableTec

Carriers say telecom fuels economic growth

Broadband Penetration at a Crawl in Many Communities

The case for municipal telecoms

AT&T preps for more Wisconsin launches

AT&T: Pair-bonding to come in ‘late 2008’

Nashville judge bounces cable suit

Sweden plans 1 Gbps internet in apartments

Verizon's fiber guru talks strategy

Neuf Does GPON With AlcaLu

AT&T Files Franchise in TN

Verizon Adds 22 Channels

Tuesday, July 01, 2008

GPON in Practice: Where, When, How?

Taiwan Optical Platform Group (TOP), Central Taiwan's Largest MSO, Selects Enablence Technologies for FTTx Deployment

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