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Posted on 09.04.07
Fibers.org has published an overview of Ignis Photonyx, a maker of planar lightwave circuits for FTTH and long-haul markets. Here’s the part that got my attention: Ignis … reported revenues of NOK167 m (€21 m) in the first quarter of 2007, an increase of more than €18 m on the same period last year. And net income rose to €2.1 m, reversing a loss of €1.2 m in the first quarter of 2006. Filed under: Business Comments: None |
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Posted on 09.04.07
A summary of a Japanese Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications report on broadband is presented at Nyquist Capital. Here’s a quote: "By the end of 2010, Japan expects to achieve 100% Broadband coverage, 90% of which will be ultra-high speed. The country currently has 95% coverage with 80% ultra high speed. " Filed under: Business Comments: None |
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Posted on 08.29.07
180 Connect has announced that it has been awarded by the City of Palo Alto, California and the Truckee Donner Public Utility District, California the contracts to develop the fiber-to-the-home ("FTTH") and municipal fiber networks for those communities. Filed under: Business and New FTTH Rollouts Comments: None |
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Posted on 08.21.07
Mauritius, an island nation off the east coast of Africa may get island-wide FTTH: According to reports from the African Press Agency, from 2008 all Mauritian homes will be able to connect to the internet via a fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) network being proposed by United Communications Limited (UCL). Filed under: Business and New FTTH Rollouts Comments: None |
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Posted on 08.21.07
Leith Campbell, Australia based principal consultant for Ovum, a market research firm, has written an article on what needs to happen for a country-wide FTTH buildout in Australia: There are four main ways in which a major network upgrade can be justified: investment in national infrastructure; new services; operations cost savings; and competitive response. Filed under: Business Comments: None |
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Posted on 08.15.07
Pannaway Technologies, Inc., a provider broadband access platforms for telecommunications companies, has announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire the Access division of TelStrat International. TelStrat is … recognized as the first company in North America to deploy next generation 2.4 GPON based FTTH from a full-service broadband loop carrier platform. Filed under: Business Comments: None |
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Posted on 08.15.07
Palo Alto Online reports that a partner in Palo Alto’s broadband efforts has acquired an unsuccesful bidder for the project: PacketFront is a partner of 180 Connect, which was selected by the City Council in January to work with the city to investigate developing a fiber network. DynamicCity also submitted a bid for the project, but its submittal was deemed "non-responsive" because it would have the city bear all the financial risk with the approximately $41 million project.
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Posted on 08.13.07
This BBC article profiles broadband access in Paris and gives information on the 100 Mbps FTTH network being built. That, and the fact that many Parisians live in apartment blocks, means that the cost of installing the new network is not quite as high as it would be in London. Filed under: Business and New FTTH Rollouts Comments: 1 Comment |
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Posted on 08.13.07
Norwegian network operator and service provider Lyse Telecom offers a plan to its customers where they lay the last segment of the FTTH connection themselves in return for a savings in the installation fee: To keep costs down, subscribers can lay the last part of the network themselves. There’s a do-it-yourself kit, and they save €500 (US$630). Around 80% do the physical, self-provisioning part themselves. Filed under: Business and Technology Comments: 3 Comments |
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Posted on 08.09.07
TXP Corp. and original equipment manufacturer of optical network termianals has announced financial results. Here’s the highlights: — Revenue increase of 70% in the three months ended June 30, 2007 compared to the three months ended June 30, 2006; – Increased customer base to 117 as of June 30, 2007 from 89 as of June 30, 2006; – Signed re-seller agreements with two leading Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) of telecommunications infrastructure for distribution of TXP’s Optical Network Terminal (ONT) units; – Signed distribution agreement with Eastern Telecommunications to sell ONT products and outside plant cabinet retrofit solutions; Filed under: Business Comments: None |
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Posted on 08.08.07
This Lightreading article details Finisar’s production plans for GPON components and talks about other players in the market. "We’re encouraged to do both [OLT and ONT] , by both the service providers and the equipment companies, because there are no Tier 1 optics suppliers today supplying PON products," Rawls says. "But where its mostly attractive for us is at the OLT end, because that’s where value pays off." Filed under: Business Comments: None |
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Posted on 08.08.07
PacketFront, a provider of open-access broadband networking equipment, has announced its US subsidiary, PacketFront Inc., has completed its acquisition of DynamicCity, the operational force behind the UTOPIA initiative, Utah’s 14-city municipal open access fiber network.. Filed under: Business Comments: None |
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Posted on 08.07.07
This Lightreading article profiles equipment manufacturer Commscope, which has taken an early lead in providing FTTP systems to cable operators. Although the economics can vary based on deployment densities, costs for installing BrightPath are within 20 percent of HFC new-builds, and about 50 percent better compared to the current PON-based scheme used by Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ - message board), according to CommScope.Filed under: Business and Technology Comments: None |
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Posted on 06.28.07
Worldwide passive optical network (PON) equipment sales sequentially grew 9% in the first quarter of 2007, reaching $336 million, says Infonetics Research in its PON and FTTH Equipment and Subscribers report. Filed under: Business Comments: None |
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Posted on 06.26.07
Momentum, a US-based competitive service provider, and Alcatel-Lucent have announced that Momentum has named Alcatel-Lucent as its exclusive GPON (Gigabit PON) provider to support its fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) infrastructure. Filed under: Business Comments: None |
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Posted on 06.26.07
An exhaustive report compiled by Dirk van der Woude on the state of FTTH in Europe as of summer 2007. Filed under: Business and New FTTH Rollouts Comments: None |
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Posted on 06.26.07
Centennial de Puerto Rico, the second largest telecommunications service provider in the commonwealth, has selected Occam’s Broadband Loop Carrier (BLC) system, as part of its strategy to expand its fiber-to-the-business (FTTB) Ethernet solution. Filed under: Business and New FTTH Rollouts Comments: None |
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Posted on 06.26.07
According to Morgan Keegan analyst Simon Leopold: “We left the show more convinced that, in spite of proponents of the former BellSouth’s ‘IPTV’ initiative which included an FTTC approach, the FTTN-based approach and network architecture will likely be adopted across AT&T’s Southeast territory,” Further quote from the article: The existing suppliers of AT&T’s FTTN network, especially Alcatel-Lucent, stand to benefit from Southeastern deployment of FTTN, while vendors supplying BellSouth’s FTTC network–including Tellabs and Ericsson-owned Redback Networks–could stand to lose some opportunities. Filed under: Business Comments: 1 Comment |
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Posted on 06.20.07
ADC and Novera Optics have announced that ADC has entered into an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) agreement with Novera Optics to deliver an access transport platform based on Passive Optical Network (PON) and Dense Wave Division Multiplexing (DWDM) technologies. Under terms of the agreement, Novera Optics will supply equipment to ADC for customers in North America, Europe and South America. Filed under: Business Comments: None |
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Posted on 06.20.07
PacketFront, a provider of open-access active Ethernet FTTH equipment has announced it will have GPON products to complement active Ethernet by the first half of 2008. Filed under: Business and Technology Comments: None |
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