Aurora to Showcase PON, IP Transport
Aurora Networks will showcase its residential and commercial services optical solutions at the CableNET technology showcase, at the Cable Show 2012 in Boston. Show demonstrations will include unified PON architecture and migration to all-IP via the company’s Node QAM technology. … Continue reading
Aurora to Highlight Transport in China
Aurora Networks will showcase its transport technologies at CCBN 2012, taking place March 21-23 in Beijing. Aurora’s CCBN demonstrations are planned to address demand growth, headend and hub space limitations, and cost-reduction challenges. In addition, the company will showcase its … Continue reading
High-Speed Access Revenue up 9%
According to a new report by the Dell’Oro Group, increasing subscriber bandwidth requirements drove cable operators to add DOCSIS 3.0 capacity and telecom service providers to accelerate new VDSL and PON network build-outs in the fourth quarter. The result was … Continue reading
Status Update: DPoE
CableLabs‘ DOCSIS Provisioning of EPON (DPoE) specification has come a long way in a little over a year. Here’s an update on one of the consortium’s bigger projects. DPoE, led by Bright House Networks, Comcast and Time Warner Cable, is … Continue reading
CableLabs Launches DPoE Qual Program
CableLabs has introduced an equipment qualification program for its DOCSIS Provisioning of EPON (DPoE) project. The program is intended to allow equipment makers to certify that their technology and devices are compliant with DPoE version 1.0 specifications, which describe a … Continue reading
Peak Telco? PON, FTTH, DSL Set to Decline
According to Infonetics Research, 2011 is going to be the peak for the fixed broadband aggregation equipment market, including PON, DSL and FTTH. By 2015, the research house expects the broadband aggregation market to decline to $5.0 billion, from an … Continue reading
EPoC: Is Ethernet over Coax the Next Big Step?
The one great truth about bandwidth is that there’s never quite enough of it. With the addition of new services such as multiscreen IP video to cable’s traditional offerings, plus competition from over-the-top (OTT) video, the bits to be moved … Continue reading
ATX Upgrades for HFC, RFoG, PON
For Expo, ATX Networks has upgraded its MAXNET II platform for both HFC and RFoG/PON deployments. With respect to HFC deployments, ATX is demonstrating its MAXNET II “Wire-once” F-connector-based platform that includes optical transmission and reception, narrowcast combining and return … Continue reading
Aurora Buys Enablence FTTP Tech for $5.1 Mil
Aurora Networks has acquired Trident7 technology from Enablence Technologies for a total purchase price of $5.1 million. The transaction is expected to close by Sept. 15 and includes the sale of Enablence’s Trident7 Universal Access Platform for delivery of FTTP … Continue reading
Ops Holding Off on Next-Gen FTTH/PON
According to Infonetics Research‘s 2011 “Next Gen FTTH and PON Deployment Strategies: Global Service Provider Survey,” operators will not replace existing FTTH technologies until the pricing of next generation technologies reaches parity with current equipment prices. Among the survey’s findings: … Continue reading
EXFO Launches OTDR-Based PON Turnup Testing
EXFO launched its intelligent Optical Link Mapper (iOLM), a test solution designed to enable faster FTTx network characterization. At its core, the iOLM automates the setting of OTDR acquisition parameters and presents a pass/fail status of the FTTH network for … Continue reading
Dell’Oro: PON Market Hit $800 Billion in Q4
According to a newly published report by the Dell’Oro Group, the PON market posted record revenues of almost $800 million in the fourth quarter of 2010. The report indicates that the continued upward trajectory of the market was driven largely … Continue reading
JDSU Debuts PON OTDR
JDSU‘s Metro-PON OTDR for the T-BERD/MTS-4000 platform is designed to speed installing and troubleshooting metro and passive optical networks (PON) and reduce costs. It features 40 dB dynamic range sensitivity, reduces the dead zone around high-loss 1 x 128 splitters … Continue reading