CES: SA moves in on gateway market 

By Vince Vittore

LAS VEGAS--Trying to build on its heritage in both the set-top box and cable modem markets, Scientific-Atlanta is working on an initiative to develop a series of residential gateways for both multiple system operators and telcos...

CES: 2Wire takes it outside, pumps up HPNA 

By Vince Vittore

LAS VEGAS--2Wire announced today at the International CES that it has developed what it claims is the world's first outdoor broadband home gateway. ...

New technology bridges wireless, wireline 

By Carol Wilson

A form of home networking technology now on the market holds the potential to dramatically change the way wireless technology is used within a home or office...

Verimatrix lands two IOC deals 

By Vince Vittore

IPTV security vendor Verimatrix said it has signed deals to provide its Verimatrix Content Authority System (VCAS) to CC Communications and ETEX Communications, two independent telcos providing service in Nevada and Texas, respectively...

Siemens gets pieces of Chinese IPTV deal 

By Vince Vittore

Siemens announced today it has signed a deal with Shanghai Telecom, a subsidiary of China Telecom, and Shanghai Media Group to provide its Home Entertainment solution as part of a 5000-home field trial...

Coaxsys demos turbo charged in-home network 

By Vince Vittore

Coaxsys said today that it will demonstrate the ability to transmit data at 200 Mb/s using Ethernet over coax cable during the upcoming International CES show in Las Vegas next month....

World Wide Packets expands CPE to business 

By Vince Vittore

World Wide Packets will announce next week that it is expanding its LightningEdge product family with a new Ethernet demarcation point geared specifically to serve business customers....

OIF passes three new optical IAs 

By Ed Gubbins

The Optical Interworking Forum announced the ratification of three new implementation agreements (IAs) today, bringing the total number ratified this year to six...

Verizon lifts covers on VOD 

By Vince Vittore

Verizon is opening up, ever so slightly, on its FiOS TV service, announcing that it is using SeaChange’s IP Video System as the basis for the video-on-demand portion...

In the Spotlight: Mory Ejabat, Zhone Technologies 

By Vince Vittore

Among consolidators in telecom, Zhone Technologies has proven to have among the most voracious appetites. The Alameda, Calif.-based company has acquired more than a dozen companies since inception, most recently Paradyne. At the same time, it has been criticized by some analysts for bringing together seemingly disparate technology pieces but not offering a comprehensive vision of its future. Mory Ejabat, CEO of Zhone, recently spoke with Telephony's Access Edge and let loose on vision and a number of other topics....

Nortel confirms Comcast optical deal 

By Ed Gubbins

Nearly a year after rumors suggested it, Nortel Networks confirmed today it is supplying optical equipment for Comcast’s nationwide backbone network...

TI opens home gateway play with new DSL chipsets 

By Vince Vittore

Texas Instruments, which holds a dominant share of the ADSL chipset market, this week will announce the launch of a residential gateway architecture aimed at telcos offering triple-play bundles...

AT&T goes all in with 2Wire 

By Vince Vittore

Just a week after investing in the vendor, AT&T said today it has signed a $43 million, one-year contract with 2Wire to use its IP residential gateways as part of the carrier’s forthcoming U-verse residential triple-play service...

Ciena CEO explains access strategy moves 

By Ed Gubbins

Ciena plans to continue marketing, selling and supporting its broadband loop carrier (BLC) product, the CN 1000, in North America but not elsewhere, Chief Executive Officer Gary Smith said in an interview this week...

ANT scores Italian job 

By Vince Vittore

ANT said it has landed a deal with Telecom Italia to provide its IPTV set-top box software solution as part of the carrier’s Alice Home TV service, which launched this month...

In the spotlight: Mike Rouleau, Time Warner Telecom 

By Vince Vittore

Telephony's Vince Vittore talks with Mike Rouleau, senior vice president of strategy and business development for Time Warner Telecom, about selling Ethernet, capturing the customer and customizing bandwidth...

InFocus: Deploying Gig-E PONs in the real world 

By Bill Huang

The passive optical networking market is taking the next logical step, combining PONs with Gigabit Ethernet. Read about two strategies for deploying Gig-E PONs. ...

Intel Viiv push puts pressure on telco TV 

By Vince Vittore

Intel said today it has signed up 40 partners to work with its forthcoming Viiv brand of consumer electronics devices that will act as home media centers, in a deal with significant implications for telco TV providers...

Redback finds a friend in HP  

By Vince Vittore

Redback Networks today announced that it has teamed up with HP to develop an integrated solution for managing multiprotocol label switching virtual private networking services....

Fast forward: Pradman Kaul, Hughes Network Systems 

Hughes Network Systems CEO Pradman Kaul recently spoke with Telephony's Vince Vittore about the business and its prospects going forward...

Verilink paves NetPath through BellSouth 

By Dan O'Shea

Broadband access vendor Verilink Corporation announced this week that it has its NetPath 2000 solution is selling through BellSouth Business Sales channels, and is part of the Wireless Data Back-Up offering announced this week by BellSouth and Cingular Wireless. ...

Vapps links with WebDialogs 

By Vince Vittore

Audio conferencing vendor Vapps announced today it has formed a strategic partnership with WebDialogs to integrate WebDialogs’ Web conferencing technology into Vapps’ CB1000 audio conferencing platform...

A lesson in collaboration between telcos and utilities 

By Ofir Shavit

It seems obvious that people need power to start up their computer and send email. Yet, it is still rare for ISPs and power companies to collaborate on issues of securing the laptops or the networks we rely on--and this is on a good day. Imagine the bad ones...

C&W deployment of Tellabs 8800 halts 

By Ed Gubbins

A major customer deployment of Tellabs' 8800 broadband data product halted this week, CEO Krish Prabhu revealed at an investor conference today, though he affirmed the company's ambitious 2005 sales goals for the gear....

Ikanos gets flexible on DSL chips 

By Vince Vittore

Ikanos Communications today announced its first multi-mode DSL chipset, a product that gives carriers the ability to offer VDSL2, VDSL, ADSL2+ and ADSL in a single line card...