Stuck in the middle for triple play
By: By Ed Gubbins
Mid-tier telcos are torn over fiber-based video strategies...
Portugal’s Sonaecom unwires IPTV
By: By Dan O'Shea
Sonaecom, Portugal’s second-largest telecommunications provider, is deploying an 802.11b/g in-home wireless multimedia distribution system from Ruckus Wireless to support its Clix SmarTV IPTV service...
AT&T lures video customers with free HD
By: By Carol Wilson
AT&T is countering successful cable bundling with an offer of its own to lure new video customers – free High Definition TV for one year for newcomers to either its U-Verse service, based on a new fiber-to-the-node network...
AT&T gets California video franchise
By: By Carol Wilson
AT&T today received a statewide video franchise in California, the second one to be awarded since that state passed its video franchise reform law, which went into effect Jan. 1, 2007...
In the Spotlight: Verizon CTO Mark Wegleitner
By: By Ed Gubbins
At the Optical Fiber Communications conference this week, Verizon Communications named the first two locations it will commercially deploy gigabit passive optical networks (GPON)--a higher-speed version of its current fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) technology. Mark Wegleitner, the carrier’s chief technology officer and senior vice president of technology and network planning, spoke with Telephony’s Ed Gubbins about Verizon’s future migrations to GPON, IPTV and in-home customer premises devices...
Analyst predicts cable move away from DVR
By: By Carol Wilson
Even as digital video recorders become more popular as a service offering from cable and telecom service providers, they may be facing a limited future, one leading analyst is saying...
VON: BT brings 21st Century to U.S.
By: By Carol Wilson
SAN JOSE: The British are coming again, and this time they are planning to help cable companies better compete for larger business companies and aid smaller service providers make the leap to an all-IP world...
IPTV Workshop: AT&T promises multiple HD streams in '07
By: By Carol Wilson
SAN JOSE--AT&T’s fiber-to-the-node network is delivering 25 megabits per second of bandwidth over its longest access loops and higher speeds over its shortest loops, and will be able to support multiple streams of High Definition TV by the end of 2007...
FCC rules speed telco video
By: By Carol Wilson
The Federal Communications Commission today issued new rules designed to speed up the local video franchising process. The rules set a 90-day limit on the local government’s decision and prohibit extraordinary requests for deployment of hardware or for tying in of unrelated requests....
Ericsson seeks Tandberg buy
By: By Dan O'Shea
Swedish vendor giant Ericsson is continuing to step up its efforts to match the technology breadth and scale of Alcatel-Lucent, announcing today a bid of almost $1.4 billion to acquire IPTV vendor Tandberg TV, which already agreed last month to be acquired by Arris Group...
In the Spotlight: Qwest’s Neil Cox
Though by birthright it belongs in the RBOC family along with AT&T and Verizon Communications, Qwest Communications is almost universally seen as a lesser sibling...
Verizon adds user-generated content to FiOS TV
By: By Carol Wilson
Verizon this morning said it will deliver user-generated content from Revver, a Web-based video sharing site, on its Surround broadband entertainment portal and on FiOS TV...
New report defines IPTV quality
By: By Carol Wilson
Multimedia Research Group today issued a new report that seeks to establish a way of defining and measuring the quality of an IPTV service to assure a consumer “Quality of Experience.”...
Ericsson acquires Entrisphere
By: By Ed Gubbins
Ericssson today announced its acquisition of fiber access equipment vendor Entrisphere. “Fiber technology is essential for high-definition IPTV and other IP-based services,” Ericsson said in a statement released today. “Entrisphere has a well proven and competitive product portfolio, ready for large scale deployment....
Qwest posts milestone year
By: By Carol Wilson
The year 2006 was a milestone for Qwest Communications, as the company was able to post its first full year of earnings per share and net income in each of the four quarters, based largely on strong sales of data and Internet services...
Nortel to cut 2900 jobs in two years
By: By Ed Gubbins
Nortel Networks will reduce its workforce by 2900 people (or roughly 8%) by the end of 2008 as part of a restructuring effort announced last year, the company announced today...
Cisco inks key rural IPTV deal
By: By Ed Gubbins
Cisco Systems is vying to become a one-stop shop for rural telcos planning to offer IPTV. The vendor announced a partnership this week with SES Americom,...
Consumers want more personalized, searchable video, says survey
By: By Carol Wilson
A new survey, released earlier this month, indicates consumers are willing to trade some privacy in order to get more personalized content, and they are looking for better ways to locate video content. ...
SMS hits TV before new fall schedule
By: By Tim McElligott
The biggest new premiere on television this year may not beat the sixth season of but hopefully it will beat out American Idol. With Caller ID to the...
Arris, Tandberg to unite against Cisco, Motorola
By: By Ed Gubbins
By offering to acquire Tandberg TV this week, Arris will challenge Cisco Systems and Motorola for the residential video and triple-play equipment market...
CES: Microsoft unites IPTV, Xbox 360
By: By Carol Wilson
Microsoft gave IPTV a major shot in the arm Sunday night, when Bill Gates used his traditional Consumer Electronics Show keynote address to announce the company’s plans to integrate its Microsoft TV IPTV software with its Xbox 360 gaming console....
CES: Verizon launches Vcast TV, FiOS 2.0
By: By Carol Wilson
In a major press event at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas and in a Webcast, Verizon today announced the first live TV broadcast service for mobile phones as well as the next generation of its FiOS TV service – promising to leave cable “in the dust” with its new video prowess....
Dittberner: U.S. may be in IPTV Top 10 after all
By: By Ed Gubbins
One week after reporting that the United States is not among the 10 countries with the most IPTV subscribers, research and consulting firm Dittberner admitted that the U.S. may be in the top 10 after all...
In the spotlight: Siemens’ Harald Braun
By: By Carol Wilson
Harald Braun brings a high-level energy to any conversation about telecom. As President of Siemens Communications Networks Division, he’s also looking at the big picture, and to kick off 2007 he came up with his own list of seven major trends. He spoke with Editor-at-Large Carol Wilson on his “Seven for 2007” list...
AT&T falls short of 15-market IPTV goal
By: By Ed Gubbins
AT&T fell short of its original goal of launching its U-Verse IPTV service in 15 markets by the end of 2006...
