Broadband Access News

DOCSIS Provisioning of EPON subject of CableLabs qualification program

After four interoperability demonstrations following the launch of specification in February 2011 CableLabs has created a qualification program DOCSIS Provisioning of EPON (DPoE) equipment....

Virgin Media doubles speed of UK broadband

UK cable operator Virgin Media (NASDAQ: VMED; LSE: VMED) says it is doubling the broadband speeds of over 4 million of its customers and will be increasing its top speed tier from 100 Mbps to 120...

ADTRAN adds Total Access 1600 platform to FTTH portfolio

ADTRAN, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADTN) says the new Total Access 1600 packs a high-density FTTH punch in a small form factor. The new product line is a family of 1RU form-factor OLTs supporting either GPON or...

IEEE EPON over coax standards work kicks off

Those in the optical communications industry who believed an eventual move to 10G EPON would trigger massive fiber builds for cable MSOs might want to reconsider. The IEEE has announced work on a...

Charter increases Internet service speeds

Charter Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: CHTR) says it will increase the speed of its Internet service offerings. In areas where it has deployed DOCSIS 3.0, the increases include 100 Mbps downstream...

Aurora Networks touts full-spectrum, multi-wavelength transmitters

Aurora Networks Inc., which specializes in optical transport equipment for cable operators and MSOs, says it plans to show off a wide range full spectrum, multi-wavelength transmitters at next...

Prysmian offers LT20 BBXS loose tube cable with bend-insensitive fiber

Prysmian Group, leveraging the assets it acquired from Draka, has unveiled the LT20 BBXS, a loose tube outside plant fiber cable that leverages BendBrightXS bend-insensitive fiber to offer up to a...

Zhone Technologies releases MXK 1U GPON OLTs

Zhone Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:ZHNE) has announced immediate availability of the MXK 194 and MXK 198 platforms, new 1U form-factor GPON Optical Line Terminal (OLTs) for small to mid-scale...

AFL adds MPO to FuseConnect splice-on connector line

AFL has unveiled the FuseConnect MPO -- a fusion-spliced, field-terminated connector designed with only six components -- as the latest member of its FuseConnect series. The MPO connector features...

Virgin Media deploys DOCSIS 3.0, trials 1.5-Gbps broadband via Cisco gear

Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) says that Virgin Media of the UK is using the system house’s uBR10K Universal Broadband Router and Cable Modem Termination System (CMTS) in a roll out of DOCSIS 3.0...