Broadband Business Forecast articles from April 2008

Broadband Business Forecast archives from April 2008

Ethernet Gets More Power.
April 3, 2008... After better than three years of effort, the IEEE task force charged with crafting a standard that increases the amount of power that can be delivered over Ethernet has come up with a draft that finally could become a full standard some time...

2Wire Asks Users What They Think About Femtocells.
April 3, 2008... To hear some in the broadband industry tell it, the hottest new technology coming down the track is femtocells - the use of broadband in homes and businesses to serve as a type of backhaul for standard cellular voice and data service. The...

Wi-Fi Mesh Poster Child Gambles On WiMAX.
April 3, 2008... One time municipal Wi-Fi mesh startup poster child Azulstar has ditched IEEE 802.11-based technology as its primary offering, and it's now going to gamble its survival on wireless broadband that uses IEEE 802.16 (best known as WiMAX). ...

Ceragon Marries TDM, Ethernet In New Wireless Backhaul Offering.
April 3, 2008... Ceragon, the Israeli outfit that's been turning Carrier Ethernet into a microwaveable artform, has come to market with its latest creation: a wireless backhaul platform supporting both Ethernet and TDM that's designed to fit any migration...

Optical Broadband Component Houses Merge.
April 3, 2008... In the latest in a string of moves melding smaller optical broadband players into what's emerging as a single larger company, publicly traded photonic communications component house Lumera Corporation has agreed to merge with privately held...

People To Watch For 04/02/08.
April 3, 2008... Cleveland-based nonprofit OneCommunity President and CEO Scot Rourke has been named the "Intelligent Community Visionary of the Year" for 2008 by the Intelligent Community Forum (ICF). OneCommunity is an organization dedicated to fostering...

Cable Community Considers New Fiber Standards.
April 3, 2008... The Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE) has launched development of a suite of technical industry standards to support wider use of optical fiber by the cable TV industry. The SCTE is calling its new effort "RF over...