Broadband Business Forecast articles from January 2007

Broadband Business Forecast archives from January 2007

The 'Generation Y' Effect: A Compelling Case For Boosting Upstream Bandwidth.
January 9, 2007... Until recently, the biggest focus on broadband service has been downstream speed. That's changing, though, as more and more en- user-generated content finds its way onto the Web. Broadband Business Forecast asked Piyush Sevalia, vice...

The Undersea Fiber Business Awakens From Its Slumber.
January 9, 2007... The undersea fiber industry looks to be emerging from a years-long slumber, driven by new broadband demands from Asia and the need to replace what are now aging networks with the latest next generation network (NGN) technology. Within the...

Symmetricom Buys IPTV Experience-Measurement Specialist.
January 9, 2007... Symmetricom Inc. has purchased QoSmetrics S.A., a privately held provider of so-called "Quality of Experience" (QoE) solutions for IPTV and other triple- play services. The purchase price of approximately $16 million was paid in cash, the...

Ericsson Grabs Redback In $2.1B Buyout.
January 9, 2007... Ericsson is buying Redback, the Number Two or Number Three (depending on whose analysis you accept) router vendor in the world, for $2.1 billion. The deal, disclosed last month, represents a 18-percent premium on Redback's closing price...

Hotel Broadband House Takes Over BPL Distributor.
January 9, 2007... Canada's Cinema Internet Networks Inc. (CinemaWorks) is buying 51 percent of U.S. broadband over powerline (BPL) hardware master distributor 3One Systems US Inc. The acquisition will give CinemaWorks control over the distributor from which...

New To Market: Conexant Wins VDSL2 SoC Race.
January 9, 2007... Broadband chip house Conexant Systems claims to have won the race to produce a VDSL2 system on a chip (SoC) for customer-premises-equipment applications, unleashing a family of SoC widgets said to support speeds as fast as symmetric 100...

People To Watch (01/09/07).
January 9, 2007... >>The FTTH Council North America has named four new members to its board at the same time current board member Kathy Harriman, executive vice president of EPB Telecommunications, assumed her responsibilities as chairman. New members of the...

Broadband ISPs Offered An Alarming Proposition.
January 23, 2007... A previously little-known startup called InGrid has unveiled a digital home-security system that leverages wireless broadband that the company is going to pitch to both DSL and cable broadband service providers as an added revenue line....

BT Fixes 21CN With Carrier Ethernet.
January 23, 2007... BT a week or so ago officially disclosed - finally, since we reported it in June 2006 - that it's going to add Carrier Ethernet to its vaunted 21CN next generation network (NGN) project, adding that Siemens and Nortel have already been...

The Search For VoIP's Holy Grail.
January 23, 2007... One of the favorite pastimes of those who attend the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is trying to figure out what the show is all about - what's the "big thing" that justifies the time and expense, to say nothing of wear and tear on...

Arris Buys Tandberg In 'Triple Play' Play.
January 23, 2007... Arris is paying $1.2 billion in cash and stock for Tandberg Television in an acquisition that will meld Arris' strength in voice and data with Tandberg's position in the video market. The goal is creating a triple play offering, possibly...

Avaya Buys U.K. SIP House.
January 23, 2007... Avaya is buying British SIP software maker Ubiquity Software Corporation plc for $144 million in cash. The acquisition is seen as signaling a broadening of Avaya's target market. Currently, Avaya focuses mainly on enterprises, while...

Level 3 Trades Debt For Equity.
January 23, 2007... Level 3 Communications is trading $490 million in debt for more than 12- percent equity in the company, in a move it says should reduce its cash interest expenses for this year by $47 million. The company then turned around and said it is...

U.S. Still A Wannabe In ICF Broadband Contest.
January 23, 2007... Once again, the United States has been outdone in the Intelligent Community Forum's (ICF) annual competition for the most visionary and innovative uses of broadband communications. Not a single U.S. city made it to the list of seven finalists...

People To Watch (01/23/07).
January 23, 2007... * National Semiconductor Corporation Chairman and CEO Brian L. Halla has been named to the Cisco board. * Redback Networks has hired Alan Lippman as its chief video architect and director of technology planning. Lippman is an industry...