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05/29/2012
Surveys Say: Access Gear Sales Down, VoLTE Makes Progress
First-quarter revenue for access equipment (Cable + DSL + PON), including infrastructure equipment and CPE, declined 8 percent sequentially after surging to a record level in 4Q11, says Dell’Oro Group. All technology segments showed sequential declines for both revenue and shipments with the exception of cable CPE, which had strong growth both sequentially and over […]
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05/29/2012
CAP Upgrade Guide Available From SCTE
A new document aimed at providing guidance to cable operators regarding adoption of the Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) for broadcast of warnings and information through the Emergency Alert System has been released by the Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE). SCTE 179 2012, Recommended Practice on Upgrading EAS to CAP Compliance, lists the key steps […]
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05/25/2012
Mobile Video: Bad News And Good News
According to SNL Kagan, the ability to access the full HTML Internet, over-the-top (OTT) video services, apps and TV Everywhere from mobile devices has reduced the incentive for consumers to pay for dedicated carrier-based mobile video services. “With an eye on preventing an exodus to device-agnostic OTT services like Netflix and Hulu Plus, multichannel operators […]
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05/25/2012
Handheld Verifier Tester Handles LAN Layers
San Diego-based IDEAL Industries Networks, the networking-technology division of IDEAL Industries Inc., now is shipping the NaviTEK II frontline IT technician tool, which it says offers “the most advanced capabilities for conducting active and passive network testing across both copper and fiber networks.” NaviTEK II is a handheld network and cable verifier tester aimed […]
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05/25/2012
Enterprise LAN Takeup Pushes 1Q12 Gear Revenues
During the first three months of 2012, overall wireless LAN (WLAN) revenues grew 18 percent compared with the same period last year, driven in part by a 29-percent year-over-year increase in the enterprise WLAN segment. Data from Dell’Oro Group says two vendors — Ruckus Wireless and Netgear — posted “record” WLAN revenues in the first quarter. In […]
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05/25/2012
ACM Solution Added To Active Broadband’s DBSM
The Active Content Manager (ACM) from broadband OSS provider Active Broadband Networks is a resource-aware, policy-based IP video service-management solution the company says “enables broadband providers to monetize IP video, track usage and assure subscriber quality of experience.?" The ACM is part of Active Broadband Networks’ Dynamic Broadband Service Manager (DBSM), a turnkey, next-generation OSS […]