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L-com Announces LC Multimode and Single-Mode Cables

NORTH ANDOVER, MA — L-com Global Connectivity, a manufacturer of wired and wireless connectivity products, announced that it has launched a new series of multimode and single-mode fiber cable assemblies ...

Altice USA Connects Additional New Jersey Schools and Schools Districts

NEW YORK — Altice USA announces that its Lightpath division has connected an additional 47 New Jersey schools and school districts to its fiber network for high-speed broadband services. This effort ...

Access Media Launches UpStream Network for MDU Market

OAK BROOK, IL — Access Media Holdings (AMH) announced the launch of UpStream Network, a new high-speed, fiber-based broadband platform specifically designed for the multi-family market. UpStream was ...

TDS Launches 1 Gigabit Internet Service for Businesses in 6 States

PLANO, TX — TDS Telecom (TDS) announced the availability of 1 gigabit internet service for commercial customers in six states, including: Georgia: St. Marys Indiana: Roachdale, Tipton Minnesota: ...

Reliability of Elastic Lambda Aggregation Networks (EλAN) Demonstrated

TOKYO — Six technology companies (NTT, Hitachi, OKI, Keio, KDDI Research, and Furukawa Electric) have demonstrated the reliability of elastic lambda aggregation network (EλAN) through a prototype network ...

Akamai's Updated Media Service Live System Converges Pay TV, OTT

LAS VEGAS — Akamai Technologies, a cloud delivery platform provider, is launching the next generation of its Media Services Live system for delivering 24/7 live/linear online video capabilities, which ...

High-speed Internet Beats out In-unit Laundry for Apartment Dwellers

PHILADELPHIA – High-speed internet and Wi-Fi are among the most important factors to apartment dwellers when making a rental decision – even more than in-room laundry facilities – according to a ...

U.S. Business Fiber Gap Drops to Half

BOSTON — The U.S. Fiber Gap continued to narrow in 2016 as business fiber penetration in commercial buildings grew to 49.6 percent, according to latest research from Vertical Systems Group, a market ...

FCC Seeks Comment on Ways to Remove Regulatory Barriers

WASHINGTON — As part of its effort to expand the availability and affordability of next-generation networks, the Federal Communications Commission began seeking public comment on a series of steps to ...

Calix Launches Calix Marketing Cloud (CMC)

PETALUMA, CA — Calix, a provider of subscriber-driven intelligent access, announced the release of Calix Marketing Cloud (CMC), a powerful new Calix Cloud solution, expanding on five years of cloud-based ...

Yokogawa Releases Entry-level OTDR for Testing Last-mile Optical Access Networks

NEWNAN, GA — Yokogawa Test & Measurement, a provider of measurement solutions for the broadband industry, is adding an entry-level model, the AQ1000, to its range of OTDR (optical time-domain reflectometer) ...

Nokia and nbn Australia Explore Ultra-broadband Future with NG Fiber Trial

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA — nbn AUSTRALIA has successfully tested Nokia's universal NG-PON fiber solution in Nokia's Melbourne lab facility. The trial achieved aggregate broadband speeds of 102Gbps on a single ...

FCC Chairman Pai Announces Broadband Deployment Advisory Committee

WASHINGTON — Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai announced the appointment of 29 members to the Commission’s newly created Broadband Deployment Advisory Committee (BDAC), which will ...

AFL Expands Fiber Connector Inspection Product Line

LOWELL, MA and SPARTANBURG, SC — AFL, a provider of products and services to the broadband market, has expanded its portfolio of fiber connector inspection products by adding the FOCIS Flex No Wireless ...

Calix Launches AXOS OFx Connector

PETALUMA, CA — Calix, a provider of broadband communications access systems, announced the completion of AXOS OFx (OpenFlow) Connector for the ON.Lab vOLT-HA (virtual optical line terminal-hardware abstraction) ...

Next Century Cities' Agenda Identifies Policies to Expand Broadband

WASHINGTON — Next Century Cities released its 2017 Emerging Issues Policy Agenda, offering policy recommendations that support the expansion of high-quality, affordable broadband access to all. The agenda ...

IEEE Publishes Standard Amendment for Ethernet Over Plastic Optical Fiber

PISCATAWAY, NJ — IEEE, a technical professional organization dedicated to advancing technology for humanity, and the IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA), announced the publication of IEEE 802.3bv—Standard ...

Senators Introduce Community Broadband Act

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), Edward Markey (D-MA), Claire McCaskill (D-MO), Angus King (I-ME), Ron Wyden (D-OR), and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) introduced the Community Broadband Act ...

Charles Industries' New FDH Offerings Aid Universal FTTH Deployment

ROLLING MEADOWS, IL — Charles Industries, a provider of enclosed solutions for communications service providers, has expanded its fiber distribution hub (FDH) lineup of indoor and outdoor solutions with ...

73 Percent of Americans Binge Watch TV

NEW YORK — American consumers’ status as a binge watching, streaming, multitasking nation enters 2017 with strong momentum according to Deloitte’s 11th “Digital Democracy Survey.” With 84 percent ...