KDDI Launches Broadband TV and VOD over Fiber

KDDI, currently the second largest telecommunications company in Japan, launched "Hikari Plus TV," a multi-channel broadcasting and video on delivery (VOD) service offered over fiber lines. The new service rounds out the KDDI's Hikari Plus suite, which has also includes the recent launch of Hikari Plus Phone (VoIP) and Hikari Plus Net (fast Internet) in October 2003. Hikari Plus TV will be delivered through KDDI rental set top boxes (680 yen per month) with connectivity to KDDI's proprietary CDN (Content Delivery Network). In addition to fiber,...

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Verizon Adds Corning and 3 Others to FTTP Vendor List

Verizon selected four additional suppliers for its fiber- to-the-premises (FTTP) project: Corning Cable Systems, ADC, Preformed Line Products Co., and Tyco Electronics. The companies will provide fiber-optic cabling and other outside plant equipment, also known as the "passive" elements of the FTTP system.They join four other companies that Verizon selected and announced in November 2003: AFC for the central-office electronics; and Sumitomo Electric Lightwave, Pirelli Communications Cables and Systems and Fiber Optic Network Solutions (FONS) as...

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Thomson uses Broadcom Chips for DSL in China

Thomson began shipping a new SpeedTouch ADSL modem designed for the Chinese market and which is based on Broadcom's silicon. The Chinese ADSL market is expected to grow to over 18 million subscribers by the end of 2004. http://www.thomson.nethttp://www.broadcom....

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UTStarcom Signs Expansion Contracts in Vietnam

Vietnam Post and Telecommunications (VNPT) awarded an expansion contract valued in excess of US$10 million to UTStarcom for continued deployment of the IP-based PAS citywide wireless access system in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh, the two largest cities in Vietnam. VNPT officially launched iPAS service under the "Cityphone" brand name in Hanoi in December 2002 and in Ho Chi Minh in February 2003. To date, VNPT has attracted nearly 50,000 subscribers to its networks. In addition, the "Cityphone" iPAS service now includes value-added data services (VAS)...

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