Link America Selects White Rock Networks

Link America, a network integrator, has selected White Rock Networks as its key supplier of carrier-class Multi-service Access products for fully integrated outside plant solutions. White Rock's VLX2006 Multi-service Access platform provides an easy upgrade path to OC-48 transport and enables carriers to upspeed their legacy networks by offering new or additional services. Using pre-packaged kits for customer installation, the VLX2006 can be installed into existing cabinets, providing carriers with fully protected Gigabit Ethernet, Fast Ethernet,...

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Aspen Rolls Out Wholesale WiMax Network in Dallas

Aspen Communications is rolling out WiMAX infrastructure in the Dallas and Fort Worth regions to support wireless broadband service providers beginning in mid-March. Aspen has created an initial network of 12 buildings and towers (all having higher elevations and/or roof-tops to provide for a more expansive coverage area) and connected these sights with over 380 miles of fiber across Dallas and Fort Worth. The initial network rollout will use the Gigabit Ethernet protocol to provide up to 1000 Mbps speeds. They hope to have twice that many buildings...

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Serbia Broadband Launches DTH Service with Scientific-Atlanta

Serbia Broadband - Srpske Kablovske Mreze (SBB), the country's largest cable operator, has chosen additional Scientific-Atlanta products and systems to create its DVB-S DTH (direct-to-home) headend and uplink. The carrier has already deployed hybrid fiber-coax (HFC) cable network using gear from Scientific-Atlanta.will use Scientific-Atlanta encoders at several local Serbian broadcasters to create video streams for transport over an IP network to its new Scientific-Atlanta digital headend. There, the local content will be combined with popular...

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NTT Sees ADLS Adds Drop Off as Optical Access Subscriptions Accelerate

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT) reported FY 2006 Q3 (ending 31-Dec-2005) revenue of 7,915 billion yen, down 0.9% from a year earlier, and operating income (GAAP) of 1,017 billion yen, down 10.1% from a year earlier. Net income was 477.8 billion yen, down 31.6% from a year earlier.During the quarter ending 31-Dec-2005, NTT added 459,00 B-FLETs optical access subscribers, giving it a total of 2,815,00 B-FLETs customers. This compares...

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Bush Nominates McDowell for FCC Post

President George W. Bush nominated Robert M. McDowell to serve as a commissioner on the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for the remainder of the five-year term vacated by Kathleen Q. Abernathy. This term expires on June 30, 2009.McDowell currently serves as Senior Vice President and Assistant General Counsel for the Competitive Telecommunications Association (CompTel). Prior to this, he served as Executive Vice President and General...

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Deutsche Telekom Readies VDSL/Fiber Rollout

Deutsche Telekom will launch its new fixed-line, broadband access network in ten German cities by the middle of the year - provided regulatory decisions are favorable -- said company CEO Kai-Uwe Ricke at a press event in Berlin. The network architecture will use new fiber into neighborhoods and VDSL for the last link into customer homes.Although the regulatory assurances are "still lacking," DT is planning to invest around EUR 3 billion to set up the broadband network in 50 German cities by the end of 2007. The company will invest around EUR...

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AT&T Launches $12.99 DSL Promotion

AT&T launched a new DSL promotion with pricing at $12.99 a month (other monthly charges apply) for AT&T Yahoo! High Speed Internet Express (384Kbps up to 1.5Mbps) and the new $17.99 price point (other monthly charges apply) for AT&T Yahoo! High Speed Internet Pro (1.5Mbps up to 3.0Mbps). The offer, which is the lowest-cost broadband service in the U.S. market, is for new customers with a 12-month term commitment.http://www.att.comIn Q4 2005, AT&T (SBC) added 425,000 net DSL customers, the same as in the year-earlier fourth quarter,...

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FCC Chairman Names Deputy Chief for Strategic Planning

FCC Chairman Kevin Martin has named Diego T. Ruiz as Deputy Chief, Office of Strategic Planning and Policy Analysis. Ruiz joins the Commission from Univision Communications, where he was Vice President and General Manager of KUVS-TV Univision Channel 19 and KTFK-TV TeleFutura Channel 64, the company's owned-and-operated television stations in Sacramento, California. Before moving to Sacramento, . Ruiz was Vice President and General Manager of Univision's internet division, Univision Online, based in Miami, Florida. Prior to that, he served as...

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