Qatar National Broadband Network Selects Ericsson

Qatar National Broadband Network Company (Qnbn) has selected Ericsson to deploy a broadband network infrastructure using optical fiber (FTTx) in Qatar. Financial terms were not disclosed. The network, which is set to begin rolling out immediately, will use Ericsson’s Fiber Optic Solution, Fiber Cables and Central offices. Qnbn will deploy a passive network infrastructure, providing equal and open access to operators to offer choice for the end-user...

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Global Broadband Surpasses 624 Million Lines, FTTx Grows Fastest

Global broadband subscriptions have surpassed 624 million, according to the latest figures released by the Broadband Forum and prepared by broadband industry analysts Point Topic. Point Topic reports strong 12-month growth rates for FTTx (27%) and FTTH (23.4%) and for the first time the market share for DSL fell below 60%. Some other highlights: IPTV services have brought more than 69 million new set-top boxes into Connected Homes. IPTV...

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Infonetics: Mobile momentum drives DPI market to 34% CAGR through 2016

Driven by the increased use of DPI in wireless networks, the service provider deep packet inspection (DPI) market will grow at a 34% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) from 2011 to 2016, according to a new report from Infonetics. Traffic management is still the primary use case for DPI technology, but we’re seeing a growing interest in folding DPI into larger solutions, such as video optimization, content caching, and usage-based billing,” notes...

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Broadband Forum and UNH-IOL Launch TR-069 Certification

The Broadband Forum has launched its BBF.069 CPE Certification Program and announced the first certified devices. The certification program verifies if devices are TR-069 compliant. TR-069, also known as CPE WAN Management Protocol, is the remote management standard used around the world to provision and manage the Connected Home.  The standard is widely used for remote management of broadband customer premise equipment (CPE). The University...

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Marvell Cuts Q3 Guidance, CFO Steps Down

Marvell cut its financial outlook for the third quarter of fiscal 2013, ending October 27, 2012, saying it now expects net revenue to be in the range of $765 million to $785 million, compared with prior outlook of between $800 million to $850 million. “The continued slowdown in the global economy during the third quarter is resulting in a weaker PC market than previously anticipated and thus lower demand from our storage HDD customers. Our SSD,...

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Brocade Appoints David Meyer as Chief Scientist

Brocade has appointed David Meyer to the position of Service Provider business chief technology officer and chief scientist. Meyer is known for his work on software-defined networking (SDN), Internet routing and OpenFlow technologies. Most recently, Meyer  was a Distinguished Engineer at Cisco focused on examining the growing role of OpenFlow and SDN within the enterprise and service provider markets. In his new role, Meyer will play an integral...

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