Comcast hits 4 Gbps symmetrical in DOCSIS 4.0 test with CommScope

In lab testing of DOCSIS 4.0, Comcast achieved a peak speed exceeding 4 Gbps symmetrical. The trial used CommScope MiniBridger FDX amplifiers in a six-amplifier cascade to emulate a typical plant design.CommScope said the result highlights a multi-year FDX amplifier development effort between the two companies that has also resulted in the development of CommScope’s DOCSIS 4.0 OM6000 node with RD1710-X6 FDX Remote PHY Device (RPD).  These provide...

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Windstream Wholesale builds new 432-fiber route from Montreal-NYC

Windstream Wholesale cites progress with its CanAm2 fiber build, a 440-mile, long-haul route comprising 432 new fibers from Montreal, Canada, through Albany, New York, and on to New York City. A major construction milestone between the New York state border and Montreal, Canada, is now complete and open for business.Windstream Wholesale’s CanAm2 employs a distinctive cross-border architecture that offers increased availability of dark fiber,...

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Colt expands metro footprint in France

Colt has expanded the reach of its French Metropolitan Area Networks (MANs) in Bordeaux, Toulouse and Lille through the innovative Hybrid On Net solution. This solution enables Colt to offer its customers an extended fiber network that partially uses the passive dark fiber of selected metro suppliers, providing enterprises with high-performance, reliable, and secure network services from multiple locations in France and beyond. Colt is expanding...

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Credo intros HiWire Pluggable Patch Panel

Credo Technology introduced its HiWire Pluggable Patch Panel (HiWire P3) enabling the decoupling of pluggable optics from core switching and routing hardware using Credo’s HiWire Active Electrical Cables (AECs).The HiWire P3 is a single rack unit (1RU), 32 port QSFP-DD appliance that allows standard pluggable optics to directly connect to an AEC without the use of a switch chip. The HiWire P3 provides power, cooling, and control plane access supporting...

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Deutsche Telekom tests 5G Standalone Roaming Program

T-Mobile US and Deutsche Telekom Global Carrier have completed successful testing of 5G Standalone (5G SA) roaming, leveraging Deutsche Telekom Global Carrier’s Security Edge Protection Proxy (SEPP) to complete the world’s first hosted SEPP 5G SA roaming T-Mobile US and Sunrise and a direct SEPP to SEPP interconnect with AIS Thailand.5G SA roaming networks promise faster speeds, lower latency, and higher capacity compared to Non-Standalone (NSA)...

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MaxLinear supplies G.hn chipset to Positron

Positron Access Solutions has selected the MaxLinear G.hn chipset for use in its G.hn Access Multiplexers (GAM) products. The Positron GAM solutions can deliver gigabit-class services to legacy properties over the existing coax or twisted pair wiring infrastructures. MaxLinear says its G.hn Access baseband processors and analog front-end chipsets are fully ITU compliant and deliver physical data rates up to 2Gbps. When operating over coaxial...

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CommScope launches DOCSIS 4.0 ESD RF Amplifier and Optical Node Platforms

CommScope launched it its next-generation Extended Spectrum DOCSIS (ESD) STARLINE amplifier and NC4000 optical node platforms supporting DOCSIS 4.0 operation with up to 1.8 GHz in the downstream and up to 684 MHz in the upstream.The STARLINE RF Amplifier and NC4000 optical node platforms incorporate modular designs with electronic setup—including attenuation, equalization, and node segmentation. Deployed amplifiers and nodes can be field upgraded...

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ADTRAN announces preliminary Q3 revenue of $272M

ADTRAN announced preliminary Q3 2023 revenue of $272.3 million as compared to the Company’s prior guidance range of $275 million to $305 million. The resulting preliminary GAAP operating margin for the third quarter was -30.2%, and it was impacted by certain one-time adjustments that are outlined below. Preliminary non-GAAP operating margin for the third quarter was -1.9%, which is at the upper end of the company’s guidance.ADTRAN said the total...

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