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American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

Broadband Initiatives include:

 

1). Rural Utilities Services (RUS) Broadband Investment Program - $2.5B

2). NTIA - Broadband Technologies Opportunities Program (BTOP) - $4.7B

 Current Schedule - Updated 08/16/2010

 

Round #2 Broadband Stimulus Awards Tracker w/descriptions- Updated 8/18/2010

Round 2 Funding: 290 awards, $3.307BM Grants, $628M Loans, $731M Private Investment, Total: $4.666B

 

GRAND TOTALS: 494 awards, $5.189B Grants, $1.122B Loans, $1.107BM Private Investment, Total: $7.457B

 

August 18, 2010: RUS and NTIA Announce 94 New Broadband Awards

August 5, 2010: RUS and NTIA Issue Timeline for Distribution of Remaining Funds

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Week of August 30-September 3

Verizon Launches 10Mbp & 15Mbp DSL Services

 

Week of August 16-August 20

Marvell Acquires DS2

Windstream to acquire Kentucky Data Link, Norlight

broadbandtrends publishes 2Q10 GPON Market Share Report

broadbandtrends publishes 2Q10 DSL/MSAN Market Share Report

 

Week of August 9-August 13

Tektronix to Acquire Arbor Networks
 

Week of August 2-August 6

Airspan and LightSquared Team up on Smart Grid
Accedian Networks Raises $19.5M
 

Week of July 26-July 30

iiNet Acquires AAPT from Telecom New Zealand
Envivio Raises $15M
Pace to Acquire 2Wire
 

Week of July 19-July 23

ALU Selected by China Mobile and China Telecom for GPON
NTELOS Acquires FiberNet
 

Week of July 12-July 16

Trilliant Raises $106 Million of Capital
GE Unveils Nucleus™-The Future of Home Energy Management
Tyco Electronics Buying ADC for $1.25B
Ubiquisys Secures $9M Growth Investment
Southern California Edison Hits Smart Meter Milestone

 

Week of July 5-July 9

eMeter Secures $12.5 Million in Latest Round of Funding

ZTE Wins Fixed Network Transformation Project at Turk Telekom

 

Week of June 28-July 2

Consert Raises nearly $18M from some big Smart Grid backers

Cisco Enters Home Energy Management Market; Partners with Duke Energy

AT&T Partners with CURRENT Group on Smart Grid

 

Week of June 21-June 25

Alcatel-Lucent Selected as Strategic Supplier for Australia's NBN

Verizon Complete 2nd XG-PON Trial - this time w/Motorola

Spectrum Bridge & Google Partner on "Smart Grid" White Spaces Network Trial

RGB Networks Acquires RipCode

Maryland PSC Denies BGE's Smart Grid Initiative

IEEE Ratifies New High-Rate Ethernet Standard: IEEE 802.3ba

 

Week of June 14-June 17

Intamac Systems receives £4 million for Home Energy Monitoring

eircom to invest €20m for Open Access FTTH Trials

picoChip hits milestone; raises $20M

Atheros Awarded DOE Grant to Develop Powerline Solutions for Smart Grid

HomePlug Publishes Green PHY Specification for Smart Grid Applications

Cablevision to Acquire Bresnan Communications

 

 

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August 2010

}NEW! Asia Pacific Nears 200M Fixed Broadband Subscribers in 2Q10, 2Q10 broadbandtrends Report, Published 31 August 2010

Executive Summary and Table of Contents

 

}NEW! Demand for GPON Surges Across All Regions in 2Q10, broadbandtrends 2Q10 GPON Market Share Report, Published 16 August 2010

Executive Summary and Table of Contents

 

}NEW! DSL Port Shipments Rebound Strongly in 2Q10, broadbandtrends 2Q10 DSL/MSAN Market Share Report, Published 16 August 2010

Executive Summary and Table of Contents

 

}NEW! North America Broadband Demand Plummets in 2Q10 as DSL Declines, broadbandtrends Research Note, Published 6 August 2010

 

July 2010

}NEW! UK Smart Meter Implementation Program Takes Major Step Forward, SmartGridTrends Deployment Profile, Published 30 July 2010

 

June 2010

}Cisco Expands Connected Grid Portfolio with Home Energy Management Solution, SmartGridTrends Research Note, Published 30 June 2010

 

}Unbundling GPON: Bitstream Makes Most Sense….For Now, broadbandtrends Industry Perspective & Competitive Analysis, Published 20 June 2010

Executive Summary & Table of Contents

 

}Asia Pacific Drives Strong GPON Shipments in 1Q10, 1Q10 GPON Market Share Report, Published 10 June 2010

Executive Summary & Table of Contents

 

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Newsletter

Current Issue: August 23, 2010 Next Issue: September 16, 2010

 

This issue focuses on U.S. Broadband Stimulus Update, Round 2 Update, 2Q10 North America Broadband Demand, 2Q10 GPON Market Share, UK's Smart Grid Program, BG&E Gets 2nd Change, Arizona Gets Energy Efficient,  as well as a Mergers, Acquisitions & Funding Review.

In the News

SmartMoney, July 22, 2010

"How You Can Prevent Electric Bill Shock "
 

Light Reading Online, July 7, 2010

"Recovery Act Funds Sit Still"
 

San Jose Mercury News, June 29, 2010

"Cisco wades into the tablet pool"

 

Washington Post, June 28, 2010

"Opower profits by tracking consumers' electricity use, helping trim costs"

 

Smart Grid Today, June 4, 2010

"Trade group preps small, mid-size telecom firms for smart grid"

 

Please visit the "News" section for more articles... 


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