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Australia’s NBN Tackles the Challenges of “Broadband For All”
Building broadband infrastructure is hard. It takes a lot of time and money and requires significant amounts of planning. Something...
Teresa Mastrangelo
Sep 12, 20166 min read
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Competitive Environment Remains Key Driver of G.fast Deployment Confirms Global Survey
Broadbandtrends recently published the results of our 4th Annual Global Operators survey on Ultra-Broadband Copper Deployment...
Teresa Mastrangelo
Jul 31, 20162 min read
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Verizon Looks to Future-Proof its Access Network with NG-PON2
Verizon announced on Wednesday June 20, 2016 that is was initiating a 3-6 month lab trial of NG-PON2 technology at its Innovation Lab in...
Teresa Mastrangelo
Jul 21, 20163 min read
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1Q16 Akamai State of the Internet Report: 21% of Global Fixed Broadband above 15 Mbps
Each quarter Akamai Networks publishes its “State of Internet Report” (SOI), providing data gathered from its globally distributed...
Teresa Mastrangelo
Jun 30, 20163 min read
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Cable Operators Continue to Drive North America Fixed Broadband Growth
North America Broadband subscribers reached nearly 115 million at the end of 1Q16. Cable operators continued to add significantly more...
Teresa Mastrangelo
Jun 6, 20162 min read
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Doubtful US Consumers Are Cutting Out Fixed Broadband
The NTIA‘s recent study on Internet Use* indicates that a growing number of Americans’ are substituting their fixed broadband connection...
Teresa Mastrangelo
Apr 19, 20163 min read
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A difficult path lies ahead for DASAN Zhone Solutions Inc.
On Tuesday April 12, 2016, Korean based Dasan Networks said that it will acquire Zhone Technologies through share swap. Under the...
Teresa Mastrangelo
Apr 13, 20163 min read
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Over One Billion DSL Ports Shipped, But Not Necessarily Served
Broadbandtrends recently published its 4Q15 & 2015 Global DSL Market Share (BBT_2015DSLMktShare_161010_TOC) – which provides insight into...
Teresa Mastrangelo
Mar 21, 20163 min read
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Copper – The Gift that Keeps on Giving
Although fiber-based Gigabit broadband is all the rage at the moment – there is no lack of interest in continuing to squeeze every last...
Teresa Mastrangelo
Oct 20, 20152 min read
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Ultra Broadband Copper Technologies Breathing New Life into the Copper Plant
Check out our latest post over at ADVA Optical’s Technically Speaking Blog – we talk about the Ultra-broadband copper technologies are...
Teresa Mastrangelo
Apr 15, 20152 min read
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Latest Global Operator Survey Provides Insight into Ultra-Broadband Copper Deployments
Broadbandtrends recently published excerpts from its 3rd Annual Global Survey of telecom operators regarding their plans for the...
Teresa Mastrangelo
Apr 13, 20151 min read
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Netflix’s Plans for Global Domination May Hit a Few Speed Bumps (Updated Jan 22, 2015)
In its 4Q14 Earnings Release, Netflix announced strong growth, with international subscribers growing faster than forecasted, while U.S....
Teresa Mastrangelo
Jan 23, 20155 min read
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The State of Gigabit Broadband – Jumping on the Gigabit Bandwagon?
Broadbandtrends recently published its 2014 Global Operator survey on Gigabit Broadband Services Strategies (BBT_SPSurveyGigabitBroadband...
Teresa Mastrangelo
Nov 28, 20142 min read
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The State of Gigabit Broadband – Jumping on the Gigabit Bandwagon?
Last week, Broadbandtrends published its 2014 Global Operator survey on Gigabit Broadband Services Strategies (http://www.broadbandtrends...
Teresa Mastrangelo
Oct 28, 20143 min read
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Technology Leadership Perception Drives Gigabit Broadband Deployments
Broadbandtrends recently conducted a global service provider survey of broadband operators regarding their plans to offer Gigabit...
Teresa Mastrangelo
Oct 20, 20141 min read
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The Gigabit Conundrum
Check out our latest post over at ADVA Optical’s Technically Speaking blog. We take a closer look at the current state of gigabit...
Teresa Mastrangelo
Aug 1, 20141 min read
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When Politics and Progress Collide: The Battle for Community Broadband
Maybe “we the people, for the people” should read “I’ll scratch your back, if you scratch mine” – because the influence of politics on...
Teresa Mastrangelo
Jul 31, 20144 min read
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Netflix’s Plans for Global Domination May Hit a Few Speed Bumps
In its 2Q14 Earnings Release Netflix stated its plans for a major European expansion will begin in September 2014 – adding Germany,...
Teresa Mastrangelo
May 28, 20144 min read
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Conscious Uncoupling and Broadband
Check out our latest posting over at ADVA Optical’s Technically Speaking blog. We are taking a look at uncoupling broadband from the...
Teresa Mastrangelo
Apr 29, 20141 min read
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Global Survey Confirms Importance of DSL Acceleration Technologies to Telcos
Broadbandtrends recently conducted a global service provider survey of Telco operators regarding their plans to deploy VDSL2 Vectoring...
Teresa Mastrangelo
Apr 1, 20142 min read
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