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World-class Winners Announced at IP&TV Industry Awards
March 21, 2012 | EditorTonight a host of global industry leaders have been recognised as the best in their field at the IP&TV Industry Awards Ceremony. Now in its sixth year, the awards encompass the combined reach of the IP delivered TV community including IPTV, OTT, Connected TV and Hybrid TV. This year Telstra, Alcatel-Lucent, Huawei and BT Vision have been counted amongst the winners at the prestigious awards ceremony.
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2011 Broadband Growth Fastest in Five Years
March 21, 2012 | EditorBroadband and IPTV growth spiked to a high in 2011 with rates higher than at any time in the last five years, according to year-end figures published by the Broadband Forum. Overall, broadband growth is estimated at 65,493,596 lines, bringing the global total to 597,322,636, a quarterly increase of 2.6% – and an annual growth rate of 12.3%. The figures, prepared for the Broadband Forum by broadband industry analysts Point Topic, also highlight the strongest ever quarter of growth in IPTV which is today’s most demanding application for high speed broadband.
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SCTE And BECIL Collaborate On First Formal Training Certification For India’s Cable/Wireline Engineers
March 21, 2012 | EditorSCTE (Society for Broadband Professionals) has announced details of the first formal training and certification programme for India’s wireline/cable technicians and engineers at Convergence India this week. Last year, SCTE and BECIL (Broadcast Engineering Consultants India Ltd) signed a historic Memorandum of Understanding, enabling BECIL to teach SCTE cable training to India’s cable engineers and technicians. The agreement will see new training centres set up throughout India and will pave the way for world-class qualifications for engineers and technicians in the Indian broadband industry.
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Swedish Cable Operator Leverages Calix for Advanced Broadband Services
March 21, 2012 | EditorCalix today announced that Swedish service provider Köpings Kabel-TV AB (Köpings Kabel) is leveraging the Calix Unified Access portfolio to deliver advanced broadband services to its subscribers. The residents and businesses of the Köping community are being served via a wide range of access technologies, including gigabit passive optical network (GPON), point-to-point gigabit Ethernet (GE), and digital subscriber line (DSL), across both fiber and copper. Capable of delivering speeds of up to 1 Gigabit per second (Gbps), this advanced access infrastructure is one of Europe’s most advanced broadband networks.
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IP&TV World Forum Rebrands to TV Connect
March 20, 2012 | EditorInforma Telecoms & Media, the organiser of IP&TV World Forum, the world’s leading connected entertainment event, today announces that the event will be rebranded as TV Connect, to echo the evolving industry and rapidly converging TV market.
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NeuString’s new Subscriber Analytics tool optimizes bottom line growth with powerful subscriber data
March 19, 2012 | EditorNeuString, the leading supplier of actionable business data analytics software for mobile operators, has expanded its product line with a powerful product to enable global mobile operators to optimize their revenues. Subscriber Analytics is a new software that delivers bottom line growth and unique benefits for mobile operators worldwide. Focusing on retail analysis and retail pricing, the product monitors the usage of individual subscribers. The software maximises margins through enabling tariff customisation, which boosts customer satisfaction, and in turn reduces churn.
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