Rolling Meadows, United States – Cambium Networks, a global provider of wireless networking solutions, has announced the availability of a new Wi-Fi 6/6E solution that provides future-proof performance for outdoor and harsh environments. The XE3-4TN outdoor Wi-Fi 6/6E access point (AP) is 6 GHz-ready and capable of supporting outdoor Wi-Fi 6E. Trade Agreement Act-compliant (TAA) manufacturing allows the solution to be procured by the U.S. federal government, including civil, law enforcement, defense and national security agencies. (more…)
April 6, 2023
Posted by: Janmesh Chintankar
A new kind of broadband piloted in Edinburgh’s Old and New Towns is being scaled up across the city, giving more households and businesses a wireless alternative to mainstream internet service providers and endless roadworks. WeLink Communications is expanding its carrier-grade coverage to 27,500 premises, representing a fourfold increase in the size of the fifth-generation network. The first areas to benefit from the rollout are Summerhall and Calton Hill.
April 4, 2023
Posted by: Janmesh Chintankar
The Fiber Broadband Association has announced a new practice white paper that explores microtrenching, an advantageous fibre broadband deployment method. The report compares microtrenching amongst other deployment methods as a valuable option in the fibre broadband construction toolkit and it also details the scrutiny that microtrenching faces, success stories, and practices. (more…)
April 3, 2023
Posted by: Janmesh Chintankar
Broadband Forum’s Q1 meeting has taken place this week in Dallas, Texas, and has recognised individuals across the industry who have gone above and beyond to help drive future broadband standards development. (more…)
March 28, 2023
Posted by: Janmesh Chintankar
Adtran has announced that Truespeed is leveraging its fibre broadband technology to provide high-speed connectivity to more customers across the South West of England. The new network includes Adtran’s XGS-PON technology, which enables the service provider to deliver current speed tiers of up to 900Mbit/s to households and up to 10Gbit/s to its enterprise customers. The multigigabit solution empowers Truespeed to connect subscribers while streamlining its infrastructure with fewer equipment locations in the network. (more…)
March 27, 2023
Posted by: Janmesh Chintankar
Kansas City, United States – Pahrump, Nevada-based Valley Electric Association has selected rural fibre-optic network design and construction management provider, Conexon, to deliver fibre broadband support services for the cooperative’s fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) network project. Members will receive service from the co-op’s broadband entity, Valley Communications Association. (more…)
March 25, 2023
Posted by: Janmesh Chintankar
Washington, United States – The Fiber Broadband Association (FBA) has announced that Deborah Kish, FBA vice president of research and workforce development, was appointed to the Telecommunications Industry Registered Apprenticeship Program (TIRAP) advisory committee. Kish’s involvement is the next step in FBA’s efforts to close the existing broadband workforce gap and support the high demand for fibre infrastructure builds across North America. (more…)
March 15, 2023
Posted by: Janmesh Chintankar
Fremont, United States – Broadband operators are a step closer to being able to deliver a new standard of connectivity as Broadband Forum releases the next update of its usser datagram protocol (UDP)-based speed test utility. (more…)
March 14, 2023
Posted by: Janmesh Chintankar
Rolling Meadows, United States – Cambium Networks, a global provider of networking solutions, has announced that broadband service providers currently operating Cambium Networks PMP 450 fixed wireless infrastructure can boost throughput speeds to their customers without replacing equipment. Demand for broadband continues to grow as more devices proliferate the home and business network. (more…)
March 13, 2023
Posted by: Janmesh Chintankar
Open XR Forum has announced that Hisense Broadband, KDDI, Lumentum and Viettel have joined the industry initiative to advance the deployment of software-configurable point-to-point and point-to-multipoint coherent optical networks utilising industry-defined XR optics pluggable transceiver technology. (more…)
March 9, 2023
Posted by: Shriya Raban