Last Mile / Middle Mile

AT&T is launching fiber Internet service in nearly 85 cities across 20 major metros in November, offering connection speed of up to 1 Gbps. The first four major metros launching...

The Google Fiber project officially confirmed that it is pausing operations and laying off workers in many cities where it had once anticipated deploying an FTTH network. The company is...

AT&T is on track to launch its fiber access service in at least 10 new U.S. markets this month. The October list includes: Columbus, Ohio Detroit, Mich. Huntsville, Ala. Augusta,...

Nokia introduced its new Gainspeed portfolio for unified cable access, supporting all cable access networks including hybrid fiber-coaxial (HFC), passive optical networking (PON) and point-to-point Ethernet. Nokia said its new...

ADTRAN has acquired CommScope's key fiber access products, technologies and service relationships. Financial terms were not disclosed. The key components of the acquisition include: Active EPON and 10G-EPON product platforms,...

Cisco is contributing a silicon reference design for Full Duplex DOCSIS to the cable industry on a royalty-free basis. Specifically, Cisco is offering a validated reference design for a digital...

Linksys has returned to the business of selling cable modems. Specifically, Linksys is announcing 3 new cable modems and will be shipping two of them: 8X4 Cable Modem – CM3008...

3M introduced a new FTTH pathway solution to inconspicuously route fiber from outside to inside residential and commercial settings. The 3M Clear Track product family includes technology poised to set...

Nokia agreed to acquire Gainspeed, a start-up specializing in DAA (Distributed Access Architecture) solutions for the cable industry via its Virtual CCAP (Converged Cable Access Platform) product line. Financial terms...

Comcast is beginning an advanced consumer trial of Gigabit Internet service to Nashville, it's second market following an earlier trial launched in Atlanta in April. The service uses DOCSIS 3.1...

Starman, the largest cable operator in the Baltic States, plans to deploy a 10-gigabit Ethernet Passive Optical Network (10G EPON) across Estonia beginning in Q4 2016.  The new network will...

Nokia Bell Labs has demonstrated a prototype XG-CABLE solution that achieves full duplex 10 Gbps rates over a traditional Hybrid Fiber Coax (HFC) cable systems and based on CableLabs' DOCSIS...

AT&T is launching its fiber-based, residential and SMB Internet service in the Los Angeles metro area. This brings speeds up to 1 gigabit per second to more homes, apartments and...