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The HomePlug Powerline Alliance has adopted new specifications that are expected to quintuple performance as compared to current HomePlug AV solutions at the application layer. Members, of which Comcast is one, are looking to the HPPA-AV2 spec to ensure reliable delivery of "throughput-intensive applications, such ...

It's been a little quiet on the broadband stimulus front so far this summer. That's about to change. Numerous Tier 2 and 3 telcos will receive a boost today, as President Obama plans to announce the first 66 winners in the second funding round of ...

STAMFORD, Conn., Jun 29, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Frontier Communications Corporation's (NYSE: FTR) focus on the commercial market is delivering industry-leading products and services to its national customer base. According to Pete Hayes, Frontier's Executive Vice President, Commercial Sales and Support, "Our commercial business is positioned for increased growth and profitability as Enterprise, Public Sector, Medium and Small Businesses customers seek ...

OnLive is attempting to apply the video streaming over broadband model to games, where subscribers can play video games like NBA 2K10 over a broadband connection, without having to buy a console like Xbox 360 or Playstation 3. Some have likened it to ‘video games ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala., Jun 14, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) --ADTRAN(R), Inc., (NASDAQ:ADTN), a leading provider of next-generation carrier infrastructure solutions, today announced its selection by Frontier Communications Corporation (NYSE: FTR) to provide "fast track" broadband access solutions and turnkey services to many of the new markets Frontier will acquire upon completion of its transaction with Verizon Communications, which is expected to occur ...

Next-Generation Ethernet Architecture Key to Reaching Underserved Customers Economically HUNTSVILLE, Ala.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ADTRAN®, Inc., (NASDAQ:ADTN), a leading provider of next-generation converged communications solutions, today announced that Reliance Connects, a leading provider of voice, data and video services to residents in Oregon and Nevada has selected the Total Access® 5000 Multi-Service Access and Aggregation Platform along with the Total Access 1124P Sealed DSLAMs ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ADTRAN®, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADTN), a leading provider of next-generation networking solutions, today announced that Millry Telephone, serving southwest Alabama, has selected the Total Access 5000 Multi-Service Access and Aggregation Platform (MSAP) and the Total Access 1124P for its Fiber-to-the-Node (FTTN) deployments. “We were challenged with meeting the needs of an ever growing bandwidth demand, while looking for a solution that ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ADTRAN®, Inc., (NASDAQ:ADTN), a leading provider of next-generation converged access solutions, today announced that TEC, the holding company for several telecom service providers in the Southeast, has selected ADTRAN’s Total Access® 5000 Multi-Service Access and Aggregation Platform (MSAP) and Total Access Fiber-to-the-Node (FTTN) DSLAMs for its Broadband Stimulus upgrade project at Bay Springs Telephone Company. TEC received an award ...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  May 10, 2010 (Atlanta, GA) — Skitter, Inc. today announced the completion of Phase Two deployment of the Skitter.TV converged entertainment services platform at Hill Country Telephone Cooperative (Hill Country), headquartered in Ingram, Texas.  To date, 54 Skitter Acclaim™ video encoders have been installed in preparation for a total linear (live) TV lineup of 70 cable/satellite network ...

Part three of our three part National Broadband Plan series explores how the challenges in freeing up the spectrum needed to meet the broadband wireless goals of the plan While the challenges involved with obtaining greater broadband availability on the landline side are largely related to deployment costs, the challenges ...