More photos from the FTTH Expo have floated my way, including the shot above of the Motorola ONT1600GET for multi-dwelling unit (MDU) environments. This one has twelve Internet ports and is already widely deployed by Verizon. (The joke on the show floor is that it’s bulletproof. Certainly looks that way.) Meanwhile, a new customer announcement [...]
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The 2009 FTTH Conference and Expo has kicked off down in Houston, and ONTs (Optical Network Terminals) are making a big appearance in the Motorola booth. There are a couple of items to note here. First, ONTs are making a move from outside to inside the house. Case in point: Motorola is showing off an [...]
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The Internet has gone gaga over the launch of multimedia messaging for the iPhone. The biggest storyline, however, is not about the new feature itself, but how much strain it will put on AT&T’s wireless network. This is a rare moment. A single application has the potential to overwhelm existing communications infrastructure. Usually there is [...]
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The 2009 FTTH Conference and Expo starts up next week with sessions covering everything from broadband stimulus proposals, to MDU delivery, to RFOG. I won’t be making the Houston trip, but Motorola will certainly be there. In fact, the first pre-show press release from Motorola went out yesterday – a GPON deal with Middleburgh Telephone [...]
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Remember that snapshot of global DOCSIS 3.0 deployments? Add another one to the list. European operator UPC is using Motorola D3 voice modems for broadband services in The Netherlands, Austria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, and Switzerland. Data speeds? Up to 120 Mbps in some markets.
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