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Content posted in July 2018
Liberty Global Completes Austrian Sale
Industry Announcements   7/31/2018   Post a comment
T-Mobile Austria finalized its acquisition of UPC Austria from Liberty Global for about €1.9 billion or $2.2 billion.
Atlantic Broadband Debuts Services for TiVo 4
Industry Announcements   7/30/2018   Post a comment
Beginning today, Atlantic Broadband offers the new TiVo Experience 4 combined with IP-based Video On Demand (VOD) and other intuitive features.
USDA Seeks Comments on $600M Rural Broadband Program
Industry Announcements   7/30/2018   Post a comment
USDA wants input from everyone from industry to rural communities on how it should implement the $600 million broadband e-Connectivity Pilot Program.
Wholesale & Open Access Operators Form Alliance to Accelerate Fiber Deployments
Industry Announcements   7/20/2018   Post a comment
CityFibre joins several leading European full fiber wholesale-only and open access operators to create the European Electronic Communications Code (EECC) to inform, educate and encourage full-fiber infrastructure.
Mosaic Telecom Achieves Up to 80% Take Rate With Calix Cloud
Industry Announcements   7/19/2018   Post a comment
By using the full range of Calix Cloud capabilities, Mosaic Telecom boosts customer service and ARPU, with plans to do even more.
ADTRAN Releases Q2 Earnings, Declares Cash Dividend
Industry Announcements   7/17/2018   Post a comment
Overall, ADTRAN revenue and net losses improve over last quarter, setting the foundation for a strong second half of 2018.
Cable Maker CEO Jody Gallagher Named to Fujikura’s Board
Industry Announcements   7/16/2018   Post a comment
Jody Gallagher, president and CEO of Spartanburg, is the first non-Japanese executive named to the board of Fujikura, AFL's parent company.
LatAm Authorities Pull Plug on Pirate Satellite Ring
Industry Announcements   7/12/2018   Post a comment
In an initiative that involved multiple jurisdictions from numerous Latin American countries, representatives from NAGRA and Direct-TV, Chilean investigative raided nine locations last week, detaining 10 engineers, seizing pirate satellite television equipment and turning numerous pirate channels dark.
Broadband Forum Calls for Innovation Papers
Industry Announcements   7/12/2018   Post a comment
Broadband Forum BASE makes its last call for candidates to present about broadband innovation in Las Vegas on Oct. 28, only steps way from Calix Connexions.
Iowa Service Provider Evertek Migrates to Calix AXOS E7-2 GPON
Industry Announcements   7/10/2018   Post a comment
Iowa-based regional service provider Evertek migrates to Calix AXOS E7-2 GPON system to deliver advanced broadband services and future-proof its network via the software-defined access platform.
NTT Opens PoP at Equinix's Dublin Datacenter
Industry Announcements   7/9/2018   1 comment
NTT Com expands its Tier-1 Global IP Network with a new Point-of-Presence in Equinix’s Dublin DB1 data center.
Smart-Home Startup Seliro Already Has Extensive Telecom Experience
Industry Announcements   7/3/2018   3 comments
Smart-home startup Seliro may be a new company, but its executive team has many years of combined experience in the telco industry.
Vodafone Completes Trial of TIP's Voyager
Industry Announcements   7/2/2018   1 comment
In partnership with Cumulus Networks, Vodafone successfully completed a live network trial of Facebook-designed Voyager optical white box, an open packet-optical transport system.
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