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News Wire Feed Light Reading 4/13/2021 HOBOKEN, N.J. – OpenVault, a global provider of industry analytics and SaaS technology solutions for broadband operators, today announced an expansion of its relationship with Vyve Broadband, a leading communications services provider primarily serving rural communities in 16 states. Under the agreement, Vyve will expand their use of OpenVaults cloud-based solutions and tools into newly acquired markets. The...

MachineQ, the Comcast-backed enterprise IoT unit introduced in 2016, says it is now geared to scale up following an effort to reduce deployment complexities for business customers along with a ramp up of sales and marketing and tightening its ties to Comcast Business. Heading deeper into 2020, those efforts have resulted in a surge of deployments of MachineQs LoRaWAN gateways connecting to a growing array of low-power sensors for applications and services that include fleet management, asset t...

Harmonic shares jumped 9% the day after the video and cable tech company inked a cooperation agreement with a big shareholder that left some industry watchers scratching their heads about what it all means. The agreement itself was pretty basic. Scopia Capital Management, an investor that has been buying Harmonic shares in recent years and now holds a stake of 9.8% in the supplier, now has the right to appoint two directors to Harmonics board of directors during the next year. Scopia has also ...

MachineQ says rollouts of LoRaWAN gateways and traffic loads are on the rise amid a deployment streamlining effort, investments in sales and marketing and a stronger link to Comcast Business.

After it was clear that finding a buyer for its set-top and modem business was not in the cards, CommScope pushed ahead last week with a plan to spin out its Home Networks division and turn it into a separately traded public company. The story of Home Networks likely is not over. Last weeks announcement gives CommScope nearly a year to execute the spin-off, leaving ample time for the company and its board to explore other, possibly more lucrative options that might surface along the way. That,...

The US is not the only North American country looking to spur broadband coverage with a big national stimulus package. Up above the 49th parallel, Canada is seeking to do the same thing under plans recently announced by federal and provincial leaders. In a joint announcement in Montreal late last month, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Quebec Premier Francois Legault spelled out their intent to spend C$826.3 million (US$658.7 million) over the next year and a half to connect nearly 15...

US cable operators and other wired broadband service providers likely wont have to fret too much about SpaceXs Starlink in the coming years. But the emerging satellite broadband service is poised to play a significant role in providing service in rural US areas alongside opportunities in the much larger global market, according to one analyst study. "We have no trouble imagining Starlink as a potential game-changer for helping to bridge the digital divide in the US," Craig Moffett, analyst wit...

Worldwide, operators of all types are turning up an increasing number of passive optical networks. Whether they are telcos transitioning off their legacy DSL platforms, overbuilders trying to reach multiple dwelling units, cable operators targeting greenfield builds or, increasingly, service providers entering currently underserved rural markets, there is an explosion in new fiber build activities. Given the timing to the market, these operators face a decision. Should they continue embracing ...

"Unfortunately, under the California law we are now prohibited from providing certain data features to consumers free of charge," the operator wrote on its website. "Given that the Internet does not recognize state borders, the new law not only ends our ability to offer California customers such free data services but also similarly impacts our customers in states beyond California." Reuters reported that AT&T declined to say how many customers will be affected by the move. Presumably those cus...