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News Analysis Robert Clark 3/3/2021 Asia-Pacific operators are leading the world in the transition to next-generation PON, analysts say. They are being driven by their huge installed base and the growing demands on existing networks, but are also attracted by widening PON use cases and long-term strategic planning, experts told the Light Reading Next-Gen Broadband APAC event conference. "What were seeing now in the region is a very strong shift an...

In 1BC (before coronavirus), when Donald Trump was tussling with the Chinese, KPN did a very unusual thing. As Trumps campaign put the heebie-jeebies up Europeans, prompting a few operators to back away from Chinese suppliers, the Dutch telco incumbent struck a 5G deal with Huawei. Its counterintuitive decision meant that Ericsson, the Swedish vendor now profiting in Europe at Huaweis expense, would have to be removed from KPNs existing radio access network. It was an old-fashioned move that s...

News Analysis Robert Clark 3/2/2021 Broadband operators can expect higher upstream traffic post-COVID, even as downstream returns to previous levels. Thats one of the lessons from Australia and New Zealand, where the pandemic is mostly contained and lockdowns have been lifted. Look up: If Australia and New Zealand are anything to go by broadband operators can expect upstream to stay up post-pandemic. Ray Owen, CTO of NBN Co., said while downstrea...

News Wire Feed Light Reading 3/1/2021 LOS ANGELES – Boingo Wireless, Inc. ("Boingo" or "the Company") (NASDAQ: WIFI), the leading distributed antenna system ("DAS") and Wi-Fi provider that serves carriers, consumers, property owners and advertisers worldwide, announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement and plan of merger to be acquired by an affiliate of Digital Colony Management, LLC ("Digital Colony"). Upon completion of the...

Try as he might, Timotheus Höttges simply cannot enthuse shareholders about the performance of Deutsche Telekom, the company he manages. "2020 was a record year for Deutsche Telekom," he proclaimed on a call with reporters today, reeling off a list of impressive achievements. Sales and profits have soared, customer numbers have grown and dividends are still paid. Yet the German incumbents share price remains about 5% lower than it was five years ago, when Höttges was far less ebullient. Net ...

President Biden outlined the details of his executive order designed to prevent shortages of critical elements like chipsets across industries including telecom.

Judges ruling in California could clear way for other states to follow suit ahead of expectations that the FCC will pursue new rules that were rolled back during the Trump administration.

It was only a matter of time. A shortfall in the global supply of chipsets that has been affecting technology industries ranging from automotive to video games has now expanded directly into the telecom industry. Optical networking company Infinera said the situation could cost it up to $10 million over the next three months. During the companys earnings call with analysts, Infinera CEO David Heard said the company expects to score between $320 million and $340 million in revenue in its upcomi...

Also in todays EMEA regional roundup: French village says "non" to Starlink ground station; KPN buffs up green credentials; MVNO specialist returns to Three UK. Telefónica has notched up 600G and 800G transmission speeds on wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) photonic meshes in a pilot with Huawei in Madrid. The tests used Huawei OSN 9800 devices over the 47km network. Telefónica intends to begin implementing 400G speeds this year and subsequently tweak its Fusion IP network to meet the ne...

Solving the digital divide in the US has gained a lot of attention in the past year thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, which forced much of the country to work and study from home as a way to contain the spread of the virus. But the pandemic also underscored the need for accurate broadband data maps because, without accurate data, its nearly impossible to determine where the country lacks competitive services. The FCCs Technological Advisory Council Working Group on Artificial Intelligence (WGAI)...