http://www.ovum.com/ Advising on the commercial impact of technology and market changes in telecoms, software and IT services. Ovum has offices in London, Paris, Cologne, Boston, Melbourne and Seoul. en-gb © Copyright Ovum 2010 Ovum RSS Generator Thu, 09 Sep 2010 13:47:55 GMT 60 http://www.ovum.com/images/template_images/main_logo.gif http://www.ovum.com/ 80 80 ovum.com http://www2.ovum.com/secure/p,79346 Shenzhen Telecom offers a preview of what other parts of China Telecom are likely to experience in the coming years. With broadband saturated, it must use IPTV as an upsell incentive. But it faces even stiffer cable competition under new goverment plans. Wed, 21 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www2.ovum.com/secure/p,79238 ZTE's IPTV offering is mature and ZTE has experience with large-scale deployment, but its IPTV feature set is optimized for China. For Western markets, ZTE could message how its IPTV anticipated the industry trend toward IPTV as part of integrated video. Thu, 01 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www2.ovum.com/secure/p,75220 This spreadsheet provides global FTTx, DSLAM, and CMTS ports, revenue, and market share by region and on a rolling 4Q basis. Please be patient when opening or downloading: the file size is 11MB. Fri, 18 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www2.ovum.com/secure/p,78831 On 17 March 2010, the FCC will propose to Congress a redirection of monies from the Universal Services Fund (USF) to the national broadband program to bring high-speed Internet access to the masses. The USF generates about $8 billion a year in funding. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www2.ovum.com/secure/p,78588 Smaller North American telco TV operators have different priorities than tier-1 incumbents. This report describes customer interests and vendor offerings from 180Squared, Alcatel-Lucent, Avail-TVN, Cisco, Mariner, and Minerva in this market. Thu, 24 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www2.ovum.com/secure/p,78574 MSOs have their own version of FTTH called radio frequency over glass (RFoG). The good news for cable equipment suppliers and operators is that existing head-end and CPE electronics that are used in traditional HFC networks can also be used in RFoG. Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www2.ovum.com/secure/p,78474 Asia-Pacific remains first among all regions in FTTx subscribers, whether deployed over point-to-point active Ethernet or PON. We expect Asia-Pacific to approach 100 million FTTH/FTTB subscribers by the end of 2012. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www2.ovum.com/secure/p,78475 The Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE) held its annual Cable-Tec Expo on October 28-30, 2009, in Denver, Colorado. Attendance was down 18% from last year's event but still had 9,000 attendees. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www2.ovum.com/secure/p,78396 Several IPTV middleware vendors gained 40% in activated subscribers in 1H09. Microsoft has the most total subscribers with Alcatel-Lucent in second place. Microsoft added the most subscribers with Huawei and ZTE tying for second. Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www2.ovum.com/secure/p,78302 A recent study conducted by Ovum showed definite socioeconomic benefits to areas connected via FTTH, including better TV quality, faster broadband, lower telecoms costs, better community relations, and more viable access to e-learning and telemedicine. Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www2.ovum.com/secure/p,78375 The North American FTTH council held its eighth annual conference in Houston, Texas, on September 27-October 1, 2009. Attendance held steady from last year's conference at approximately 1,700 in spite of the weakened economy. Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www2.ovum.com/secure/p,77922 At the end of 1Q09 there were over 30.8 million FTTH/FTTB subscribers in Asia-Pacific, with South Korea, Hong Kong, Japan, Taiwan, Singapore, and China leading in terms of household penetration. With the exception of Japan all are showing strong growth. Mon, 08 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www2.ovum.com/secure/p,71050 Ovum conducted its third independent assessment of broadband deployments and service drivers in AP, with a specific focus on FTTx. This report is an update to the study we published in April 2008. This section covers Singapore and Taiwan. Tue, 02 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www2.ovum.com/secure/p,70221 Ovum conducted its third independent assessment of broadband deployments and service drivers in the Asia-Pacific region, with a specific focus on FTTx. This report is an update to the study we published in April 2008. Fri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www2.ovum.com/secure/p,71029 Ovum conducted its third independent assessment of broadband deployments and service drivers in the AP region, with a specific focus on FTTx. This report is an update to the study we published in April 2008. This section covers China and Hong Kong. Fri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT