Distributed Access Architecture

Liberty Global trialling Distributed Access Architecture with Teleste

Liberty Global is to trial broadband technology specialist Teleste’s Distributed Access Architecture tech to support its GIGAbit network. Already used successfully in Coventry and Warrington in the UK, Distributed Access Architecture (DAA) is now being rolled out in Baguley in the UK. DAA, which represents a new way of configuring DOCSIS networks, is being trialled […]

Teleste: interop issues still holding up next-generation cable access

Interoperability issues are holding up the cable industry’s investment in distributed access architecture, according to Teleste CEO Jukka Rinnevaara. Rinnevaara’s comments came as teleste posted net sales of €60.1 million for the third quarter, up 1.3%, and adjusted operating income of €3.2 million, up 1.4%. The CEO said that net sales were up in the […]

Teleste: distributed access revolution leading cable ops to ‘postpone investments’

The cable industry’s migration to distributed access architecture is leading operators to postpone investments in the current generation of network technology, while ensuring interoperability between different parties’ systems is acting as a brake on the deployment of new technology, according to Teleste CEO Jukka Rinnevaara, whose company posted reduced net sales and operating income for […]

Arris chief Bruce McClelland out as CommScope posts reduced revenue

CommScope has eliminated ex-Arris chief executive Bruce McClelland’s COO role within the company and passed his responsibilities on to CommScope CEO Eddie Edwards and other members of its management team. The decision to let McClelland go comes only four months after CommScope acquired Arris for US$7.4 billion. In a short statement, CommScope said that it […]

Teleste: work still to be done to realise distributed access vision

Much work still has to be done to make cable operators ready to implement distributed access architectures (DAA), with attention turning to the complexity of interoperability of video and management systems, according Hanno Narjus, SVP of network products at broadband technology outfit Teleste. Speaking at a press event at ANGA COM in Germany, Narjus said […]

Nokia buys Gainspeed in cable market push

Nokia is acquiring Gainspeed, a US-based start-up that specialises in Distributed Access Architecture (DAA) solutions for the cable industry. Gainspeed’s Virtual Converged Cable Access Platform (CCAP) solution would “strategically diversify Nokia’s product portfolio for cable access customers” and expand Nokia’s footprint in this market, the company said in a statement. Upon closing of the deal, […]

Harmonic and WISI partner on cable access solutions

Video infrastructure firm Harmonic and TV and broadband technology firm WISI Communications are partnering to provide “next-generation cable access solutions.” The deal will see the firms develop products that let cable operators to keep pace with business and industry requirements like CCAP, DOCSIS 3.1 and Distributed Access Architecture with digital fibre transport. The pair said […]

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