(Northfield, Minn.) In the first national study of broadband service providers’ market share, data-and-analytics firm ID Insight and industry analyst Craig Settles found Arkansas to have the most competitive environment nationwide, with North Carolina coming in at number 17. The study, “The State of Broadband Competition in America – 2010,” based its rankings on market-share distribution analysis of states’ top-10 broadband providers. (more…)

(Research Triangle Park, N.C.) Overture Networks, the industry’s trusted Carrier Ethernet solutions provider, today announced the addition of 1588v2 differential timing to both its UTS4000 Ethernet Edge Platform and UTX8500 Pseudowire Gateway. IEEE 1588v2 is becoming the preferred industry-standard protocol for precision timing for applications such as high-performance DS1 pseudowire over Ethernet. High performance DS1 pseudowire is especially critical for mobile backhaul applications where latency, jitter and wander requirements are particularly stringent. (more…)

(Hickory, N.C.) CommScope has introduced a new multimedia over coax alliance (MoCA) amplifier to its Signal Vision® line of subscriber drop products for cable operators. Currently available in a two-output, all ports down configuration, this amplifier is designed to enhance MoCA capability within the home cable television network. With 15 dB of gain in the forward path and a passive reverse path, this MoCA amplifier supports the technologies needed to drive today’s high-speed voice, video and data networks. Designed in an aluminum housing utilizing brass F-ports and moisture/RFI gaskets, this product meets or exceeds all SCTE requirements as well as the harsh demands of an outside plant environment. (more…)