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BT's Converged Network Powers New Fiber-Based Services BT this week launched a converged fiber and 4G plan designed to integrate subscribers' high-speed connectivity within and outside their homes. The carrier's prior use of non-fiber technologies to bring broadband to customers has fueled competitors' marketing programs and bottom lines, but this time could be different. Called BT Plus, the plan provides customers with the fastest available unlimited fiber-based connection available in their region -- including BT ultrafast, which offers an average speed of 300Mbit/s and a guaranteed speed of 100Mbit/s, even during peak usage times, according to BT. BT also is upgrading BT Plus subscribers to 4G and doubling their mobile data allowance at no cost, the service provider said. The new cost structure and related marketing program result from BT's converged network. Unveiled earlier this month, the unified network will support multiple services, such as residential, enterprise and mobile. (See BT: One Converged Network Puts Consumers First.) "We're launching BT Plus to make it easier for our customers to get the best of fiber and 4G to stay connected wherever they are..." said Pete Oliver, managing director of BT marketing and sales, in a statement. Related posts:
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In a flurry of activity throughout the week, Donald (DJ) LaVoy, Deputy Under Secretary for Rural Development at the US Department of Agriculture, and his team spent about $145.8 million in the non-urban or suburban areas of seven states.
Calix reported revenue of $120.19 million – up 4% – in Q4 2019, putting a bounce in the step of company president and CEO Carl Russo and a shine to Calix's ongoing transition from hardware vendor to a provider of platforms enabled by cloud, APIs and subscriber experience.
Looking to curtail e-waste and improve the bottom line, BT will require customers to return routers and set-top boxes, although subscribers will not have to pay a fee when they receive regular broadband equipment.
The industry standards organization is looking to ease operator pain from residential WiFi, while it also sees initiatives in connected home and other projects bear fruit.
Deploying DOCSIS 3.1 across its entire footprint gave Rogers Communications the ability to offer speeds of up to 1 Gbit/s,
contributing to a broadband segement that generated about 60% of the Canadian operator's $3.05 billion (US) in Q4 cable earnings.
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