MDU Wi-Fi

Liberty Latin America Partners with Plume to Deliver Next-Generation Smart Home Services in Puerto Rico

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Wednesday, October 19, 2022

AMSTERDAM, Oct. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Network X -- Liberty Latin America (LLA) and Plume®, the personalized communications services pioneer, today announced a strategic partnership to bring new digital subscriber services to Puerto Rico, with the launch of the new 'WOWfi powered by Plume HomePass™' service to consumers throughout the island. The launch includes the deployment of Plume's comprehensive SaaS Experience Platform—including Plume's HomePass Smart Home Services suite and Haystack™ Support and Operations suite—which leverages the OpenSync™ open-source silicon-to-cloud framework.

Key Points: 
  • "Plume's highly scalable offerings are proven throughout the world and have become the global standard for leading service providers," said Naji Khoury, General Manager, Liberty Communications of Puerto Rico ("Liberty Puerto Rico").
  • "This partnership is a core pillar of our goal to deliver the most sophisticated and comprehensive services throughout Puerto Rico while delighting our subscribers with the ultimate performance, choice, and superior support."
  • Furthermore, integration of Plume's services ensures Liberty Puerto Rico will have access to Plume's sophisticated, data-driven, and proactive support apps, services, and dashboards to bring unrivaled insight to enable proactive customer support and total experience management.
  • WOWfipowered by Plume HomePass offers an expanding suite of Smart Home Services that can be self-installed in minutes, enabling Liberty Puerto Rico to massively reduce customer support costs.

New Cambium Networks Wi-Fi 6/6E Access Points Bring Premium User Experiences to Enterprises and Service Providers with Compelling Economics

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Tuesday, October 18, 2022

ROLLING MEADOWS, Ill., Oct. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Cambium Networks (NASDAQ: CMBM), a leading global provider of networking solutions, today announced four new indoor and outdoor access points (APs) powered by the Qualcomm® Networking Pro Series and other Qualcomm® Wi-Fi 6 and 6E Platforms, that further extend Cambium Networks' enterprise networking portfolio. The new APs enable organizations to efficiently deliver the high-level Wi-Fi user experiences expected today, while at the same time providing best in class total cost of ownership (TCO). 

Key Points: 
  • Automatic provisioning and network-wide policy is orchestrated with cnMaestro X which provides a single console to manage an end-to-end Cambium network of wireless and wired solutions.
  • These are just some of the reasons we are invested in working with Cambium Networks."
  • "Combined with the Cambium ONE Network platform, these new APs mark yet another way we make it easier for enterprises to provide predictable and exceptional user experiences," said Cambium Networks President and CEO Atul Bhatnagar.
  • "Cambium Networks' Wi-Fi 6 APs deliver superior RF performance, are easy to install and use, and enable us to consistently deliver exceptional end user experiences."

Plume Launches Uprise to Transform Connectivity Services for MDUs

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Tuesday, October 18, 2022

AMSTERDAM, Oct. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Personalized smart services pioneer Plume® today announced the launch of Uprise™, the world's first cloud- and AI-powered connectivity and management solution designed to meet the unique needs of Multi-Dwelling Units (MDUs)—including apartments, multifamily, and other high-density living spaces—with high capacity, reliable and secure services. The new suite of services extends the benefits of Plume's field proven HomePass™ and WorkPass™ suites to the MDU market, enabling property managers and Communications Service Providers (CSPs) to provide highly personalized customer experiences while reducing costs through unmatched hardware choice and lower CAPEX.

Key Points: 
  • MDUs represent a significant proportion of European [1] and U.S. [2] homes, and investment in the multifamily category is rising globally [3].
  • Uprise tackles these issues effectively, enabling property managers and CSPs to deliver a premium experience to tenants in a flexible way.
  • Uprise performs sophisticated load and interference management, as well as clustered optimizations for reliable and consistent connectivity throughout the MDU.
  • Plume leverages OpenSync, an open-source framework that comes pre-integrated and supported on the leading silicon, CPE, and platform SDKs.

Plume Launches Uprise to Transform Connectivity Services for MDUs

Retrieved on: 
Tuesday, October 18, 2022

AMSTERDAM, Oct. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Personalized smart services pioneer Plume® today announced the launch of Uprise™, the world's first cloud- and AI-powered connectivity and management solution designed to meet the unique needs of Multi-Dwelling Units (MDUs)—including apartments, multifamily, and other high-density living spaces—with high capacity, reliable and secure services. The new suite of services extends the benefits of Plume's field proven HomePass™ and WorkPass™ suites to the MDU market, enabling property managers and Communications Service Providers (CSPs) to provide highly personalized customer experiences while reducing costs through unmatched hardware choice and lower CAPEX.

Key Points: 
  • MDUs represent a significant proportion of European [1] and U.S. [2] homes, and investment in the multifamily category is rising globally [3].
  • Uprise tackles these issues effectively, enabling property managers and CSPs to deliver a premium experience to tenants in a flexible way.
  • Uprise performs sophisticated load and interference management, as well as clustered optimizations for reliable and consistent connectivity throughout the MDU.
  • Plume leverages OpenSync, an open-source framework that comes pre-integrated and supported on the leading silicon, CPE, and platform SDKs.

Airvine Has Completed a $10 Million Series A Round to Accelerate the Rollout of its Wireless Freeway

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Wednesday, October 12, 2022

WaveTunneltechnology will become Generally Available in Q4 of this year, and the proceeds from this round will be used to ramp up sales, marketing, engineering, and manufacturing.

Key Points: 
  • WaveTunneltechnology will become Generally Available in Q4 of this year, and the proceeds from this round will be used to ramp up sales, marketing, engineering, and manufacturing.
  • More on the WaveTunnel solution can be found at: https://airvine.com/product/
    The Series A round raised a total of $10 million and was led by Crosslink Capital with all existing investors participating.
  • Michael Stark, the Founding Partner at Crosslink Capital, will be joining the Airvine Board of Directors.
  • The Airvine vision is especially compelling in this regard, as In-building enterprise networks have seen very little innovation over the last several decades.

Edgecore Networks Expands its Wi-Fi 6 Portfolio with the EAP104 for Hotels/MDUs/MSPs and More

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Thursday, September 29, 2022

The EAP104 comes with all it needs for a flexible, scalable, yet stable network solution.

Key Points: 
  • The EAP104 comes with all it needs for a flexible, scalable, yet stable network solution.
  • Edgecore provides international tier-1-brand hardware quality, and a cloud management platform, ecCLOUD, for large-scale business operations with a continuously growing value-added application service ecosystem.
  • Edgecore ecCLOUD provides unified visibility and control over wired and wireless devices, simplifying deployment, management, and monitoring of a single-site or multi-site network.
  • No effort was spared to ensure that despite its unassuming form factor, the EAP104 provides reliable, secure, and high-performance Wi-Fi, said Tengtai Hsu, Vice President of Edgecore Networks.

Vecima Introduces Ruggedized MicroCache that Delivers High-quality Video for Remote Deployment Locations

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Tuesday, September 20, 2022

The MediaScale MicroCache uses the same highly flexible, next-generation software for live, time shifted linear, cloud DVR, and video on demand (VOD) adaptive bitrate (ABR) IPTV streaming as other products in the portfolio.

Key Points: 
  • The MediaScale MicroCache uses the same highly flexible, next-generation software for live, time shifted linear, cloud DVR, and video on demand (VOD) adaptive bitrate (ABR) IPTV streaming as other products in the portfolio.
  • Locally deployed MediaScale MicroCaches aggregate traffic for video served to the community, freeing up valuable network capacity for high-speed broadband, resulting in lower latency, higher quality video.
  • The latest iteration of Vecimas Cache software complies with the Streaming Video Alliance Open Caching standard to enable caching of video for an operators own video service in addition to caching video from over-the-top applications.
  • Vecima Networks Inc. (TSX: VCM) is leading the global evolution to the multi-gigabit, content-rich networks of the future.

Veea Edge Platform Enables Cable Operators Unprecedented Broadband Service Delivery Capabilities While Drastically Cutting Costs over Traditional FTTx Solutions

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Monday, September 19, 2022

NEW YORK, Sept. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Veea® Inc., today announced Veea's virtual Trusted Broadband Access (vTBA) solution that runs on Veea Edge Platform VeeaHub®products. VeeaHub® enables cable operators to offer new services such as user device-based subscriptions that are not tied to a specific location or AP but can be "active" anywhere on the operators' network. This solution drastically increases flexibility for operators to deliver core network-managed Wi-Fi, cellular-like, capabilities directly to devices in the home, businesses or MDUs while cutting broadband service delivery costs up to 50% over traditional FTTx solutions.

Key Points: 
  • NEW YORK, Sept. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Veea Inc., today announced Veea's virtual Trusted Broadband Access (vTBA) solution that runs on Veea Edge Platform VeeaHubproducts.
  • This solution drastically increases flexibility for operators to deliver core network-managed Wi-Fi, cellular-like, capabilities directly to devices in the home, businesses or MDUs while cutting broadband service delivery costs up to 50% over traditional FTTx solutions.
  • The goal of the pilot was to deliver broadband to new underserved communities while generating incremental revenue opportunities for the cable operator.
  • Veea is redefining and simplifying secure edge computing that improves application responsiveness, reduces bandwidth costs, and eliminates central cloud dependency.

Vecima Demonstrates DOCSIS® 4.0, Fiber Access, and Video Streaming Leadership at SCTE® Cable-Tec Expo 2022

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Tuesday, September 13, 2022

In a collaborative showcase of DOCSIS 4.0 technology, led by Charter Communications, Vecima and other industry vendors will host a private demonstration of 1.8 GHz DOCSIS 4.0 technology.

Key Points: 
  • In a collaborative showcase of DOCSIS 4.0 technology, led by Charter Communications, Vecima and other industry vendors will host a private demonstration of 1.8 GHz DOCSIS 4.0 technology.
  • Vecima will also host live DOCSIS 4.0 speed test demonstrations in its booth (#7085), delivering 10G speeds over existing Hybrid Fiber Coax (HFC) networks.
  • A member of the Streaming Video Technology Alliance, Vecima will highlight its MediaScale Streaming portfolio, featuring Dynamic Ad Insertion, as well as its MediaScale Open CDN solution.
  • Visit Vecima Networks at SCTE Cable-Tec Expo 2022, September 20-22, at the
    Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, Booth #7085.

Broadband Forum and HomeGrid Forum come together to unlock G.hn Access certification benefits for operators’ deployments

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Thursday, September 8, 2022

The new collaboration will have widespread ramifications to benefit broadband players across the industry, HomeGrid Forum President Livia Rosu said.

Key Points: 
  • The new collaboration will have widespread ramifications to benefit broadband players across the industry, HomeGrid Forum President Livia Rosu said.
  • GHNA Certification, which is available through either the Broadband Forum or the HomeGrid Forum, is comprised of two parts, Part A with compliance and interoperability testing (GiGAWire testing) specified by the HomeGrid Forum, and Part B with performance testing (BBF.GHNA testing) specified by the Broadband Forum and ongoing work in TR-476.
  • G.hn Access equipment that successfully passes both parts is granted the official certification logo and certificate on behalf of both organizations.
  • Broadband Forum is the communications industrys leading open standards development organization focused on accelerating broadband innovation, standards, and ecosystem development.