11/20/01
1. ARS Tracking Broadband Market
2. Terayon Introduces DOCSIS 1.1 Headends with Advanced PHY
3. Big Pipe to Provide 3rd Party Cable ISP Services
4. Core Integrates Mentis Solution to Support Legacy Billing
1. ARS Tracking Broadband Market
ARS has introduced a tracking service of the broadband marketplace that
includes subscriber and market share data for the leading service
providers. The firm finds that Time Warner became the largest cable modem
service provider in the U.S. during the third quarter, adding more than
250,000 subs during the period to reach 1.7 million total subscribers. TW
took the lead from AT&T, which added a market-low 3% to its subscriber base
over Q'3, reaching 1,426,000 total subs.
ARS has said that Charter reported the largest perecntage gain during Q'3
at 25.4%. Cablevision had the top penetration rate for the quarter at
15.3%, while Insight reported the lowest rate among tier one MSOs at 5.1%
Overall, the 5 largest MSOs in the U.S. added 624,000 cable modem subs to
reach a total of 5.1 million subs in Q'3, up from 519,000 in Q'2, and down
from 770,000 in Q'1. The five largest DSL providers in the U.S. added
392,000 subs to reach a total of 3.3 million in Q'3, up from 354,000 in
Q'2, and down from 551,000 in Q'1.
U.S. Broadband Sub Market Share
(approximately 10 million subs)
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Provider Share
Time Warner 16.6%
AT&T 13.9%
SBC 11.9%
Verizon 9.8%
Comcast 7.9%
Cox 7.8%
Charter 5.1%
BellSouth 4.3%
Cablevision 4.2%
Qwest 4.1%
Covad 3.5%
Adelphia 3.2%
Others 3.3%
ARS
http://www.ars1.com
2. Terayon Introduces DOCSIS 1.1 Headends with Advanced PHY
Terayon has introduced the BW 3500 and BW3200, DOCSIS 1.1 headends with the
advanced PHY specified in DOCSIS 2.0 for large and small cable operators,
respectively. The 3500 CMTS is a chassis based design with slots for 14
individual line cards. The design features include hot-swappable line
cards and system-wide redundancy. The 3200 is configurable from 2 to 4
rack units in height. Both units are backwards compatible with DOCSIS 1.0
and 1.1 systems.
Terayon
http://www.terayon.com
3. Big Pipe to Provide 3rd Party Cable ISP Services
Big Pipe has teamed with IP Applications and Friendly Technologies to
introduce a cable ISP service that will offer cable providers with customer
acquisition and rentention, access, provisioning, billing, accounting
management and customer care. The venture is oddly introduced in the wake
of failures among the majority of third-party cable ISPs.
Big Pipe, a Shaw company, is a transport and Internet connectivity
provider. IP Applications is a provider of outsourced Internet services
and Friendly Technologies is a developer of client and server software
solutions.
Big Pipe
http://www.bigpipeinc.com
IP Applications
http://www.ipapplications.com
Friendly Technologies
http://www.friendly-tech.com
4. Core Integrates Mentis Solution to Support Legacy Billing
Core Networks has announced that it has integrated its provisioning and
subscriber management system with Mentis' Real-Time Response System to
support connectivity between Core's CoreOS solution and billing systems
such as those supplied by Convergys, CSG, and DST Innovis. The duo plans
to develop a solution that will provide service kiosks, real-time billing
for VoIP and VOD, and automation of service availability check, order
entry, subscriber self-activation, and ongoing support and service upgrades.
Core Networks
http://www.corenetworks.com
Mentis Broadband Solutions
http://www.mentisbroadband.com
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