Huawei launches first 10 Gbps platform

Huawei has launched the first 10 Gbps hybrid fibre coaxial access platform.

It’s been designed to support 10G DOCSIS3.1 over cable as well as 10G PON over fiber. It can save about 70% space in headend and improve the preference up to 30% over coax. 

Combined with DOCSIS 3.1, D-CCAP and digitised fibre, Huawei says it’s possible to achieve a 10 Gbps rate over coaxial cable and fibre. the company has demonstrated 10G DOCSIS 3.1 during Angacom.

“The era of Gigaband access is coming,” said Jeff Wang, president of Huawei Access Network Product Line. “Huawei has invested heavily in innovations in fiber, coaxial cable, copper wire, and Wi-Fi technologies. Our 10 Gbit/s HFC access platform will help MSOs to quickly roll out Gigabit networks with lower TCO and high O&M efficiency. With this platform, MSOs can migrate to IP videos in the future.”

Huawei has been responsible for a series of technology breakthroughs including the industry first DOCSIS 3.1 prototype launched in SCTE 2013, the first DOCSIS 3.1 D-CCAP solution launched in ANGA COM 2014, the first DOCSIS 3.1 field test with TDC in June 2015, and the first 10Gbit/s DOCSIS 3.1 service demo in ANGACOM 2016.

Video-as-a-Service from Huawei

Huawei has officially launched its new Video-as-a-Service solution at TV Connect 2016.

The solution is designed to build an E2E SaaS-based video service that helps carriers to quickly launch video services, reduce investment risk and shorten time-to-market (TTM).

By taking advantage of Huawei’s global content and application aggregation platform, operators are able to provide end-users with a diversified video service and better user experience, thereby increasing revenue.

Huawei’s solution firstly lowers lower the market entry barrier for operators by providing a hosting business model to reduce both technical and financial concerns.

Secondly, it enables easy launching and quick to market solutions based on Huawei’s cloud based multi-tenant hybrid video platform, one-stop solution and out of the box delivery approach.

Thirdly, it helps to significantly reduce the difficulty of video content aggregation and building up local digital ecosystems to provide end-users with diversified video service experiences.

Huawei and NetRange to jointly develop Smart TV OTT ecosystem

Huawei and NetRange Join Forces Developing a Global Smart TV OTT Ecosystem for Operators’ and Retail STBs

HAMBURG, Germany — Huawei, a leading global ICT solutions provider, and NetRange, the leading global provider of white labelled, turnkey Smart TV and OTT ecosystems, today announced that they will work in partnership to create a joint OTT ecosystem. The collaboration will enable Huawei and NetRange to create added value for the next generation of OTT services for telco operators and end users.

The two companies agreed to cooperate with a view to providing content-rich OTT ecosystem services, including linear TV streaming, video on demand and cloud gaming. The creation of this joint OTT ecosystem will especially benefit telco operators, who will be able to seamlessly integrate the high value OTT services on offer with their products.

The move comes as Huawei is aiming to launch its hosting service in Europe this year, following its successful rollout in the Middle East and in China. Keen to provide high quality OTT content, including linear TV, gaming and video on demand services, to the public worldwide together with its partners, Huawei believes that NetRange is the perfect partner to turn this project into another success story.

As OTT content continues to grow in popularity, the new collaboration will enable the two companies to help customers seize new opportunities in a rapidly changing environment, by creating an offering tailored to their needs.

Huawei, Global Union introduce OTT TV service

Huawei Technologies and Global Union Network Technology, a subsidiary of China International Broadcasting Network (CIBN), have planned to launch an over-the-top television service.

The companies will leverage the Chinese OTT market with the help of Huawei’s technical expertise in telecom, content resources from Youku Tudou and CIBN’s integrated broadcast and control platform.

CIBN has also formed a TV entertainment alliance with Youku Tudou, Unity Software and others to develop OTT STB-based gaming business and open up the overseas OTT market.

Besides this deal, Huawei has won bids to provide OTT platform solutions and OTT terminals for telecom operators in about ten provinces including Jiangsu, Anhui, Sichuan and Jiangxi.

Huawei, China Telecom Sichuan unveil 4K ultra-HD iTV service

Huawei Technologies and China Telecom Sichuan have jointly launched a 4K ultra-HD iTV network service and 4K ultra-HD intelligent smart set-top-box in China.

Huawei and China Telecom Sichuan had entered into partnership three years before to develop IP video services. The companies adopted H.265 video coding standard to ensure better user experience and deployed leading technologies to optimise the code stream, coding quality, delay and algorithm complexity.

China Telecom Sichuan has deployed an engineer-to-engineer network quality detection system to support visualized management of video services to ensure the experience of 4K signals and enhance user experience.