Deployments

• BigBand Networks reports that its SDV solution has been deployed, or is being deployed, by six cable operators, across 26 systems. More than 14 million households in North America will have access to BigBand's SDV solution once these deployments have all been completed.
• The State of Montana, Department of Administration, Information Technology Services Division, and the Montana University System, selected Bresnan Communications as a provider of statewide data transport services for state agencies, local governments, universities and schools.
• Cox selected Juniper Networks' MX-series Ethernet services routers as part of a multi-year project to expand the capacity and scale of its metro regional networks. To support increasing demand for its bundled residential services and accelerate its continued expansion into the commercial services market, Cox is transitioning toward a converged network architecture hub design combining voice, video, and data traffic, and selected the MX960 as the basis for this transformation.
• Motorola announced it is implementing a four-channel, HD MPEG-4/AVC encoding system for Starz Entertainment, to begin migration from current MPEG-2 installations to MPEG-4 installations. The system compresses, encrypts, modulates and receives HD signals within a single integrated transmission system to allow Starz to expand its HD offerings for subs.
• Cable Onda, Panama's largest provider of cable television and broadband services, has installed two Volicon Observer RPM-200 systems to automatically scan and troubleshoot the company's complete lineup of more than 200 digital and 100 analog channels.
• Kabel BW, one of the largest cable ops in Germany, is delivering triple-play services and preparing to offer unified communications to businesses and residents using a carrier VoIP solution from Nortel. The Baden-Württemberg cable network operator plans to use its Nortel carrier VoIP solution to launch unified communications solutions and expand its triple-play offerings such as telephony, high-speed Internet and TV.