In the News

ISP’s leverage improved digital optics to bring fiber to remote communities

Broadband Communities – The opportunities and incentives for internet service providers (ISP’s) to extend broadband services to unserved or underserved communities have never been greater. Closing the so-called “digital divide” and elevating the reach and robustness of broadband services have become targets of massive public funding, attracting proposals of billions of dollars since the end [...]

Read More...

ATX plots upgrade path to DOCSIS 4.0

Light Reading – ATX Networks has introduced a DOCSIS 4.0-capable 1.8GHz node that can be deployed as a standalone or dropped in to upgrade tens of thousands of legacy Cisco GS7000 nodes that have been deployed in North America and Latin America. ATX Networks has set its sights on cable’s DOCSIS 4.0 transition with a [...]

Read More...

ATX revamps Cisco nodes to make them DOCSIS 4.0 ready

Fierce Telecom – ATX Networks is helping more operators get ready for DOCSIS 4.0 rollouts, unveiling Wednesday its new GigaXtend node capable of supporting 1.8 GHz of spectrum. According to ATX, the 1.8 GHz node is designed as a “successor” to Cisco’s GS7000 platform, which was discontinued in late 2022. It will also “provide a [...]

Read More...

MSOs at the Ready

Broadband Community Magazine – Cable MSOs, which have focused on upgrading existing infrastructure, may have a competitive advantage in overcoming local and state permitting obstacles to expand broadband availability. Is fiber the future? Don’t get me wrong – most cable operators would agree that a fiber transition is coming. But with the federal government’s urge [...]

Read More...

Changing the HFC vs. Fiber Discussion Could Help Cable MSOs, Says ATX Chief

Broadband Technology Report – ATX Networks recently released the results of an annual survey of cable MSOs that revealed strong support for upgrading HFC infrastructure rather than overbuilding their footprint with fiber to the premises (see “ATX says HFC evolution survey reveals growing MSO support for DOCSIS 4.0”). The logic behind such a strategy is [...]

Read More...

Survey: DOCSIS 4.0 Gaining Traction with Cable Ops

Light Reading – With access to a variety of options, cable operators are choosing their own adventure on access network upgrades. Some are biting the bullet and overlaying their networks with all-fiber PON technologies. Many others intend to squeeze all they can out of their widely deployed hybrid fiber/coax (HFC) networks by enhancing their existing [...]

Read More...

ATX: Nearly Half of Cable COs will Upgrade to DOCSIS 4.0 by End of 2025

Fierce Telecom – Cable operators are eager to take advantage of the forthcoming DOCSIS 4.0 rollout, as a survey from ATX Networks found nearly half (48%) of cable companies plan to activate DOCSIS 4.0 in their hybrid-fiber coaxial (HFC) networks by the end of 2025. Furthermore, nearly 65% of cable professionals indicated their companies will [...]

Read More...

ATX CEO: Our new US factory could help cable score more BEAD money

Fierce Telecom – ATX Networks is on the verge of opening a new manufacturing plant in Michigan which will be capable of pumping out 400,000 to 500,000 new amplifiers each year and eventually also produce as many as 30,000 nodes each year. That plant, CEO Dan Whalen told Fierce, could be the key to helping [...]

Read More...

ATX adds US manufacturing for HFC network upgrade wave

Light Reading – ATX Networks is about to launch new US-based manufacturing to loosen supply chain constraints and ramp up production of amplifiers and other outside plant equipment that will underpin the cable industry’s coming wave of network upgrades. ATX expects to start manufacturing at its new plant in Grand Blanc Township, Michigan, later this [...]

Read More...

Next Gen Infra 2023 Predictions Interview

What’s next for broadband access networks in 2023? Where will investments be focused in broadband access networks? More last-mile fiber, DOCSIS 4.0, or middle mile aggregation? Here are 3 predictions from ATX Networks’ Dan Whalen. View all 2023 predictions in the NextGenInfra showcases. [...]

Read More...

MSO Initiatives Address Closing the Digital Divide

Broadband Communities – Cable MSOs will look to fund new network expansions through a combination of existing capital and a spate of recent federal broadband funding programs. The late-2021 passage of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law provided substantial fuel for MSOs to close the digital divide, using public funding such as the $42.45 billion Broadband Equity, [...]

Read More...

Mara Technologies to expand, create nearly 300 tech jobs in Grand Blanc Township

The Davison Index – GRAND BLANC TWP. — Mara Technologies USA Inc., a new subsidiary of Markham, Ontario-based Invotek Group, will expand operations to Grand Blanc Township with support from the Michigan Economic Development Corporation.[…] VIEW ONLINE ARTICLE [...]

Read More...

ATX field training program seeks to replenish cable industry technical workforce

Broadband Technology Report – ATX Networks says a new collaboration with community colleges is aimed at replenishing, evolving and growing the cable industry’s technical workforce.[…] VIEW ONLINE ARTICLE [...]

Read More...

New ATX program aims to train more cable techs

Fierce Telecom – Plenty of folks have stepped forward this year to help shore up a shortage of fiber workers, but a new training program from access equipment vendor ATX Networks is targeting a different segment of the broadband market: cable.[…] VIEW ONLINE ARTICLE [...]

Read More...

ATX Networks boosts MSO local channel insertion tech for bulk MDU, lobby feeds

Smart Buildings Technology – Updated platform enables MSOs to assist bulk accounts, such as Multi-Dwelling Units (MDUs), apartment buildings, retirement facilities and enterprise customers, in adding lobby feeds and other locally-generated content into television channel lineups.[…] VIEW ONLINE ARTICLE [...]

Read More...

Charter advances on DOCSIS 4.0

Light Reading – SCTE CABLE-TEC EXPO 2022 – Illustrating advancements on the DOCSIS 4.0 front, Charter Communications this week is demonstrating a deployment scenario that enables the operator to bring symmetrical, multi-gigabit speeds across the vast majority of its hybrid fiber/coax (HFC).[…] VIEW ONLINE ARTICLE [...]

Read More...

CommScope, ATX execs dish on DOCSIS 4.0 work

Fierce Telecom – SCTE CABLE-TEC EXPO – Two key cable vendors told Fierce 1.8GHz network amplifiers – which will play a starring role in rollouts of the extended spectrum variant of DOCSIS 4.0 – are set to make their commercial debut next year. CommScope also confirmed it is working on amplifiers for the full duplex [...]

Read More...

Some cable ops will play the waiting game with DOCSIS 4.0

Light Reading – Major US operators such as Comcast and Charter Communications are plowing ahead with plans to roll out DOCSIS 4.0. But it’s also becoming clear that several others are content to play the waiting game as they instead squeeze more capabilities out of their existing DOCSIS 3.1 networks.[…] VIEW ONLINE ARTICLE [...]

Read More...

Access Communications taps ATX for 1.2GHz HFC outside plant upgrade

Light Reading – ATX Networks, a global leader in broadband access and media distribution solutions, is supplying its market-leading GigaXtend GMC 1.2GHz HFC amplifiers to Access Communications to assist the Saskatchewan-based, community-owned co-operative in expanding the bandwidth capacity of both the upstream and downstream channels of its HFC network, which serves 235 communities and 200,000 [...]

Read More...

Access Communications upgrading HFC amplifiers with ATX Networks’ GigaXtend

Broadband Technology Report – The co-op is upgrading its installed base of GainMaker amplifiers with the GigaXtend GMC, which offers backwards compatibility with Access Communications’ installed base. […] VIEW ONLINE ARTICLE [...]

Read More...

GCI taps ATX to help prep plant for DOCSIS 4.0 and 10G

Light Reading – ATX Networks, a global leader in broadband access and media distribution solutions, is providing GCI, Alaska’s largest broadband operator, with its GigaXtend™ XS family of 2GHz taps and passives. By deploying DOCSIS 4.0-compatible taps and passives today, GCI is able to support its immediate goals of extending the current HFC network to [...]

Read More...

Comcast, Charter take DOCSIS 4.0 and ’10G’ a step toward commercial reality

Light Reading – Several pieces of the DOCSIS 4.0 ecosystem are still in development or are available today only in prototype form. But technology demos from Charter Communications and Comcast this week showed that significant progress is being made toward the commercialization of DOCSIS 4.0. […] VIEW ONLINE ARTICLE [...]

Read More...

When will DOCSIS 4.0 be ready for prime time?

Light Reading – CABLE NEXT-GEN TECHNOLOGIES & STRATEGIES 2022 – DOCSIS 4.0 represents the future of the hybrid fiber/coax (HFC) network, but it’s still not exactly clear when the technology will be deployed.[…] VIEW ONLINE ARTICLE [...]

Read More...

Alaska’s GCI to extend its HFC network with ATX gear

Fierce Telecom – Alaskan broadband company GCI is extending the life of its existing hybrid-fiber coax (HFC) network by planning to deploy ATX Networks GigaXtend XS family of 2GHz taps and passives in its network. GCI said that it will begin installing the GigaXtend XS taps and passives in late spring.[…] VIEW ONLINE ARTICLE [...]

Read More...

ATX plots path to DOCSIS 4.0

Light Reading – Boosting the capacity of the cable network to 1.8GHz is one possible choice cable operators have with DOCSIS 4.0, and it’s that option that’s been firmly planted on ATX Networks’ roadmap. The supplier expects to reveal more of the technical details this fall (possibly around the SCTE Cable-Tec Expo, set for October [...]

Read More...

Hitting the upstream ‘sweet spot’ with DOCSIS 4.0

Light Reading – Expanding spectrum – particularly in the upstream direction – is one of the hallmarks of DOCSIS 4.0, a new set of specs that will deliver multiple-gigabit speeds alongside support for enhanced security and lower latencies. But operators have a lot of optionality to noodle on as they decide where to eventually set [...]

Read More...

ATX starts to pick up where Cisco left off

Light Reading – ATX Networks is starting to salt away cable network amplifier deals that stem from a licensing agreement with Cisco that the vendor struck more than a year ago. ATX announced this week that NOS, a Portuguese operator, has selected its GigaXtend GMC Series of 1.2GHz amplifiers to upgrade its installed base of [...]

Read More...

ATX fills a gap as it takes over Cisco’s cable amp biz

Light Reading – Adding a degree of continuity to the cable access product market as it takes over Cisco’s cable amplifier business, ATX Networks has pinned down a distribution deal for next-gen outside plant products with Colorado-based Digicomm International. The agreement, which expands on an earlier, smaller one between ATX and Digicomm, covers ATX’s GigaXtend [...]

Read More...

Webinar – The 2050 Project: A New Era of HFC Evolution

The 2050 Project is a new initiative from ATX offering a strategic vision and technology game plan for the long-term evolution of existing HFC networks. Its primary objective is to enable MSOs to migrate their massive coaxial cable plants to fiber in the most cost-effective manner possible and without surrendering their dominance in broadband service [...]

Read More...

GigaPass Webinar: How to Handle QAM Video in a DAA World

Even after migrating to a distributed architecture, most cable operators will still need to support legacy QAM video – at least until they’ve fully upgraded customer-premises equipment to IP. While early DAA adopters tended to focus on an integrated Converged Cable Access Platform (CCAP) to handle both DOCSIS® and QAM video traffic, MSOs now have [...]

Read More...

ATX looks to DOCSIS 4.0 and beyond

Broadband Technology Report – ATX Networks has introduced its GigaXtend family of outside plant equipment, a lineup of active and passive components designed to help cable operators extend the longevity of their HFC networks by 25 years or longer. The product portfolio includes nodes, amplifiers and hardline taps and passives with an upgrade path to [...]

Read More...

ATX opens next chapter in its cable network story

Light Reading – Pushing ahead with a plan to become a key supplier of outside cable plant equipment, ATX Networks has introduced a new lineup of outside plant products designed to take aim at next-gen hybrid fiber/coax (HFC) networks that will be outfitted with vastly beefed-up bandwidth.  ATX claims its new portfolio of nodes, amplifiers, [...]

Read More...

Cisco shifts next-gen cable amp business to ATX Networks

Andrei – stock.adobe.com Light Reading – In a move that alters the competitive landscape of cable access suppliers, ATX Networks confirmed that it has the green light to develop a lineup of next-generation cable amplifiers that are compatible with Cisco Systems’ widely deployed GainMaker technology. Word that ATX is set to build GainMaker-compatible amps later [...]

Read More...

Cisco Prepares to Unplug Its Cable Amps

Andrei – stock.adobe.com Light Reading – In another signal that Cisco Systems is de-emphasizing its cable hardware strategy, the vendor recently alerted customers that it will halt the sale of its family of GainMaker cable amplifiers starting next fall. While Cisco’s decision to end-of-life those products is cause for concern for cable operators that rely [...]

Read More...

ATX Networks GigaPass, 4.0 Diamonds

Broadband Technology Report – The ATX GigaPass is a QAM-to-IP media gateway designed to pass encrypted video from existing edge QAM equipment through IP-based CCAP video cores or directly to the CIN. The gateway features a modular design and density that delivers up to 320 processed QAMs in a single RU. It enables MSOs to [...]

Read More...

Armando Carmona de ATX: Con GigaXtend ofrecemos una alternativa para desarrollar por más tiempo la infraestructura de cable coaxial

PRODU – ATX destaca las posibilidades que brindan sus productos GigaXtend y GigaWave para acelerar los servicios de ancho de banda tanto en cable coaxial como en fibra óptica. Ambos productos son parte del portafolio de soluciones que está mostrando en Convergencia 2019. Armando Carmona, director de Ventas para la región CALA, destaca: “Estamos ayudando [...]

Read More...

ATX Network lanza mejora en MD16 OTT para facilitar transmisión en otros verticales del negocio

PRODU – ATX destaca las posibilidades que brindan sus productos GigaXtend y GigaWave para acelerar los servicios de ancho de banda tanto en cable coaxial como en fibra óptica. Ambos productos son parte del portafolio de soluciones que está mostrando en Convergencia 2019. Armando Carmona, director de Ventas para la región CALA, destaca: “Estamos ayudando [...]

Read More...

ATX Gets Down With OTT

Light Reading – Dallas — ATX Networks, a global leader in digital access and media distribution solutions, introduced an enhancement to the MD16™ bulk media distribution gateway that will enable service providers to offer hotels, hospitals, universities, apartments and other commercial customers streaming media capabilities. The new MD16 OTT streaming blade enables an over-the-top (OTT) [...]

Read More...

Equipamiento de nueva generación

Fibraopticahoy – Aportando baja pérdida por inserción y un ancho de banda extendido, esta familia de equipamiento de nueva generación se compone de derivaciones, insertadores de potencia, acopladores y divisores también extiende el alcance de las redes HFC. ATX Networks presenta en sociedad su nueva gama GigaXtend de derivaciones, insertadores de potencia, acopladores y divisores, [...]

Read More...

ATX Intros ‘GigaXtend’ Lineup of Taps, Passives & Splitters

Light Reading – New Orleans — ATX Networks, disrupting the future of broadband access, introduced the GigaXtend™ family of taps, power inserters, couplers and splitters, the company’s latest innovation in next-generation outside plant equipment designed to inject immediate cost and performance benefits into the HFC network, as well as position cable operators to seamlessly extend [...]

Read More...

ATX Intros 2 GHz DOCSIS Taps and Passives

Broadband Technology Report – ATX Networks has introduced the GigaXtend family of taps, power inserters, couplers and splitters, designed to position cable operators to extend their networks to 2 GHz and beyond. The GigaXtend portfolio will be on display at ANGA COM in Cologne, Germany, June 4-6. GigaXtend technology is designed to support bandwidth of [...]

Read More...

Next-Gen PRSS System Is on the Way

Radio World – With some anticipation, public radio engineers all over the United States have been waiting for the next-generation satellite distribution system. New equipment was last deployed by the Public Radio Satellite System in 2011. The new generation will add important features to improve reliability and flexibility of program distribution, including a backup path via [...]

Read More...

PRSS plans rollout of next generation of satellite receivers

Current – After several years of discussion and input from member stations, the Public Radio Satellite System is preparing to unveil new receivers selected for the coming upgrade of public radio’s interconnection system. The receivers, chosen for the latest 10-year cycle of CPB interconnection funding, will introduce a completely new vendor, ATX Networks. Unlike the [...]

Read More...

Sky UK, ATX Team on Hotel TV

Light Reading – ATX Networks, disrupting the future of broadband access, is supplying the critical technology behind Sky UK’s recently launched Sky Select, a commercial television service aimed at the hospitality industry that delivers unmissable content in stunning high definition. Europe’s leading entertainment and communications company has selected the ATX MD16, which it is branding [...]

Read More...

Sky launches Sky Select for hospitality industry

Broadband TV News – Sky is offering hotels a new HD service that runs through a unit known as the Sky Bright Box, a version of the ATX MD16. Sky Select offers a package of 96 satellite channels alongside Freeview and foreign channels. The MD16 Satellite Gateway is a single-box system designed for deployment at [...]

Read More...

NPR/PRSS Building New Broadcast Infrastructure With ATX.

Inside Radio – ATX Networks has announced details of its alliance with the Public Radio Satellite System (PRSS) to revitalize NPR’s nationwide radio network. The audio distribution technology provider has aligned with PRSS to supply the national radio distributor with a broadcast network infrastructure for the management, distribution, scheduling, playout and verification of radio programming [...]

Read More...

CCAP video and DAA migration

Broadband Technology Report – Entering 2019, most cable operators are either planning out their adoption strategies or actively migrating to a distributed access architecture (DAA) that will allow them to push fiber deeper into their network and realize business-enhancing performance and operational benefits. But some of these infrastructure migration initiatives are facing setbacks due to [...]

Read More...

Introducing the Gigabit Generation

Broadband World News – We are on the brink of an era of ubiquitous and hyper-fast broadband, laying the foundation for a fully digital existence only hinted at in futuristic TV shows and movies. This next frontier will spur innovation, dramatically impact consumers and businesses, and continue to reshape the value proposition that MSOs and [...]

Read More...