Cablecom: Upgrading TV and Internet
In light of the network expansion by Swisscom and the power utilities, Cablecom is also upgrading its services: By next summer, it will quadruple its peak Internet speeds and expand its TV offerings.
In view of the network expansion by Swisscom and the electricity companies, Cablecom is also upgrading: by next summer, it will quadruple its top Internet speed and expand its TV offering. "Next year we will break the 100 megabit per second (Mbit/s) barrier," said Cablecom CEO Rudolf Fischer to Swiss media representatives in Amsterdam on Tuesday, according to SDA. This is because bandwidth requirements are constantly increasing due to applications such as video on demand, high-definition television (HDTV) or the increasingly popular downloading of videos, television and radio programs from the Internet.
Last year, the cable network operator decided to upgrade its network after receiving massive criticism for switching off analog TV channels in order to expand its digital TV offering.
By the end of December, two thirds of the cable network will now be upgraded to the highest bandwidth of 862 megahertz (MHz), Fischer announced at the headquarters of Liberty Global subsidiary UPC, which owns Cablecom. The full expansion of the network will be completed in 2009.
Last year, the cable network operator decided to upgrade its network after receiving massive criticism for switching off analog TV channels in order to expand its digital TV offering.
By the end of December, two thirds of the cable network will now be upgraded to the highest bandwidth of 862 megahertz (MHz), Fischer announced at the headquarters of Liberty Global subsidiary UPC, which owns Cablecom. The full expansion of the network will be completed in 2009.
