Tennessee utility picks Adara for DOCSIS expansion

TORONTO — Adara Technologies announced earlier this month that a public utility in Tennessee that provides high-speed Internet, video and telephone services to homes and businesses is the latest service provider to deploy Adara’s Switched IP Video (SIPV) Bandwidth Reclamation Solution for DOCSIS expansion. The Tennessee operator, which has asked to remain nameless for competitive reasons, also provides commercial data services and wide area networks for businesses in the area and passes approximately 17,000 homes, says Adara’s press release. Adara’s solution leverages “codec-awareness”, a feature that distinguishes between MPEG2- and MPEG4-capable set-top boxes, which enables the bandwidth efficiencies of MPEG4...