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Vodafone Germany boosts cable uploads for 24m homes with DOCSIS 3.1 upgrade

January 26, 2026 13.38 Europe/London By Julian Clover

Vodafone is accelerating upload speeds across its cable fibre network in Germany, unlocking up to 50% faster uploads for around 24 million households from early February.

Filed Under: Editor's Choice, Newsline, Tech, Top Story Tagged With: DOCSIS 3.1, Vodafone Germany Edited: 27 January 2026 12:08

DOCSIS 3.1 subscribers use three times more data, says OpenVault

November 13, 2025 12.25 Europe/London By Julian Clover

DOCSIS 3.1 services are driving a step change in broadband consumption, with median usage more than tripling compared to DOCSIS 3.0 subscribers, according to the 3Q2025 edition of OpenVault’s Broadband […]

Filed Under: Newsline Tagged With: DOCSIS 3.1 Edited: 13 November 2025 13:58

Tele Columbus commences nationwide DOCSIS 3.1 upgrade

December 7, 2021 23.52 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

German cable operator Tele Columbus has begun upgrading its network with DOCSIS 3.1 to enable 1Gbps internet access.

Filed Under: Cable, Editor's Choice, Newsline, Platforms, Standards, Tech Tagged With: DOCSIS 3.1, Tele Columbus Edited: 9 December 2021 09:20

Vodafone Deutschland plans to trial DOCSIS 4.0 from 2021

July 28, 2020 23.02 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

Vodafone Deutschland is preparing the introduction of the new cable standard DOCSIS 4.0 and intends to test the system in a trial next year, provided that the first hardware prototypes […]

Filed Under: Cable, Newsline, Standards, Tech, Testing Tagged With: DOCSIS 3.1, DOCSIS 4.0, Peter Breitwieser, Vodafone Deutschland Edited: 29 July 2020 21:44

Vodafone completes analogue switch-off on German cable

March 25, 2019 21.22 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

Vodafone Deutschland has removed the last analogue TV and radio channels from its cable network in Stendal in Saxony-Anhalt, thus completing analogue switch-off in all 13 served federal states.

Filed Under: Cable, Distribution, Newsline, Platforms, Tech, TV Tagged With: analogue switch-off, Digitales Kabel, DOCSIS 3.1, gigabit, Tele Columbus, Unitymedia, Vodafone Deutschland Edited: 25 March 2019 21:26

Unitymedia rolls out Gigabit internet to further cities

February 28, 2019 08.46 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

German cable operator Unitymedia now also offers internet access with a data rate of up to 1Gbps in Mannheim and Heilbronn.

Filed Under: Cable, Finance, Newsline, Platforms Tagged With: 1Gbps, DOCSIS 3.1, gigabit, Unitymedia, Winni Rapp Edited: 28 February 2019 12:08

Tele Columbus to introduce Gigabit internet in Berlin

February 26, 2019 21.37 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

German cable operator Tele Columbus wants to offer 1Gbps internet access across its cable network in Berlin.

Filed Under: Cable, Newsline, Tech Tagged With: Berlin, DOCSIS 3.1, gigabit, P?UR, Tele Columbus, Timm Degenhardt Edited: 26 February 2019 21:47

Unitymedia continues DOCSIS 3.1 rollout / CEO interview

November 8, 2018 14.40 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

German cable operator Unitymedia aims to provide over 1.3 million households with its DOCSIS 3.1-based 1Gbps high-speed internet access by the end of 2018, CEO Winni Rapp told Broadband TV […]

Filed Under: Cable, Editor's Choice, Newsline, Platforms Tagged With: ARD, carriage fees, DOCSIS 3.1, European Commission, Federal Cartel Office, gigabit, GigaBuild, Liberty Global, Unitymedia, Vodafone, Winni Rapp, ZDF Edited: 12 November 2018 09:52

Vodafone launches 1Gbps internet in Germany

September 28, 2018 17.07 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

Vodafone Deutschland has commenced the rollout of high-speed internet access with a data rate of up to 1Gbps for downloads on its cable network.

Filed Under: Cable, Platforms, Tech, Top Story Tagged With: 1Gbps, DOCSIS 3.1, gigabit, Landshut, Nuremberg, Vodafone Deutschland Edited: 1 October 2018 12:05

Liberty Global launches DOCSIS 3.1 in Germany with Arris

September 13, 2018 14.56 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

Liberty Global has deployed the Arris E6000 Gen 2 platform to roll out DOCSIS 3.1 services in Germany.

Filed Under: Cable, Editor's Choice, IBC Special, Newsline, Platforms, Tech Tagged With: Arris, Colin Buechner, DOCSIS 3.1, Liberty Global, Unitymedia Edited: 17 September 2018 11:25

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