VICTORIA, British Columbia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct 6, 2026--
Vecima Networks Inc. (TSX: VCM) today announced that three solutions in its Entra ® broadband access portfolio have received 2026 Diamond Technology Review recognition from Lightwave. The reviews recognize Vecima products in next-generation broadband cable and fiber access, and network simulation for scale launch preparation.
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Each solution received a four-diamond rating:
“Receiving Diamond Tech Review honors across three cable, fiber, and network analysis broadband platforms reflects the industry-leading work our teams continually bring to bear throughout the Entra portfolio,” said Ryan Nicometo, Chief Product Officer at Vecima Networks. “We’re focused on practical technology that gives operators more flexibility, makes deployments easier, and helps them manage increasingly complex networks.”
Entra vCMTS is a cloud-native, fully containerized platform that supports cable operators as they move from DOCSIS ® 3.1 to DOCSIS 4.0 and beyond. Its open, software-based architecture offers greater deployment flexibility and simplifies the operation of distributed access networks.
Vecima recently announced that Canadian telecommunications provider Videotron selected the Entra vCMTS, the EN9000 Generic Access Platform (GAP) Node, and the ERM3 series Remote PHY Devices (RPDs) for its next-generation DOCSIS network.
Entra vPON Manager for XGS-PON extends Vecima’s cloud-native orchestration capabilities to XGS-PON and All-PON™ networks for fiber-to-the-home. It brings subscriber management, provisioning, monitoring, and operations into one platform, helping service providers scale fiber deployments and prepare for future PON technologies.
Entra Access Simulators work with the Entra Access Test Platform to let operators simulate production-scale broadband networks in a virtual environment. Teams can validate complex changes before they reach the field, reducing testing time and cost while improving deployment confidence.
“Broadband networks are becoming more software-defined, distributed, and multi-vendor, so operators need tools that make those environments easier to manage,” added Mr. Nicometo. “This recognition reflects our approach in helping customers address today’s requirements without limiting where they can go next.”
The Lightwave Diamond Technology Reviews honor innovation in broadband communications and related technologies. An independent panel of industry experts evaluates entries for technical features, performance, innovation, and value to broadband operators.
About Vecima Networks
Vecima Networks Inc. (TSX: VCM) builds the intelligent infrastructure powering the next generation of connectivity. Through broadband access, content delivery, cloud-native software, automation, and AI-enabled solutions, Vecima helps service providers modernize cable and fiber networks, deliver exceptional broadband and video experiences, and operate more intelligent, efficient networks. As operators evolve toward AI-enabled, software-driven architectures, Vecima's platforms simplify operations, accelerate innovation, and enable the reliable, high-performance networks that connect homes, businesses, and communities around the world. Learn more at vecima.com.
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PARIS (AP) — Pupils blockaded French high schools on Tuesday as thousands of demonstrators marched in cities across the country to support the teenagers’ demands for more education funding, increasing pressure on the government of outgoing President Emmanuel Macron.
Crowds waving flags and placards in Marseille in the south, Strasbourg in the east and other cities showed how protests that began at a high school in the Paris region in mid-September have grown into a nationwide movement — the latest to have marked Macron’s nearly decade-long tenure.
“The only response they’ve received so far is repression,” Sigrid Gerardin, a Paris high school teacher, said of the pupils.
Felix Barney, a university student, described the police response as disproportionate. “It doesn’t have any sense to hit minors,” he said.
More than two weeks of class boycotts and school blockades, along with a forceful police response that has led to more than 6,100 arrests, mostly of minors, have also become a flashpoint in the early days of the presidential election campaign. Macron cannot run for a third consecutive term. His successor will be elected in May.
The teenage protesters have struck a chord amid widespread discontent in France. Frustrations extend beyond immediate difficulties, such as fuel prices that have soared because of the Iran war, to broader concerns about constraints on public spending, rising poverty and wealth inequality under Macron. Against that backdrop, pupils’ complaints that education funding shortfalls are endangering their futures have found a sympathetic audience.
“You say ‘young people are the future’ so listen to them,” read a handwritten placard attached to a metal barrier outside a Paris school.
At the Hélène Boucher lycée, or high school, in Paris' 20th district, protesters on Tuesday tipped trash cans and bicycles on their sides to create a makeshift barricade.
Like hundreds of others around the country, the school was closed. Authorities began shutting schools last week to take some steam out of the demonstrations after widespread damage to schools and mounting injuries among staff, students and police.
Interior Minister Laurent Nunez on Tuesday defended policing methods used against high schoolers, despite a growing list of gruesome injuries blamed on officers' riot-control weapons. The latest was a 15-year-old who lost a hand on Monday, seemingly ripped off by a police stun grenade.
Nunez said the police response has been proportionate in “almost all cases.”
The widespread use of arrests, tear gas and riot-control weapons against teenagers is fueling defiance and angering some parents and teachers. Nunez said protests transformed at times into rioting, requiring police intervention. He said 715 officers have been injured.
At Hélène Boucher, parents and other adults positioned themselves Tuesday between protesters and police keeping watch.
“They are our children. Teachers, parents, federations, we all share the same goal: the protection of children’s rights, and it is a legitimate right to demonstrate and to make demands,” said Emilia Sichili Suriam, who is a member of an association of parents.
School blockades and protests began in the Paris region in mid-September before spreading to other cities and towns. Demonstrators have voiced a range of grievances, often centering on a lack of resources and opportunities for students in disadvantaged schools despite the promise of France’s national motto: “Liberty, Equality, Fraternity.”
Students have drawn attention to rundown classrooms that lack basics such as desks and chairs, become sweltering in summer without air conditioning and, in some cases, are infested with rats. Other common complaints include staff shortages and exhausting workloads. French high school students’ compulsory classroom hours are among the highest in Europe.
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Associated Press journalists John Leicester in Paris and Mike Corder in The Hague contributed.
EDS NOTE: OBSCENITY - Students block the entrance of a high school before a demonstration against under-resourced schools, in Paris, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)
Protest slogans are posted on a school wall by high school students as they gather before a demonstration against under-resourced schools, in Paris, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)
High school students march during a protest against under-resourced schools, in Bordeaux, France, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Caroline Blumberg)
Riot police face high school students as they gather before a demonstration against under-resourced schools in Paris, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)
Riot police face high school students as they gather before a demonstration against under-resourced schools in Paris, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)
Riot police face high school students as they gather before a demonstration against under-resourced schools in Paris, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)
Students gather on the street before a demonstration against under-resourced schools, in Paris, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)
Students hold a banner reading "Youth in anger" as they gather before a demonstration against under-resourced schools, in Paris, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)
Students gather on the street before a demonstration against under-resourced schools, in Paris, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)
