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News & Views Most Popular 5G Opportunity Still Outweighs the Threat to Cable Ops By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 5/13/2019 MSOs must remain wary of 5G-powered in-home broadband services, but the backhaul and fronthaul opportunities will abound for cable operators as 5G networks are deployed. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Mediacom Joins Cable's Wireless Rush via CBRS Tests With Samsung By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 5/3/2019 Mediacom – the nation's fifth-largest cable company – has joined its cable peers in testing wireless operations in the 3.5GHz CBRS band. What the company might do with the spectrum remains an open question though. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Comcast Business Beefs Up Managed WiFi Via Deep Blue Buy By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 5/1/2019 Deep Blue specializes in the planning, engineering and installation of managed WiFi networks for hotels and entertainment venues, and reportedly pulled down $38 million in revenues last year. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: VP,CTO54087 Comcast is a proactive MSO. Wondering how far behind is the rest... Advertisement Charter Exploring 'Dual SIM' Technology By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 4/30/2019 Charter, which added 176,000 mobile lines in Q1, is testing dual SIM capabilities, but deployments are not expected in 2019. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Comcast's Mobile Sub Growth Slows, but Other Mobile Metrics Improve By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 4/25/2019 Xfinity Mobile adds 170,000 lines in Q1, extending the total to 1.4 million. Mobile-related revenues rose 24.4% while losses shrunk significantly. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Leading Lights 2019 Finalists: Most Innovative Business Cloud Service By Phil Harvey, US Bureau Chief, 4/23/2019 Colt Technology Services, Comcast Business and Vonage all had stand-out cloud service offerings for business customers in the past 12 months. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Cable One Bulks Up With $525.9M Fidelity Buy By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 4/1/2019 But it's not clear how Fidelity's app-based TV streaming offering in partnership with MobiTV will play long-term at broadband-focused Cable One. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Advertisement Why Cable Automation Is Taking Off By Alan Breznick, Cable/Video Practice Leader, Light Reading, 3/29/2019 Broadband Success Partners' David Strauss shares highlights of his firm's fresh research about the cable industry's growing forays into network automation. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Comcast Brings X1 Video to SMBs By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 3/15/2019 Operator's commercial services unit makes its cloud-powered video platform available to millions of SMBs across Comcast's footprint. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Comcast Has 'Line of Sight' to $10B in Biz Service Revenues By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 3/12/2019 Comcast Business is making some progress in reaching larger, enterprise business customers, cable unit CEO Dave Watson says. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Altice USA Taps Goldman Sachs to Assess Lightpath Unit – Report By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 3/8/2019 Discussions involving fiber-powered business services division could lead to a sale or bringing on an investor, Reuters says. Post a Comment \| Read (0) T-Mobile Details Home Internet Service to Challenge 'Cableopoly' By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 3/7/2019 T-Mobile released more details about plans to challenge Comcast and Charter with a fixed wireless Internet service. But the broader message was aimed at regulators reviewing its proposed merger with Sprint. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Cable One 'Happy' to See Broadband Subs Go With OTT-TV By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 2/28/2019 MSO pivoted to a data-centric model 5 years ago, but Cable One 'not trying to drive our video customers away,' CEO insists. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Smaller Cablecos Fleeing Legacy Pay-TV By Alan Breznick, Cable/Video Practice Leader, Light Reading, 2/26/2019 Speaking at NCTC's Winter Education Conference in Atlanta, small and midsized cable operators say they're increasingly seeking other video options, such as streaming and app-based services. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: jbtombes CableOne was also an outlier, compared to the larger MSOs, on VOD. Probably... Altice USA 'Reviewing' Future of Lightpath Unit By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 2/22/2019 CEO Dexter Goei says an internal review is underway for that asset, noting later that Lightpath has become 'less core to the overall business today.' Post a Comment \| Read (0) Altice USA Might Sell Lightpath Unit – Cowen & Co. By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 2/15/2019 Analyst firm says a deal for company's fiber-fueled business services unit could fetch as much as $4 billion, jolt stock. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: Jeff Baumgartner Cowen's report, which notes that Lightpath had about 10K lit buildings in the... Can Cable Beat 5G? By Alan Breznick, Cable/Video Practice Leader, Light Reading, 2/11/2019 Cable leaders will make the case for their new 10G initiative at Light Reading's Cable Next-Gen Technologies & Strategies event in Denver next month. Post a Comment \| Read (3 comments) Latest Comment: Clifton K Morris I have to respectfully disagree. 5G networks (according to the ITU specification;... Cable Next-Gen Is Calling By Alan Breznick, Cable/Video Practice Leader, Light Reading, 2/4/2019 Could our Cable Next-Gen Tech event make your cable dreams come true? Or are we just being delusional? In his head, LR cable guy Alan Breznick is there already... Post a Comment \| Read (0) Podcast: Bundle Up, Everyone. Pay-TV Is a Cold, Cold Business By Phil Harvey, US Bureau Chief, 1/31/2019 The world of pay-TV is an unholy mess, and no one is better at keeping up with the players, plans and problems than Light Reading's Jeff Baumgartner. In this podcast, Jeff joins Phil Harvey for a chat about how cable providers are using mobile, why adding Netflix to your set-top isn't a bad idea and what kind of subscribers aren't worth chasing. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Charter CEO: 'Spectrum Mobile Is Ramping Up' By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 1/31/2019 Operator adds 113,000 mobile lines in Q4 as new product starts to take a bigger role in Charter's triple-play bundle. Post a Comment \| Read (0) More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Message Boards VP,CTO54087, 5/14/2019 9:12:52 AM Comcast Business Beefs Up Managed WiFi Via Deep Blue Buy Re: MSO to WiFi, How Deep Does it Get? Comcast is a proactive MSO. Wondering how far behind is the rest of the pack. Hospitality is a strategic choice due to ubiquitous urban presence. It would make sense if this is a 5G off-load... vakax, 4/10/2019 4:01:56 PM Charter Has a Secret TV App for Colleges Re: Amazing Article Comcast isn't paying for this. It is being paid for by its customers through a Federally mandated universal connectivity charge. Comcast is buying a lot of good will with its customers money. Makes me sick. Yes, I had to... BigRick, 3/22/2019 12:02:23 PM WOW, eero Team on WiFi Mesh Service for Biz Customers Re: Don't use consumer grade networking kit in a business For a small business I would not advise to install consumer Wi-Fi gear, like this eero stuff..It is better to use proper business class equipment. If you want to install this yourself, and you don't want to run wires, a... tonybennett, 3/4/2019 5:24:28 AM Charter Has a Secret TV App for Colleges Re: Re: Idea Students always need fresh ideas, helpful apps, and services such as primeessays in order to keep their markі on a high level and avoid being overstressed. very often new ideas and services simplify students... jbtombes, 2/27/2019 11:41:35 AM Smaller Cablecos Fleeing Legacy Pay-TV Re: CABO as Outlier CableOne was also an outlier, compared to the larger MSOs, on VOD. Probably saved them a lot of money. Their broadband-centric approach looks mainstream among NCTC peers. Jeff Baumgartner, 2/15/2019 5:18:47 PM Altice USA Might Sell Lightpath Unit – Cowen & Co. Re: Other possibilities Cowen's report, which notes that Lightpath had about 10K lit buildings in the tri-state area as of last year, also presented some potential for a strategic player going for Lightpath , with Crown Castle, Charter, CenturyLink... Clifton K Morris, 2/11/2019 3:21:41 PM Can Cable Beat 5G? Re: Re: All aboard the hype train I have to respectfully disagree. 5G networks (according to the ITU specification; not yet ratified yet) is nothing more than LTE technology, but with an increase in QAM symbol rates. 3GPP TSGs for Release 15 show that... stownplayer, 2/11/2019 8:12:29 AM Can Cable Beat 5G? Re: Re: All aboard the hype train I have to agree with Macemoneta. Cable is riddled with issues and we still can't get symmetrical 1 gig yet. Cable has a long way to go and if history is any indicator it's going to take the cable industry 10 years ... macemoneta, 2/11/2019 7:41:52 AM Can Cable Beat 5G? Re: All aboard the hype train "ramping up from today's 1 Gig downstream speeds to tomorrow's 10-Gig symmetrical service will still be no easy matter." 1 gig speeds are still unaffordable / unavailable / capped at nonsensical levels to the majority... MindCommerce, 1/6/2019 1:16:41 PM SMB Mobility: Cable's Next Big Chance? Re: Prime area for Cable MSO OTT based Offering Cable MSOs need not follow the traditional MVNO model of using incumbent MNO architecture. They can follow the OTT model (with whom them compete with for set-top based services) and use data-only from carriers. They can... Jeff Baumgartner, 12/13/2018 9:16:34 AM CableLabs Sues Buckeye Over Delinquent Dues Re: Offensive move and defensive deterrent? I still haven't heard from Buckeye on their reason for putting in notice, though I imagine it's all about cost-cutting and a questioning of what influence they have w/CableLabs initiatives and a belief that they will still... Atlantis-dude, 11/3/2018 10:33:13 AM Comcast's O'Toole: SDN Stands Up to the 'Tyranny of the Boxes' Re: Re: tyranny of the boxes guess no odd cbls to hardware applnces .. more uniform cbling to srvrs ASX4000, 11/2/2018 12:03:33 PM Comcast's O'Toole: SDN Stands Up to the 'Tyranny of the Boxes' Re: tyranny of the boxes Agreeing with the most what has being said in this Article, just wondering how all the SDN stuff is working without "...hardware, plagued by a "million cables hanging out" and hardware that depreciates in value..."? &nb... Jeff Baumgartner, 10/30/2018 1:33:17 PM CommScope In Talks to Buy Arris – Report Re: Re: Future of the set-top biz? No argument there... I imagine they would consider anything in the ballpark of a fair price, if it came to that. In the meantime, they've already begun to tweak their set-top box biz by focusing on the most profitible... brooks7, 10/30/2018 12:38:42 PM CommScope In Talks to Buy Arris – Report Re: Re: Future of the set-top biz? Well, nobody is going to pay a premium on a business like that. So, unless someone is interested in buying it...put it in pure harvest mode. No development at all and no attempt at new sales. Take orders,... More Message Boards		Security Now Defense Discovered for Defending Against BGP Hijacking & Off-Path DNS Attacks Larry Loeb, Author, 6/20/2019 Certificate Authorities are continually getting requests from threat actors who ... (0) New 'IPStorm' Malware Uses Peer-to-Peer Network for Communication Larry Loeb, Author, 6/19/2019 It's a whole new headache for the security team. (0) GO TO Security Now Broadband World News Cable Access Network Shift Underway Alison Diana, Editor, Broadband World News, 6/19/2019 Harmonic's software focus and new strategy seem to be getting Wall Street's ... (0) BBWN Bites: Starry Spreads FWA Sunshine to Rural Broadband Alison Diana, Editor, Broadband World News, 6/19/2019 Having won big in the FCC spectrum auction, Starry expects to use fixed wireless ... 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Calix's Shane Eleniak: How Data Analytics & Software ... MobiledgeX's Jason Hoffman: State of the Edge The 5G Connectivity Challenge Network Intelligence & Automation in Mergers & Migrations Why Telcos Need an Elastic Services Platform Why Hardware Still Matters in the SDN Era Why Is Autonomous Operations Key to Your Network Evolution? Ribbon's Kevin Riley Talks New Company Brand, Latest ... The Cumulus Networks Success Story CloudPassage Ensuring Next-Level Container Security EXFO: Next-Level Assurance Solutions & Automation EXFO: Automate or Stagnate RAD Shares Insights on Latest Developments in vCPE & ... 100GbE in Action & More at MEF17 ADLINK Talks About OCP & Next Generation Telecom ... LINX Talks Open Networking & OcNOS Nominum & Security for Small to Midsized Businesses C-V2X Is Getting Ready for Commercialization With ... Ixia Launches World’s First 400GE Testing Solutions Xilinx Zynq UltraScale+ RFSoCs Integrate the RF Signal Chain Pluribus: SDN & Beyond Cloud, Security, AI & IoT Are Driving the Need for ... Masergy's NFV Journey Mavenir on RCS Cloud Platform & Multi-ID Keep Connected IoT Devices Under Control With Allot Metaswitch: Defining the Cloud Native Core Accelerating IP/Optical Network Visibility & Control Making 5G NR a Reality With Qualcomm Act on Your Intelligence With Amdocs aia! Making 5G New Radio (NR) a Reality Accelerating C-V2X Toward 5G for Autonomous Driving Dan Sahar of Qwilt on Open Edge Cloud Platform Nominum's Craig Sprosts on DNS & Cybersecurity Trends Versa: A Lot More Than SD-WAN SmartNICs & the Future of Network Virtualization Introducing the Next-Generation ONT (Optical Network ... A10 Networks on Service Providers' Industry Needs Check Point on Cybersecurity Accelerating Telecom Digital Transformation With Nominum DNS VeEX Test & Measurement Solutions Versa Networks' Kumar Mehta on SD-WAN Managed Services The Era of Agile Optics Has Arrived Atrinet's NetACE – Migration to NFV & SDN With ... 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Palo Alto Networks on Expanding in the Carrier/Service ... Infoblox on DNS Threat Index The Netformx Ecosystem Versa Networks on Leveraging VNFs Nuage Networks on Operationalizing SDN Mellanox's New 25/50/100Gb/s Ethernet Products Arista's CloudVision VIEW FULL VIDEO SHOWCASE Prime Reading Don't Put a Cap on Capex Just Yet Mari Silbey , Senior Editor, Cable/Video , 9/15/2016 Vendor forecasts suggest capex spending in the telecom sector is still headed up, ... (4 comments) Leading Lights 2015: The Finalists Ray Le Maistre , Editor-in-Chief , 5/7/2015 Light Reading is proud to announce the finalists for this year's Leading Lights ... 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