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News & Views Most Popular Startup Seeks Cable Edge in Edge Computing By Alan Breznick, Cable/Video Practice Leader, Light Reading, 4/8/2019 Mutable Founder & CEO Antonio Pellegrino explains how his New York startup aims to team with cable operators and other service providers to offer edge computing apps to customers. Post a Comment \| Read (0) CommScope Wraps $7.4B Deal for Arris By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 4/4/2019 Strategic aim of the merger centers on prep for the 5G transition, network convergence and complementary wireless tech spanning both licensed and unlicensed spectrum. Post a Comment \| Read (3 comments) Latest Comment: Duh! Imagine this in a John Oliver rant. CableLabs's Virtualization Efforts Enter New Realities By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 4/4/2019 Virtualization group retooling to support industry's new Flexible MAC Architecture amid recent departure of two execs focused on NFV and SDN, sources say. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: e2mbcorp Why is it called FMA, but then there's a statement that the focus in going... 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) Ready Player Stadia: Google's Gaming Platform a Scary Prospect for Telcos By Iain Morris, News Editor, 3/21/2019 Google's new gaming platform could usher in a new age of cloud gaming, with ramifications for parents and telcos worldwide. Post a Comment \| Read (9 comments) Latest Comment: brooks7 @Duh!, As kids move to watching their own streams on their phones, why will... Cable Access Network Capex in for a Lumpy Ride By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 3/21/2019 Spending expected to be sporadic as operators weigh when and how to migrate to distributed access architectures. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Why Cable Operators Need DAA By Jaimie Lenderman, Senior Analyst, Ovum, 3/4/2019 Cablecos must go beyond platform upgrades like DOCSIS 3.1 to stay truly competitive with the growing number of FTTH offerings from rival providers. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Advertisement Casa Systems Seeks Wireless Gains Amid Wireline Pains By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 2/25/2019 Vendor makes moves into wireless and mobile as pace of distributed access architecture deployments by cable operators goes slower than anticipated. Post a Comment \| Read (0) How Cable Vendors Could Profit From DAA Upgrades By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 2/21/2019 Cable network suppliers are in for a rough 2019 as MSOs remain in decision-mode, but relief is ahead as DAA deployments help infrastructure investments rise to $2B by 2023, Dell'Oro says. Post a Comment \| Read (0) 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;... Virgin Media, Arris Test 8-Gig Symmetrical Speeds By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 2/5/2019 Trial to involve about 50 homes will use Arris E6000 chassis outfitted with 10-Gig EPON line card and DOCSIS-based provisioning. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: Jeff Baumgartner Virgin Media also posted a promo video about the project. It's heavy on the... Harmonic Touts Progress With Virtualized & Distributed Cable Network Deployments By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 2/4/2019 First wave of virtualized CCAP deployments centered on small and midsized MSOs as larger cable ops begin to turn hard on distributed access architectures, CEO says. Post a Comment \| Read (2 comments) Latest Comment: Jeff Baumgartner George Notter with Jefferies put out a note that he's "still on the sidelines"... 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) CommScope-Arris Deal Races Ahead By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 2/1/2019 Eyeing a closing by mid-year 2019, Arris shareholders have resoundingly approved the proposed $7.4 billion acquisition by CommScope. 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) Denmark's Stofa Offers Glimpse of the Future HFC Network By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 1/30/2019 Danish cable operator teams with Arris on what's billed as one of the largest distributed access architecture deployments, involving 'hundreds' of remote PHY fiber nodes. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Using AI for Smarter Cable CX By Craig Leddy, 1/24/2019 A new Tractica report looks at how cable providers are mining their big data and using data-based methods to boost network performance, resolve service issues and manage customer care. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Casa's Q4 Sales Come in Light Amid MSO Spending Delays By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 1/18/2019 Casa stock gets walloped as Q4 results come in well below estimates. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: Jeff Baumgartner Simon Leopold put out a follow-up on this today, mentioning that the issues... CES 2019: The Phony 5G Wars By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 1/10/2019 Recapping the tech-fest in Vegas, Light Reading's Dan Jones, Mike Dano and Jeff Baumgartner discuss the clash between US mobile operators over what is – and isn't – true 5G, and cable's '10G' tilt. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: Clifton K Morris This is reminiscent of the days when Sprint launched "3G" services; commonly... CES 2019: Cable's 10G Tech 'Will Work' By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 1/10/2019 Early trials prove that Full Duplex DOCSIS tech is real and poised to help cable operators deliver symmetrical 10-Gig speeds on their widely deployed HFC networks, top industry execs say. Post a Comment \| Read (0) More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Message Boards Duh!, 4/5/2019 4:22:32 PM CommScope Wraps $7.4B Deal for Arris Re: Re: History lesson Imagine this in a John Oliver rant. Jeff Baumgartner, 4/5/2019 11:54:58 AM CommScope Wraps $7.4B Deal for Arris Re: Re: History lesson It's taken a long time, but this thing has come full circle. And that Continental reference goes waaaaay back. JB mahjbeen, 4/4/2019 7:48:03 PM The Cable DAA Vendor Race Begins Re: best latex mattress This is the thing that makes the best latex bedding such a joy to rest on. Manufactured mixes will give you a decent sleeping cushion at a to some degree better cost. best latex mattress ... Duh!, 4/4/2019 7:01:25 PM CommScope Wraps $7.4B Deal for Arris Re: History lesson Commscope spun out of Continental Cable, merged with Valtech, got bought out by MA/COM, who sold them to GI. GI split up and spun out Commscope. GI got acquired by Motorola and morphed into Motorola Connected Home. Carl... e2mbcorp, 4/4/2019 8:52:13 AM CableLabs's Virtualization Efforts Enter New Realities Re: The MAC is layer 2 Why is it called FMA, but then there's a statement that the focus in going to be on the transport and control planes. The MAC is layer 2, also referred to as the Data Link Layer, sitting on top of the Physical layer... brooks7, 3/25/2019 11:51:23 AM Ready Player Stadia: Google's Gaming Platform a Scary Prospect for Telcos Re: Re: Stadia Impact @Duh!, As kids move to watching their own streams on their phones, why will people invest in technologies that only work on very large screens? Can you imagine a home say 10 years from now that has no TV and no phone... Duh!, 3/25/2019 10:40:35 AM Ready Player Stadia: Google's Gaming Platform a Scary Prospect for Telcos Re: Re: Stadia Impact "I think that 4K and 8K video are DOA, so I don't think this is as big a deal as others. As we head to personal streaming services, I think screen sizes are going to shrink and we may see the end of the central TV... Gabriel Brown, 3/25/2019 7:27:26 AM Ready Player Stadia: Google's Gaming Platform a Scary Prospect for Telcos Re: Re: Stadia Impact Some good points seven. I don't game much, but look over my kids' shoulders now and again Is it the case that multi-platform games are finally starting to take hold? Is there any chance that this can break the power of... brooks7, 3/22/2019 12:58:09 PM Ready Player Stadia: Google's Gaming Platform a Scary Prospect for Telcos Re: Re: Stadia Impact Ever done it? The experience is awful compared to other platforms. seven Norm, 3/22/2019 11:55:44 AM Ready Player Stadia: Google's Gaming Platform a Scary Prospect for Telcos Re: Re: Stadia Impact brooks7, people are playing fortnite on a phone already. brooks7, 3/22/2019 11:41:45 AM Ready Player Stadia: Google's Gaming Platform a Scary Prospect for Telcos Re: Re: Stadia Impact @Gabriel, I think that 4K and 8K video are DOA, so I don't think this is as big a deal as others. As we head to personal streaming services, I think screen sizes are going to shrink and we may see the end of the central... Gabriel Brown, 3/22/2019 10:59:57 AM Ready Player Stadia: Google's Gaming Platform a Scary Prospect for Telcos Re: Re: Stadia Impact I was being a tiny bit fliappant, but also a bit serious. Obviously, it would be a small addresable market if you need 1 Gbit/s connection. Google says you need ~25 Mbit/s for 1080 60FPS and probably quite a bit less in... brooks7, 3/22/2019 8:51:25 AM Ready Player Stadia: Google's Gaming Platform a Scary Prospect for Telcos Re: Re: Stadia Impact If you don't recall, this is an idea that has been tried before. It should not take Gigabit services, it is just hosting a video stream. Also this notion of all devices is not going to work. You are not... Gabriel Brown, 3/22/2019 6:08:12 AM Ready Player Stadia: Google's Gaming Platform a Scary Prospect for Telcos Re: Stadia Impact Finally an app to give that 1 Gbit/s FTTH connection a workout. SabrinaWorker, 3/14/2019 7:58:41 AM AT&T Launches Low-Income Broadband Tiers Re: Great News Such a great news for me. Now my kids will do their homework faster. And I won`t waste more than 10$ for the internet. More Message Boards		Security Now Russian Hacker Group TA505 Found to Be Attacker of US Financial Firms Larry Loeb, Author, 4/19/2019 Israeli-based Cyberint has found evidence of remote access Trojans being used in ... (0) Wipro Gets Phished to Gain Access to Clients Larry Loeb, Author, 4/18/2019 Sources say that the company was being used as the start of 'digital fishing ... (0) GO TO Security Now Broadband World News China Mobile Building 'Dual-Gigabit City,' UK & India Expand Full Fiber Alison Diana, Editor, Broadband World News, 4/19/2019 Also in today's roundup: Clikia leaves OTT, the FCC cracks down on shady boxes, ... (0) ADTRAN Starts 2019 With More Revenue & Customers Alison Diana, Editor, Broadband World News, 4/18/2019 First-quarter earnings show demand for range of ADTRAN products and services, ... 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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 ... 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