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News & Views Most Popular Comcast's Virtual Access Network Rolls Into Multiple Markets, Spans 100K+ Customers By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 10/11/2019 Top Comcast execs discuss the benefits and capabilities of the company's new virtual access network and how Comcast is applying lessons from its cloud-based X1 platform. Post a Comment Seven Things We Learned at Cable-Tec Expo By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 10/10/2019 The 10G future is in sight, HFC has gas in the tank, Comcast is getting serious about network virtualization, DOCSIS's pioneers get recognized and more from last week's show in The Big Easy. Post a Comment Network Convergence Revolution to Drive Speed & Efficiency, CommScope CTO Says By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 10/8/2019 Distributed architectures and other common, underlying technologies and techniques are also starting to span across both wired and wireless networks, Morgan Kurk says. Post a Comment Advertisement Can Cable Bridge the 'GAP'? By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 10/4/2019 Charter and a group of vendors are championing a node standardization initiative called the Generic Access Platform that's showing signs of promise, but the effort needs more buy-in from suppliers and MSOs. Post a Comment Telecom Acronyms Going OTT (TAGO) By Alan Breznick, Cable/Video Practice Leader, Light Reading, 10/4/2019 LMAO @ SCTE. Post a Comment HFC May Never Die By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 10/1/2019 The cable industry, in partnership with CableLabs, is exploring how to deliver services at 6GHz and beyond, Cox exec says. Post a Comment DOCSIS 4.0 Ends Cable Network Feud By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 9/30/2019 DOCSIS 4.0 unifies previously feuding Full Duplex DOCSIS and Extended Spectrum DOCSIS proposals for boosting network bandwidth. Post a Comment Advertisement When Will Cable Need 10G? By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 9/30/2019 No one knows exactly for sure, but one top industry network engineer believes cable operators will need access network capacities of 'at least' 10 Gbit/s by 2035. Post a Comment Harmonic's 'CableOS' Adds More Fiber to Its Diet By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 9/30/2019 Vendor extends capabilities of its access network virtualization platform as some MSOs deploy fiber-to-the-premises in targeted and greenfield scenarios. Post a Comment Cable Access Revenues Plummet 40% in Q2 – Dell'Oro By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 9/27/2019 Decline driven by excess capacity, particularly in the downstream, amplified by recent indecision about the path forward on the cable access network, analyst says. Post a Comment Dan Whalen, Arris's Former Top Network Exec, Heads to Adtran By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 9/26/2019 Hiring Whalen as chief product officer is another indicator that Adtran is accelerating its cable industry strategy as MSOs mull their next-gen access network moves. Post a Comment SCTE-ISBE's Mark Dzuban: '10G' Set to Be the Star of Cable-Tec Expo By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 9/26/2019 CEO of cable's engineering and standards-setting organization says 10G will be 'foundational' to the industry's future and a major focus as Cable-Tec Expo has its Swan Song in The Big Easy. Post a Comment CommScope Plots Progress With Low-Latency, Extended Spectrum DOCSIS By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 9/24/2019 Vendor to demo its latest next-gen cable network and DOCSIS wares, including a new distributed access architecture aggregator, at next week's Cable-Tec Expo in New Orleans. Post a Comment LR Tackles 5G & the Cloud at Cable-Tec Expo By Alan Breznick, Cable/Video Practice Leader, Light Reading, 9/23/2019 In an industry first, Light Reading will stage two breakfast forums on hot tech topics at next week's Cable-Tec Expo in New Orleans, the first on cable network virtualization and the second on cable's role in 5G. Post a Comment Cable's Access Network Market Descends Into Disruption & Chaos By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 8/26/2019 As cable operators assess their next moves while DOCSIS 4.0 is developed, traditional top suppliers like Arris, Cisco and Casa are struggling, opening the door to Harmonic and others. Post a Comment Light Reading Packs Double Wallop at Cable-Tec Expo By Alan Breznick, Cable/Video Practice Leader, Light Reading, 8/19/2019 For the first time, Light Reading will offer two breakfast roundtables on key tech topics at this fall's SCTE\|ISBE Cable-Tec Expo in New Orleans – the first on network virtualization and the second on cable and 5G. Post a Comment Huawei Cuts Back on Cable By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 8/14/2019 Chinese vendor is backing away from the cable network business amid pressures from the US-China trade war and the loss of critical business with cable operators in portions of Europe, industry sources said. Post a Comment Cisco Halts Investment in Full Duplex DOCSIS By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 8/9/2019 Says it's suspending spending on FDX until market timing, ecosystem development and size of the market opportunity can be quantified. Post a Comment CommScope Eliminates COO Slot as Arris Biz Struggles By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 8/8/2019 Departure of long-time Arris exec Bruce McClelland comes about four months after acquisition and as the unit grapples with an expected temporary decline in cable operator capital spending. Post a Comment CommScope Carves Migration Path to Remote PHY By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 8/5/2019 CommScope says new remote PHY modules can be snapped into most of its deployed base of fiber nodes and allow for targeted rollouts in areas where cable operators need to add capacity. Post a Comment More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Comcast's Virtual Access Network Rolls Into Multiple Markets, Spans 100K+ Customers By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 10/11/2019 Top Comcast execs discuss the benefits and capabilities of the company's new virtual access network and how Comcast is applying lessons from its cloud-based X1 platform. Post a Comment Network Convergence Revolution to Drive Speed & Efficiency, CommScope CTO Says By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 10/8/2019 Distributed architectures and other common, underlying technologies and techniques are also starting to span across both wired and wireless networks, Morgan Kurk says. Post a Comment More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Newsfeed - industry press releases, curated by our editors Altice Labs Embraces RDK Broadband Gateways Thursday, October 10, 2019 Casa Systems Goes Multi-Access at Cable-Tec Expo Thursday, October 3, 2019 Westman Taps Technetix for Modular Upgrade Monday, September 30, 2019 Despite Rough Q2 for Cable, Global Broadband Access Gear Revenue Rises 3% Thursday, September 26, 2019 Comporium Taps Harmonic's 'CableOS' Platform to Aid DAA Migration Thursday, September 26, 2019 Viavi Taps Partners for DAA Network Testing & Maintenance Program Wednesday, September 25, 2019 CommScope Tees Up New Cable Network Tech Tuesday, September 24, 2019 10G, Low Latency, IoT & Cable's 'GAP' Initiative Highlight Cable-Tec Expo's 'Innovation Theater' Thursday, September 5, 2019 Casa Demos Virtual CCAP, Low-Latency DOCSIS 3.1 Monday, August 5, 2019 Casa Q2 Revenues Drop to $52.1M Wednesday, July 31, 2019 CommScope Debuts Remote PHY Device Monday, July 29, 2019 Harmonic Revenues Drop 14% in Q2 as CableOS Deployments Rise Monday, July 29, 2019 SCTE-ISBE Adds Distributed Access Architecture Course Monday, July 15, 2019 More Newsfeeds		Security Now CISO No Longer the Last Word on Security – Radware Larry Loeb, Author, 10/14/2019 The rise of DevSecOps may be the reason that 70% of respondents to Radware's ... 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10/8/2019

Network Convergence Revolution to Drive Speed & Efficiency, CommScope CTO Says

New Orleans -- Cable-Tec Expo -- The wired/wireless network "revolution" is well underway, though the speed at which that revolution will proceed won't be constant. ...