Steven Shalita, VP of Marketing, NetScout Systems, Inc., discusses how 3G and LTE mobile network operators can leverage their service assurance investments for network-derived business and operational intelligence.
Cox's Jeff Finkelstein outlines the anticipated benefits and drivers of Docsis 3.1, and explains how much bandwidth operators will need to free up during the initial deployment of the emerging, multi-gigabit platform.
Jorge Salinger of Comcast says the operator has moved beyond the trial stage and is now starting to pilot equipment and services that take advantage of the emerging Converged Cable Access Platform
New CableLabs CEO Phil McKinney offers an update on the R&D house’s activities, including his top priorities, the role that the recently formed 'innovation team' will play, and when CableLabs expects to complete the Docsis 3.1 specifications
After 20 years of providing business services, Cox Business is still seeing double-digit growth rates, driven by SMB sales and sustained by a strong local presence, says SVP Phil Meeks
Kevin O'Toole of Comcast Business Services explains how the operator is beginning to use Ethernet-over-coax to complement a Metro Ethernet platform it's using to target mid-sized business customers
Heavy Reading's Alan Breznick says cable's haul of the business services market is set to eclipse $7B in 2012, but that still represents a small piece of the overall take
Adtran is working with customers to deliver new, innovative solutions for every ingress point in the network. These innovations are enabling service providers to accelerate change; quickly launching next-gen services. The only constant is change
Comcast's Karen Schmidt explains how the company is targeting mid-sized businesses with Metro Ethernet and aiming even higher when the opportunity arises
Deluxe On Demand gives operators access to the largest studio-quality video catalog (+40,000-plus titles), pre-encoded in over 50 different formats for multiscreen delivery
At the Broadband World Forum, Broadcom's vice president and general manager for Broadband Carrier Access, Greg Fischer, talks PON chips, vectoring, next-gen Wi-Fi and his love for John Belushi's guitar-smashing antics
Jay Wilson, senior VP and general manager for Adtran's Carrier Networks Division, talks about the company's prospects in Europe following the purchase of NSN's fixed access assets, the demand for vectoring capabilities and his preference for Kevin Costner over Russell Crowe
Calix executive Andy Lockhart talks about the access equipment vendor's expansion in Europe, updates on the introduction of vectoring capabilities and gives Butch Cassidy his movie vote
Telstra's Mike Wright and Rami Rahim of Juniper Networks discuss the Australian carrier's decision to revamp its edge network using broadband network gateway (BNG) capabilities
Broadband Forum CEO Robin Mersh talks about the recent G.vector plugfest, the potential gains from vectoring for DSL operators and his 'odd' connection with Jane Fonda
Rouzbeh 'Father of the Cable Modem' Yassini offers his opinion on the emerging Docsis 3.1 platform and if the project represents the final step before cable takes fiber to the home
Heavy Reading analysts Graham Finnie and Gabriel Brown discuss the apparent unwillingness of European operators to match their peers in Asia/Pacific and North America when it comes to major investments in fixed-line broadband
