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News & Views Most Popular 'Cable' Heading Toward Extinction? By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 3/22/2019 ACA has joined a growing list of industry companies and organizations that have dropped 'cable' from their names. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Cox Developing Version of Comcast's 'Flex' Streaming Product By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 3/22/2019 Cox, an X1 syndication partner, says it expects to debut its new streaming product for broadband-only customers in the next couple of months. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Eurobites: Have Nokia-Branded Phones Been Sending Personal Data to China? By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 3/22/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: MEC and the connected car; Ericsson wants Poles to get their 5G act together; Deutsche Telekom teams up with EWE on €2 billion fiber rollout. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Advertisement Vodafone-Liberty Global Deal About to Catch More Heat – Report By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 3/22/2019 Vodafone will likely offer concessions if European Union regulators trigger a warning about the possible anti-competitive effects of the proposed transaction. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Comcast Targets 'Xfinity Flex' at Broadband-Only Subs By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 3/21/2019 In-footprint offering, at $5 per month, provides integrated access to a variety of free and subscription OTT services, offers an upgrade path to pay-TV, and runs on an X1-powered 4K/HDR-capable TV-connected device. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: Jeff Baumgartner I've gotten a few questions about how Comcast will price and package its pay-TV... 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 (6 comments) Latest Comment: brooks7 Ever done it? The experience is awful compared to other platforms. seven ... 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) Advertisement Apple Bid for TV Stardom Is Biggest Gamble Yet By Iain Morris, International Editor, 3/21/2019 It revolutionized the music and mobile-phone industries, but Apple will struggle to pull off the same feat in the TV market. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Eurobites: Openreach Seeks Feedback to Further Full-Fiber Plans By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 3/21/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Google makes it a hat-trick of EU mega-fines; data-mad customers drive Three UK's growth; Ericsson wins role in South Korean 5G bonanza. Post a Comment \| Read (0) India's Airtel, Dish Eye TV Merger to Cope With RJio By Gagandeep Kaur, Contributing Editor, 3/20/2019 Reliance Jio's activities in India's TV market could spur the same consolidation that has already swept through the mobile sector. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: rochell.smartric12 I have no idea how long will Airtel and Dish will continue, cause Jio is... Verizon Faces 'Steep Climb' to Attain Attractive Return on 5G Home – Analyst By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 3/20/2019 Early on, 6% of residential addresses in parts of Sacramento are eligible for 5G Home, and just 3% of those eligible homes have signed up for service, MoffettNathanson finds in its analysis. Post a Comment \| Read (2 comments) Latest Comment: Jeff Baumgartner Moffett also acknowledges in the report that there's no calculations of cost... Italian Stallion, French Flop: Iliad's Talk of Asset Sales Should Worry Europe By Iain Morris, International Editor, 3/19/2019 The one-time enfant terrible of French mobile market has become a victim of hyper-competitive market conditions. Post a Comment \| Read (0) OneWeb's Ambitions Blast Off With $1.25B From the Likes of Qualcomm, SoftBank By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 3/18/2019 OneWeb scored another big round of funding to finance its big plan to launch hundreds of satellites into space and provide super-fast Internet services everywhere. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Windstream Puts Broadband Back in the Black By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 3/18/2019 Aided by speed upgrades, the troubled company added 14,000 broadband subs in 2018, reversing the 45,000 losses it absorbed in the previous year. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Pay-TV at a 'Crossroads' Threatening Faster Sub Losses – Analyst By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 3/18/2019 It's increasingly plausible that more US telcos and cable ops will abandon or withdraw from pay-TV, unleashing a torrent of subscriber losses, according to Craig Moffett. 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) Had a Great Year? Then Enter the Leading Lights Awards By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 3/15/2019 Not entered yet? Then get a move on… there are only days left to submit your entries. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: Phil Harvey DM me for an entry fee discount code. @futurephil Com Hem Mines & Analyzes Data to Boost Business Metrics By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 3/14/2019 Combining and analyzing key network data with machine learning techniques has helped the Swedish operator improve churn and lift ARPU, exec says. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Eurobites: Spain Shines, UK Lags in Latest Fiber Figures By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 3/14/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Orange spreads its fiber offer; GSMA attacks EU's connected-car technology roadmap; German Interior Minister urges caution on Huawei freeze-out. Post a Comment \| Read (0) CableLabs CEO: 10G a 'Collection of Technologies' By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 3/13/2019 The industry's initiative to deliver symmetrical speeds of 10 Gbit/s isn't just about Full Duplex DOCSIS. Post a Comment \| Read (0) More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive 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 (6 comments) Latest Comment: brooks7 Ever done it? The experience is awful compared to other platforms. seven ... Verizon Faces 'Steep Climb' to Attain Attractive Return on 5G Home – Analyst By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 3/20/2019 Early on, 6% of residential addresses in parts of Sacramento are eligible for 5G Home, and just 3% of those eligible homes have signed up for service, MoffettNathanson finds in its analysis. Post a Comment \| Read (2 comments) Latest Comment: Jeff Baumgartner Moffett also acknowledges in the report that there's no calculations of cost... India's Airtel, Dish Eye TV Merger to Cope With RJio By Gagandeep Kaur, Contributing Editor, 3/20/2019 Reliance Jio's activities in India's TV market could spur the same consolidation that has already swept through the mobile sector. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: rochell.smartric12 I have no idea how long will Airtel and Dish will continue, cause Jio is... Comcast Targets 'Xfinity Flex' at Broadband-Only Subs By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 3/21/2019 In-footprint offering, at $5 per month, provides integrated access to a variety of free and subscription OTT services, offers an upgrade path to pay-TV, and runs on an X1-powered 4K/HDR-capable TV-connected device. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: Jeff Baumgartner I've gotten a few questions about how Comcast will price and package its pay-TV... More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Message Boards 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 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... 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. vincentsamuel, 3/22/2019 3:03:08 AM Pacnet Offers Transport SDN Services Re: 123 hp printer support <a href="https://123hp123.com/">123.hp.com</a>and <a href="https://123hp123.com/">123.hp.com/setup</a> https://123hp123.com/ Jeff Baumgartner, 3/21/2019 4:23:47 PM Comcast Targets 'Xfinity Flex' at Broadband-Only Subs Re: Pay-TV upgrades & broadband data plans I've gotten a few questions about how Comcast will price and package its pay-TV upgrade options on Flex. Comcast hasn't elaborated on how it will do this, by my guess is that they'll be similar to the pricing and packaging... rochell.smartric12, 3/21/2019 11:58:00 AM India's Airtel, Dish Eye TV Merger to Cope With RJio Re: Jio is smartcric way dominating in crictime starsports.com I have no idea how long will Airtel and Dish will continue, cause Jio is all set to dominate DTH industry, most of people in my society including us are moving to jio due to their free offering. Jio is a killer of airtel,... Jeff Baumgartner, 3/20/2019 1:23:27 PM Verizon Faces 'Steep Climb' to Attain Attractive Return on 5G Home – Analyst Re: Dollars & Sense Moffett also acknowledges in the report that there's no calculations of cost per small cell, so therefore no cost per home passed or cost per home connected in the report. "We don't have the numbers to do it, and making... daveburstein, 3/20/2019 1:09:07 PM Verizon Faces 'Steep Climb' to Attain Attractive Return on 5G Home – Analyst Re: Actually, CEO has said "Whole country" Moffett's analysis is extraordinary and your writeup catches it well. But one data point to add. CEO Vestberg has said "whole country by about 2027." 25% the first few years and the rest after that when he expects prices... Phil Harvey, 3/15/2019 3:30:47 PM Had a Great Year? Then Enter the Leading Lights Awards Re: entry fee discount DM me for an entry fee discount code. @futurephil ericbanaa19, 3/15/2019 6:19:54 AM Verizon's $4.4B AOL Buy a Digital Media Play Re: Digital Media Play The tv is a digital media just as plenty as a laptop is a virtual media. It serves as a medium for virtual content to play through it. For my part, the television is, in reality, a digital media. Television packages, movies,... Duh!, 3/14/2019 11:58:04 AM Charter CTO Jay Rolls to Depart This Spring Re: End of an era Jay Rolls played an outsized part in making cable broadband a reality. The industry won't be quite the same without him. That said, best wishes on his retirement and for a complete recovery. More Message Boards		Security Now Facebook Exposes Millions of Unencrypted User Passwords Larry Loeb, Author, 3/22/2019 It's an internal matter – but it could affect millions of the social ... (3 comments) FIN7 Resurfaces With New Malware Techniques Larry Loeb, Author, 3/22/2019 The FIN7 group of cyber criminals is still going strong. (0) GO TO Security Now Broadband World News ISP Opinion: Bring Back Net Neutrality Now 3/22/2019 Shrihari Pandit, president and CEO of 24-year-old Stealth Communications, shares ... 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