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News & Views Most Popular 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) CableLabs CTO Ralph Brown Sets His Exit By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 3/1/2019 In another CableLabs-related personnel move, Ike Elliott has succeeded Mitch Ashley as president of organization's for-profit Kyrio subsidiary. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Virtualization Can Mine New Revenues From Gateways & Modems, Startup Says By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 2/20/2019 Israel-based Inango claims its cloud/client 'Virtual Services' platform can enable service providers to layer on and sell additional services via memory-starved, in-home devices. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Advertisement 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;... Charter Might Paint Its Home Gateways & Devices 'Prpl' By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 2/7/2019 MSO said to be giving serious consideration to open source software stack amid discussions on how to establish a degree of coexistence between Prpl and RDK-B. Post a Comment \| Read (0) 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) Advertisement 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... CableLabs Sues Buckeye Over Delinquent Dues By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 12/12/2018 MSO notified CableLabs of intention to terminate its membership in January 2018, but CableLabs cites that it requires at least three years notice. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: Jeff Baumgartner I still haven't heard from Buckeye on their reason for putting in notice, though... US, China Agree to Delay Tariffs Hike By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 12/3/2018 A higher, 25% tariff slated to take effect in 2019 is postponed for 90 days as the sides try to iron out a long-term trade arrangement. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Terabyte Households Surge as Video Eats the Internet By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 11/27/2018 Broadband homes that consume 1 Terabyte-plus of data per month more than doubled, Cisco data shows. Will ISPs raise their data ceilings? Post a Comment \| Read (3 comments) Latest Comment: nelly.frd Cisco is forecasting that 4K/Ultra HD video will account for about 22% of global... Sale of Arris Set-Top Box Biz 'On the Table' for CommScope – Analyst By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 11/26/2018 CommScope could get $500 million for that unit 'in a distressed sale to a financial buyer,' Jefferies analyst George Notter suggests. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Podcast: CommScope & Arris Tie the Knot, but Why? By Phil Harvey, US News Editor, 11/19/2018 CommScope and Arris are merging. Though they frame this as a complementary deal, there's some lingering questions about the broader strategic rationale of the deal and if this is, indeed, a marriage made in technology heaven. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Technicolor Eyes Options, Including Sale of Set-Top Biz – Report By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 11/19/2018 Will only confirm that Technicolor 'regularly reviews and evaluates strategic alternatives for its assets' and that no decisions have been made. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: stevfortyfive Finally it seems the end is near. This latest news is the continuation... CommScope/Arris Deal More About Dollars Than Strategic Sense – Analyst By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 11/15/2018 Investors see marriage as a way for CommScope to buy cash flow, Raymond James analyst suggests. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Why CommScope Wooed Arris By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 11/9/2018 'We certainly weren't out trolling or looking' to be acquired, Arris CEO Bruce McClelland says. Post a Comment \| Read (4 comments) Latest Comment: jbtombes Seems like the $1b from Carlyle could decrease the debt, non? The CG has positioned... Is Arris the Answer to CommScope's Pain? By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 11/8/2018 Arris deal presented 'best path' after CommScope analyzed how to rejuvenate its business and shore up its positioning for the 5G era, CEO says. Post a Comment \| Read (2 comments) Latest Comment: bosco_pcs Not if you view this as a private equity special. ARRS got some valuable assets.... CommScope Puts Up $7.4B for Arris By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 11/8/2018 They expect the merger, valuing Arris at $31.75 per share with an eye fixed on the 5G era, to produce annual cost synergies of more than $150 million within three years. Post a Comment \| Read (6 comments) Latest Comment: Jeff Baumgartner Among other reax to the deal, Raymond James analyst Simon Leopold has downgraded... Key Takeaways From Cable Next-Gen Europe By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 11/7/2018 Light Reading cable guru Jeff Baumgartner highlights some of the key takeaways from the inaugural Cable Next-Gen Europe, noting how the region's operators are taking different routes with their network strategies and digging into the impact that 5G will have on the sector. Post a Comment \| Read (0) CommScope, Arris Nearing $5.6B Deal – Report By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 11/7/2018 A deal would value Arris at more than $31 per share, CNBC says. Post a Comment \| Read (0) More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Message Boards 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... Jeff Baumgartner, 1/18/2019 11:51:49 AM Casa's Q4 Sales Come in Light Amid MSO Spending Delays Re: Impact on Arris? Simon Leopold put out a follow-up on this today, mentioning that the issues Casa's facing would imply potential risk for on of Casa's key competitors, Arris, which is in the process of being acquired by CommScope. Leopold... 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... nelly.frd, 11/29/2018 11:45:32 AM Terabyte Households Surge as Video Eats the Internet Re: Re: clipart png 2019 calendar printable calendar Cisco is forecasting that 4K/Ultra HD video will account for about 22% of global IP video traffic by 2022, compared to a mere 3% in 2017. Cisco also predicts that 62% of flat-panel TVs will be 4K-capable by 2020, a CAGR... cypherstream, 11/29/2018 10:05:59 AM Terabyte Households Surge as Video Eats the Internet Re: Re: Maybe not unreasonable? Game consoles will chew through 1TB+ easy these days. For example Microsoft's Xbox game pass is like the Netflix of Xbox one. You pay $10 a month for access to 100+ Games to play but the caviat is whatever games you want,... Duh!, 11/27/2018 1:55:11 PM Terabyte Households Surge as Video Eats the Internet Re: Maybe not unreasonable? Quick back-of-the-envelope calculation. Assuming an equal mix of HD and UHD, we can use 11.3 Mbit/s as the average video data rate. That said, 1 TB of data equates to just short of 200 hours of video, or six and a half hours... stevfortyfive, 11/19/2018 10:54:43 PM Technicolor Eyes Options, Including Sale of Set-Top Biz – Report Re: Does anyone want this skeleton of a company? Finally it seems the end is near. This latest news is the continuation of a long story of failure since the French purchased RCA in the late 1980s. Technicolor executive leadership never had a clue how to make... jbtombes, 11/12/2018 12:04:28 PM Why CommScope Wooed Arris Re: Re: Wot? Seems like the $1b from Carlyle could decrease the debt, non? The CG has positioned COMM for this deal, but the execs in Hickory have a history of thinking big. If they hadn't bought Andrew 11 years ago ($2.6b) I can't see... brooks7, 11/10/2018 11:35:41 AM Why CommScope Wooed Arris Re: Re: Wot? Dan, Arris was trading over 40 P/E (way over). The business is not a high growth business that one would expect such a multiple on. And then CommScope paid a premium? Seems like an awful deal to me. Let's... Jeff Baumgartner, 11/9/2018 8:07:36 PM Why CommScope Wooed Arris Re: Re: Wot? I'm curious to know what specific reasons they gave, but, yeah, it is noted that analysts went into downgrade mode in the wake of the deal. One of the issues is that both companies haven't been cueing up the Styx... DanJones, 11/9/2018 6:46:47 PM Why CommScope Wooed Arris Re: Wot? Investment types I talked to yesterday thought this was a terrible deal. What's that about? bosco_pcs, 11/9/2018 3:10:36 PM Is Arris the Answer to CommScope's Pain? Re: Re: Necessary mistake? Not if you view this as a private equity special. ARRS got some valuable assets. It got Ruckus at a discount from AVGO when the latter bought BRCD. Carlyle, with its convertible and probably some debt in COMM could instigate... Jeff Baumgartner, 11/9/2018 1:49:06 PM CommScope Puts Up $7.4B for Arris Re: Raymond James reax Among other reax to the deal, Raymond James analyst Simon Leopold has downgraded ARRS to Market Perform from Outperform ... He also noted that Q3 sales at Arris of $1.65B came a little under consensus of $1.71B and below... 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. (3 comments) 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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