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News & Views Most Popular CommScope Swaps Leadership of Its CPE Biz By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 8/15/2019 Former Scientific-Atlanta and Cisco exec Joe Chow to succeed Larry Robinson, a move that will spark more speculation about the future of the set-top and modem business that CommScope acquired from Arris. 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 Advertisement 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 Casa Sees Cable Spending Perk Up in Q2 By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 8/1/2019 After a rough and tumble Q1, cable operators opened the spending spigots on network capacity a bit in Q2 even as many continue to explore and develop their next-gen access network strategies. Post a Comment Casa Hit by Downgrade as Virtualization Threatens Its Core Cable Biz By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 7/31/2019 But Raymond James analyst says Casa's recent acquisition of NetComm could help the vendor gain traction in wireless and diversify its business. Post a Comment Harmonic Sheds More Light on Big 'CableOS' Deal With Comcast By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 7/30/2019 Four-year $175 million enterprise licensing deal covers headend software, with potential to reduce those fees should Comcast opt to buy other products, including nodes and other network hardware, from Harmonic. Post a Comment Advertisement Fiber, 5G or Cable? The Battle for the Enterprise Branch Office By Matt Davis, Founder and Principal Analyst, Independence Research LLC, 7/29/2019 Fresh survey results show that the distributed enterprise market is up for grabs as cable operators, traditional telcos and wireless providers vie for advantage. Post a Comment Meeting Cable's 10G Challenge Without Lots More Fiber By Alan Breznick, Cable/Video Practice Leader, Light Reading, 7/22/2019 Cable operators may not not need to go all-fiber or adopt the new Full Duplex DOCSIS spec to deliver symmetrical 10Gbit/s speeds to broadband subscribers. Post a Comment Shaw Bets on BlueCurve for Broadband By Alan Breznick, Cable/Video Practice Leader, Light Reading, 7/15/2019 As part of its broad product syndication deal with Comcast, big Canadian MSO is counting on new home WiFi app, DOCSIS 3.1 rollout and IPTV launch to trigger fresh subscriber and revenue growth. Post a Comment Comcast Commits Millions to Harmonic's 'CableOS' Platform By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 7/9/2019 Under the new enterprise license, Comcast will pay $175 million in software license fees over four years in a move that could help to fuel the cable op's access network virtualization efforts. Post a Comment The Road to DOCSIS 4.0 By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 6/26/2019 DOCSIS has taken a few twists and turns over the past 20 years as it heads toward a next-generation of specs that support Full Duplex DOCSIS, low-latency DOCSIS and Extended Spectrum DOCSIS capabilities. Post a Comment CableLabs Kicks Off Pursuit of DOCSIS 4.0 By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 6/24/2019 New specs will repackage recent annexes and enhancements to DOCSIS 3.1, such as Full Duplex DOCSIS and Low Latency DOCSIS, and add in new Extended Spectrum DOCSIS capabilities. Post a Comment Power Shift in Cable Access Network Market Underway By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 6/19/2019 Harmonic riding high on stock upgrade as 'big bet' on the virtual CCAP shows signs of paying off, and as CommScope get downgraded amid tough start for recently acquired Arris. Post a Comment Nokia, Altibox Give Cable Network Virtualization a Dose of Reality By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 6/10/2019 Deployments of cable distributed access architectures and network virtualization aren't going gangbusters yet, but recent activities in Europe also show that it's not at a standstill, either. Post a Comment Why Cable DAA Is DOA This Year By Alan Breznick, Cable/Video Practice Leader, Light Reading, 6/7/2019 Cable technologists say DAA rollouts have not ramped up as expected this year because of a variety of factors but still express optimism about 2020 prospects. Post a Comment Cable Techies Eye 25-Gig Path By Alan Breznick, Cable/Video Practice Leader, Light Reading, 6/6/2019 Even though cable's 10-Gig-enabling broadband spec, Full Duplex DOCSIS, hasn't hit the streets yet, some leading industry engineers are already laying the groundwork for a future DOCSIS spec that would support symmetrical speeds of up to 25 Gigs. Post a Comment CommScope Takes Aim at Cable Network Virtualization, Low-Latency DOCSIS By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 6/3/2019 Following Arris acquisition, CommScope brings new wares and technologies to this week's Anga Com event in Germany. Post a Comment CableLabs Seeks to Supercharge WiFi By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 5/21/2019 New open source project from CableLabs focuses on 'Dual Channel WiFi' technology that can set up dedicated channels for specific apps and traffic types such as streaming video and online gaming. Post a Comment Liberty Global Grapples With Revenue Slump By Alan Breznick, Cable/Video Practice Leader, Light Reading, 5/13/2019 Even as it carries out its phased retreat from the European continent, Liberty Global is trying to stem video sub losses and spur fresh revenue growth with a slate of new product and service offerings. Post a Comment More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Newsfeed - industry press releases, curated by our editors Casa Q2 Revenues Drop to $52.1M Wednesday, July 31, 2019 Dev Systemtechnik Touts DOCSIS 3.1 Remote PHY Interop Thursday, June 13, 2019 Harmonic Adds Low-Latency Mode to 'CableOS,' Touts Remote PHY Device Interop Tuesday, June 4, 2019 CommScope Q1 Sales Drop 1.9%, Arris Sales Dip 12.4% Thursday, May 9, 2019 Zoom Telephonics Wraps $5M Strategic Investment Monday, May 6, 2019 Casa Systems Q1 Revenues Dive as Integrated CCAP Sales Dry Up Wednesday, May 1, 2019 Harmonic Revenues Dip 11.1% in Q1 Monday, April 29, 2019 Netgear Intros Multi-Gig Cable Modem Monday, April 29, 2019 More Newsfeeds		Security Now Fintech Startups Get Sloppy With Application Security Larry Loeb, Author, 8/20/2019 Some startups need to shape up or ship out. (0) New Industry Drives Renewed Interest in Embedded Security Larry Loeb, Author, 8/20/2019 Hardware for security may just get hot. 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