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By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 12/13/2019
David Strauss of Broadband Success Partners dives into new research that explores which new verticals, such as e-gaming and hospitality, will keep cable's business services engine humming in the years to come.
By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 12/10/2019
Comcast Business's Christian Nascimento details how this fast-growing unit of the company has adapted Comcast's cloud-based video platform to service the commercial market, including restaurants, hotels and other hospitality venues.
By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 12/6/2019
Light Reading's Alan Breznick and Jeff Baumgartner look at the future and past of cable business services.
By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 12/5/2019
NEW YORK -- Cable-Next Gen Business Strategies -- Starry's fixed wireless broadband service is live in five US markets, with plans underway to roll it out to about a dozen more. But the ...
By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 12/4/2019
NEW YORK -- Cable-Next Gen Business Strategies -- Comcast Business is testing an app developed by a startup called GameOn that enables patrons in bars and restaurants to participate in ...
By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 12/3/2019
NEW YORK -- Cable Next-Gen Business Strategies -- US cable operators are making progress in their pursuit of lucrative, enterprise-sized services deals, but their bread and butter ...
By Alan Breznick, Cable/Video Practice Leader, Light Reading, 11/25/2019
For almost the past two decades, US cable operators have been counting on enterprise-focused services to supply a steady stream of new business customers, higher revenues and big profits ...
By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 11/21/2019
To be successful and positioned for the future, service operators must become agnostic on the access network, supporting a blend of wired, wireless and mobile connectivity.
By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 11/14/2019
Berlin -- Cable Congress/Cable Next-Gen Europe -- Broadband customers that are new to Vodafone Germany seem to gravitate to the service provider's top-end speed tier at a surprisingly high ...
By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 11/13/2019
BERLIN -- Cable Congress 2019 -- Reflecting the move toward higher speeds, the convergence of fixed and mobile networks and the need for a unified vision among the region's service ...
By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 11/13/2019
What a difference a year makes. Last fall, Europe's major cable operators were still sizing up their plans to deploy DOCSIS 3.1 in a big way. This year, those plans have morphed into major ...
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How Cable Will Broaden Its Horizons for Biz Services
12|13|19   |   06:05   |   (0) comments

David Strauss of Broadband Success Partners dives into fresh research with North American cablecos that explores which new verticals, including IoT for agra-business, e-gaming and hospitality, will keep cable's business services engine humming in the years to come.
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Cisco's Paolo Campoli: When Security Is Network-Based
12|13|19   |     |   (0) comments

Paolo Campoli, head of the SP Sector for Cisco EMEAR, discusses the trends of security in enterprise and small to midsized companies, and the opportunity with Cisco Umbrella to make 5G and broadband networks inherently secure and suitable to support the Country Digital agenda.
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Starry Eyes Commercial Market
12|13|19   |     |   (0) comments

Starry Internet COO Alex Moulle-Berteaux discusses the fixed-wireless player's ambitious expansion strategy with 5G, including plans to pursue small business owners and people who work from their homes.
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Cisco Bets Its Business on 'Internet for the Future' Strategy
12|12|19   |   03:09   |   (0) comments

Cisco's audacious new "Internet for the Future" strategy, which comprises completely new silicon, operating system software and a new business model, is either going to drive Cisco's domination of Internet infrastructure for a generation to come -- or flop spectacularly. With a strategy as ambitious as Cisco's, there's no middle ground, says Light Reading's Mitch ...
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Ray Mota on Cisco's Network Vision
12|12|19   |   04:41   |   (0) comments

Ray Mota, CEO and principal analyst for ACG Research, dives into Cisco's 'Internet for the Future' strategy, noting that the key focus is on helping service providers boost capacity as they roll out 5G and other new services while keeping costs in line. That's important because customers are using more bandwidth but aren't paying more for it, notes Mota.
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Cisco's SP Chief on 'Silicon One'
12|12|19   |   8:08   |   (2) comments

Jonathan Davidson, SVP and general manager of Cisco's Service Provider Business, outlines the key takeaways from the company's major new networking portfolio announcements, including the Silicon One chip launch, new router platforms, enhanced operating software and optical plans.
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Making Virtual Business Services Real
12|11|19   |     |   (0) comments

Charter Spectrum Enterprise's Satya Parimi discusses the cableco's rollout of SD-WAN and virtualized security services, the lessons learned and the challenges still ahead.
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The Telecoms.com Podcast: Media, Edge & Cunning Plans
12|11|19   |     |   (0) comments

This week's podcast is brought to you from the Ritz Carlton Vienna, where Scott attended the Light Reading 2020 Vision Summit and roped Phil and Iain from LR into doing a pod with him. They start by discussing where operators should get involved in media, move on to whether they should get into bed with AWS over the mobile edge and conclude by wondering whether or ...
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Cisco's Kumar Reddy: 5G Is Much More Than a Radio
12|10|19   |     |   (0) comments

Light Reading's Ray Le Maistre and Cisco's Kumar Reddy discuss 5G's value relative to the applications, experiences and services it enables across wired and wireless networks. They also cover how 5G's value and revenue potential extends into consumer and enterprise markets.
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Preparing for 5G Scale
12|10|19   |   05:25   |   (0) comments

Andrew Coward, CEO of Lumina Networks, discusses the preparation needed for 5G network deployments, where the number of basestations, cell sites and backhaul connections are expected to multiply by a factor of 10s or even 100s. He highlights the important role that open source software will play in 5G strategies, particularly in the control plane of a 5G network, ...
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Comcast's X1 Platform Means Business
12|10|19   |   06:57   |   (0) comments

Comcast Business's Christian Nascimento details how this fast-growing unit of the company has adapted Comcast's cloud-based video platform to service the commercial market, including restaurants, hotels and other hospitality venues.
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Cable Sizes Up New Business Verticals & Vectors
12|6|19   |   08:47   |   (0) comments

In a wrap-up of the Cable Next-Gen Business Strategies conference in New York, Light Reading's Alan Breznick and Jeff Baumgartner discuss what new apps and market verticals will rev up revenues for cable business services in the years to come while also taking a look back at how this critical industry segment has expanded and evolved over the past 13 years.