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News & Views Most Popular AirTies Hikes Hardware-Agnostic Path as Whole-Home WiFi Takes Off By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 10/18/2018 Hooks WiFi mesh software into cable-backed RDK-B open source software stack for gateways and extenders, claims tier-1 operator has given the greenlight. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Why Vodafone Is Betting on Cloud Video By Alan Breznick, Cable/Video Practice Leader, Light Reading, 10/15/2018 Major European provider will lay out the strategy behind its new Vodafone TV streaming service at Light Reading's Cable Next-Gen Europe event in London next month. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Charter Chief Shrugs Off 5G Threat By Alan Breznick, Cable/Video Practice Leader, Light Reading, 9/14/2018 Speaking at a Goldman Sachs media conference, Charter CEO Tom Rutledge says 5G fixed-wireless networks won't be able to match cable's planned 10-Gig symmetrical speeds or economics. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Advertisement Altice USA's 'Full' MVNO Puts It in SIM City By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 9/7/2018 Operating the core network and owning the SIM card will lead to lower churn, pave the path to more control of the service and offer other benefits, CEO says. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Altice USA: 'Wait Till Next Year!' By Alan Breznick, Cable/Video Practice Leader, Light Reading, 8/3/2018 Fourth-biggest US MSO is laying the groundwork for a fresh wave of subscriber and revenue growth next year with FTTH buildout, uber set-top rollout, 1-Gig deployments and MVNO deal. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Charter's 'Inside-Out' Wireless Plan Starts to Take Shape By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 8/1/2018 Cable op introduces 802.11ax router alongside plans for a more advanced in-home small cell that will also sport LTE and IoT antennas. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Netflix Is Growing, but Don't Ask by How Much By Phil Harvey, US News Editor, 7/16/2018 Netflix missed its subscriber forecast, which spooked investors, but the company's execs insist that nothing about the business has really changed. Post a Comment \| Read (5 comments) Latest Comment: Phil_Britt It's taking a while, but at some time laws of numbers, debt, etc. have to catch... Advertisement Why ISPs Are High on Whole-Home WiFi By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 7/13/2018 Premium in-home WiFi service creates new stream of revenue alongside important operational benefits. Post a Comment \| Read (3 comments) Latest Comment: Phil_Britt It's just like banking, the more products or services (including expanding... Cable Undergoing Extensive Wireless Transformation By Craig Leddy, 7/13/2018 Cable is moving in on the wireless market, with many exciting opportunities opening up across the board, including in WiFi, mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) and 5G. Post a Comment \| Read (0) 5G Will Spur More Fixed-Mobile Convergence – Ovum By Dan Jones, Mobile Editor, 7/10/2018 5G spells opportunity for FMC upsell, reckons the Ovum team. Post a Comment \| Read (3 comments) Latest Comment: Phil_Britt Selling the promise sounds good. But if one sells the promise and can't deliver,... Cable's New Focus: More Fiber & D3.1 By Alan Breznick, Cable/Video Practice Leader, Light Reading, 5/30/2018 In BBWN's latest poll about the cable industry's next-gen tech plans, constructing new FTTH networks scored as the top priority, followed closely by rolling out D3.1 and gigabit speeds. Post a Comment \| Read (0) FCC: Put a Price on Unlicensed Spectrum By Mari Silbey, Senior Editor, Cable/Video, 5/25/2018 Spectrum means money. Even the unlicensed kind. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: Michelle Wow. It sounds like things will be moving forward with these two working together.... Comcast, Hippo Offer Home Insurance With IoT-Powered Savings By Mari Silbey, Senior Editor, Cable/Video, 5/22/2018 2010 called. It wants its business model back. Post a Comment \| Read (2 comments) Latest Comment: kq4ym The trade-off of course is that to get that discount on insurance or other... Altice USA Rolls Out Uber Set-Tops By Alan Breznick, Cable/Video Practice Leader, Light Reading, 5/10/2018 Altice USA deploys first 100,000 home entertainment hubs in NYC metro area and plans to launch box in former Suddenlink territories throughout the spring and summer. Post a Comment \| Read (0) WiC Leading Lights 2018 Finalists: Female Tech Pioneer of the Year By Sarah Thomas, Director, Women in Comms, 5/9/2018 Heavy hitters in cable, open source and optical networking make up the five women who are shortlisted for the Hedy Lamarr-inspired Female Tech Pioneer of the Year category. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Mobile Merger Changes Cable Calculus By Mari Silbey, Senior Editor, Cable/Video, 5/7/2018 The Sprint/T-Mobile deal complicates the cable MVNO universe. Post a Comment \| Read (4 comments) Latest Comment: Phil_Britt The only thing is that there might not be one less competitor. The Administration... Where Charter's Chugging Along... & Where It's Not By Mari Silbey, Senior Editor, Cable/Video, 4/27/2018 Investors may be worried about the wrong things. Post a Comment \| Read (0) New Data on Pole Prices Power 5G Debate By Mari Silbey, Senior Editor, Cable/Video, 4/25/2018 The cost of 5G deployments depends in part on the cost of pole attachment fees. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Comcast, Charter Hint at New MVNO Deals By Mari Silbey, Senior Editor, Cable/Video, 4/20/2018 A new joint operating platform owned by Comcast and Charter will support multiple MNVO partners. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Comcast Revs Up Smart Home Engine By Mari Silbey, Senior Editor, Cable/Video, 4/10/2018 New updates are rolling out on Comcast's smart home platform. Post a Comment \| Read (3 comments) Latest Comment: kq4ym The elder community would seem to be a good target for expanded IoT devices... More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Message Boards joydeepb1, 8/10/2018 5:20:04 AM Altice & Sprint Ink MVNO Deal Re: Growth of full MVNOs Advice on becoming a full MVNO to be more profitable is not restricted to cable MVNOs only. This must be true for any MVNOs in general especially those with large user population of outbound roamers. They need to look for... Phil_Britt, 7/23/2018 3:45:27 PM 5G Will Spur More Fixed-Mobile Convergence – Ovum Re: Re: On 5G Convergence Selling the promise sounds good. But if one sells the promise and can't deliver, it can send the customer to a competitor. Phil_Britt, 7/23/2018 3:01:12 PM Why ISPs Are High on Whole-Home WiFi Re: Re: Whole-Home WiFi It's just like banking, the more products or services (including expanding services) a company has with a customer, the harder it is for that customer to leave. Phil_Britt, 7/23/2018 2:51:35 PM Netflix Is Growing, but Don't Ask by How Much Re: Re: Final frontiers It's taking a while, but at some time laws of numbers, debt, etc. have to catch up to Netflix. While it likely has a better cushion (dedicated subscribers) than many others, at some point the debt will need to slow down. kq4ym, 7/22/2018 7:38:21 AM 5G Will Spur More Fixed-Mobile Convergence – Ovum Re: Re: On 5G Convergence Whatever the timeline for 5G providers could certainly hang their hat on "upselling opportunities as part of convergence." Of course that's nothing new in the world of selling. They've been doing that for decades. What's... Phil Harvey, 7/17/2018 11:41:17 AM Netflix Is Growing, but Don't Ask by How Much Re: Re: Final frontiers Yeah, that's going to be a big deal when they have slowing growth and mounting debt as they take on foreign markets. They'll need to pay a dividend, perhaps, and really sell investors on the idea that what they have simply... mendyk, 7/17/2018 11:30:08 AM Netflix Is Growing, but Don't Ask by How Much Re: Re: Final frontiers Agree -- one question is how big the debt pile will grow as it tries to gain dominance in those Asian markets. If subscriber growth does level off (which is inevitable at some point), then "investor" attention will turn... Phil Harvey, 7/17/2018 10:51:19 AM Netflix Is Growing, but Don't Ask by How Much Re: Re: Final frontiers If they stick to their guns about not becoming a generic, stream everything company, the only play for them (assuming market saturation in the developed world) is to become a hit-making machine in India, China and the U.S. They've... mendyk, 7/17/2018 9:48:24 AM Netflix Is Growing, but Don't Ask by How Much Re: Final frontiers The Stans are still a greenfield opportunity for Netflix. And the two Mongolias. And our new friends in North Korea. So no need to panic or do something drastic like make your service profitable. Jeff Baumgartner, 7/13/2018 11:03:51 AM Why ISPs Are High on Whole-Home WiFi Re: Re: Whole-Home WiFi Thanks, totally agree with you there -- makes sense for them to take ownership of the home's WiFi network also because that's how most customers access the internet in the home for all those apps and services. When I spoke... Gabriel Brown, 7/13/2018 7:44:39 AM Why ISPs Are High on Whole-Home WiFi Re: Whole-Home WiFi Interesting piece Jeff. You could argue that ISPs are really selling WiFi as that is how their customers (largely) consume the product*. Outside the U.S., it's really interesting to look at Telefonica's strategy. It has... sanusense, 7/12/2018 3:11:44 AM 5G Will Spur More Fixed-Mobile Convergence – Ovum Re: On 5G Convergence No matter what we face during the early stages, at the end of day 5G will become a key component of mission-critical services that will dramatically improve safety and security. kq4ym, 6/7/2018 7:25:49 AM Comcast, Hippo Offer Home Insurance With IoT-Powered Savings Re: Re: Hmm The trade-off of course is that to get that discount on insurance or other services is that some privacy may be given up as the IoT devices upload information to the providers who may or may not share that info with others.... Michelle, 5/25/2018 5:18:25 PM FCC: Put a Price on Unlicensed Spectrum Re: High fives Wow. It sounds like things will be moving forward with these two working together. It's refreshing to see such cooperation! Frank1956, 5/22/2018 7:11:18 AM Comcast, Hippo Offer Home Insurance With IoT-Powered Savings Re: Hmm Well this is quite interesting, I will follow their mvoes. 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