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News & Views Most Popular Comcast Vetting Video Streaming Box for Broadband-Only Subs By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 11/8/2018 Tests centered on X1-powered device with voice remote capability will integrate Netflix and other OTT content, provide customers an upgrade path to Comcast's pay-TV bundles. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: Jeff Baumgartner As a point of clarification, the original story said Comcast was looking at... 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) Consumer Broadband Focus Shifts From Big Billboard Speeds to a Broader, Whole-Home Experience By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 11/6/2018 Whole-home device and software setups have become a critical, new weapon in broadband service arsenals. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Advertisement Making Smart Cities Smarter By Alan Breznick, Cable/Video Practice Leader, Light Reading, 11/5/2018 At SCTE Cable-Tec Expo in Atlanta last week, Arris and its partners demonstrated how fast broadband links can enable a growing array of smart-city applications. Post a Comment \| Read (0) FCC Tests Show WiFi Can Operate Safely in 5.9GHz Band By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 10/30/2018 Cable industry wants FCC to free up substantial portion of the band for WiFi. Post a Comment \| Read (3 comments) Latest Comment: parkardavid I have heard about this option. I also read about this when I found this option... Arris Gets a Fix on WiFi 6 By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 10/25/2018 New DOCSIS 3.1 router for cable ops builds in 802.11ax, 'EasyMesh' for whole-home WiFi. Post a Comment \| Read (0) CommScope in Talks to Buy Arris – Report By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 10/25/2018 Such a deal would bring another massive wave of consolidation to the wireline and wireless infrastructure sector and establish an even larger supplier with a major focus on the cable industry. Post a Comment \| Read (8 comments) Latest Comment: Jeff Baumgartner No argument there... I imagine they would consider anything in the ballpark... Advertisement Cable Makes Play for 5.9GHz Band By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 10/19/2018 NCTA urges FCC to take a 'fresh look' at the band and reassign a substantial portion of it for WiFi, arguing that the spectrum is grossly underutilized today as a connected car safety technology. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Comcast Wraps Up DOCSIS 3.1 Rollout By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 10/18/2018 Comcast says speed is still key, but emphasis is shifting to whole-home connectivity, control and the broader consumer experience. Post a Comment \| Read (2 comments) Latest Comment: stownplayer Just like Charter , who has the same "gig" service they are going to lose customers... 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) 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... 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) More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Message Boards parkardavid, 11/14/2018 8:07:47 AM FCC Tests Show WiFi Can Operate Safely in 5.9GHz Band Re: WiFi Test I have heard about this option. I also read about this when I found this option in the Router settings and got curious about this. But later found that it is an exciting and helpful feature to go with. The information... Jeff Baumgartner, 11/8/2018 2:19:27 PM Comcast Vetting Video Streaming Box for Broadband-Only Subs Re: clarification about X1 and Smart TVs As a point of clarification, the original story said Comcast was looking at possibly integrating X1 into other platforms, such as smart TVs, but the fact is that X1 is an OS at its core, so it's techincally possible that... Jeff Baumgartner, 10/31/2018 9:23:44 AM FCC Tests Show WiFi Can Operate Safely in 5.9GHz Band Re: Re: Hmm.. strictly speaking not exactly true... Thanks for the note and the comments. I did in fact read through the details, and it's true that the language they used is that the prototype devices "reliably detected DSRC signals" and that the prototypes were able to... CEO&Chai78815, 10/31/2018 4:11:27 AM FCC Tests Show WiFi Can Operate Safely in 5.9GHz Band Re: Hmm.. strictly speaking not exactly true... Hi Jeff - Actually, if you read the details of the FCC's statement on the testing (which is from 2016, btw) nowhere does it say exactly that 'Wi-Fi can operate safely in 5.9 GHz band'. It's a lot less conclusive. It only... Jeff Baumgartner, 10/30/2018 1:33:17 PM CommScope In Talks to Buy Arris – Report Re: Re: Future of the set-top biz? No argument there... I imagine they would consider anything in the ballpark of a fair price, if it came to that. In the meantime, they've already begun to tweak their set-top box biz by focusing on the most profitible... brooks7, 10/30/2018 12:38:42 PM CommScope In Talks to Buy Arris – Report Re: Re: Future of the set-top biz? Well, nobody is going to pay a premium on a business like that. So, unless someone is interested in buying it...put it in pure harvest mode. No development at all and no attempt at new sales. Take orders,... Jeff Baumgartner, 10/30/2018 11:33:17 AM CommScope In Talks to Buy Arris – Report Re: Re: Future of the set-top biz? I would be lying if I said it never crossed my mind, though I just can't see it happening in today's environment. But it's an idea that's been bandied about before: https://www.lightreading.com/huawei-seen-as-like... jessicajamson, 10/29/2018 10:50:59 PM US Cable WiFi Hotspots Near 17 Million Re: Re: Solution The Cable WiFi Alliance, although still in operation, appears to have stopped deploying new Wi-Fi hotspots. The alliance continues to tout half a million public hotspots falling into its purview, a figure that hasn't changed... brooks7, 10/29/2018 6:26:25 PM CommScope In Talks to Buy Arris – Report Re: Re: Future of the set-top biz? Doesn't it scream Huawei? seven Jeff Baumgartner, 10/29/2018 1:03:32 PM CommScope In Talks to Buy Arris – Report Re: Re: Future of the set-top biz? After more discussion on this with some people, I am starting to come around to Walt Piecyk's thinking here-- that this could accelerate a move by Arris to get out of the box biz. Big question though is who would be interested... johnsmith247, 10/26/2018 6:48:17 AM US Cable WiFi Hotspots Near 17 Million Re: Solution Venture out beyond the reach of your safe, familiar home wi-fi network and getting online can sometimes be a challenge. Netgear Router Password If you encounter some issues in accessing the internet through your router... Jeff Baumgartner, 10/25/2018 4:00:45 PM CommScope In Talks to Buy Arris – Report Re: Future of the set-top biz? In his reactionary note, Piecyk also suggested that CommScope would have a willingness to sell Arris's set-top box business, which today is about 35% of Arris revenues. While I agree with his assertion that the set-top... Jeff Baumgartner, 10/25/2018 9:47:23 AM CommScope In Talks to Buy Arris – Report Re: Re: Snake eating its own tail Thanks, that's an important thing to point out. In his note on this latest rumor, Simon Leopold did mention the getting-the-band-back-together aspect of this, mentioning the common roots - with CommScope spinning out from... Duh!, 10/25/2018 8:46:26 AM CommScope In Talks to Buy Arris – Report Re: Snake eating its own tail Bit of history here: General Instruments spun out Commscope, then was acquired by Motorola, which sold off the business to Google with the mobile patent portfolio, which then sold off the business to Arris, which is now... stownplayer, 10/20/2018 11:43:42 AM Comcast Wraps Up DOCSIS 3.1 Rollout Re: Re: DOCSIS 3.1 IRRELEVANT Just like Charter , who has the same "gig" service they are going to lose customers who want real symmetrical speeds to the likes of verizon, google, ATT, etc.... unless they aggressively upgrade their infrastructure to... 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