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News & Views Most Popular Comcast Sizing Up Plan to Syndicate a Virtual CMTS – Sources By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 5/22/2019 Comcast says it's premature to talk about how its network virtualization strategies will take shape, but industry sources say Comcast has discussed the idea of licensing its new tech to other MSOs. Post a Comment \| Read (0) 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 \| Read (0) Leadership Change Afoot at Arris's Network & Cloud Unit By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 5/15/2019 Following CommScope merger, Dan Whalen has left the company and been succeeded by another industry vet, Kevin Keefe, who takes the reins of the unit during a critical time for the company. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Advertisement Subdued Cable Spending Hits Arris By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 5/10/2019 Arris is off to a sluggish start, but hopeful that business will pick up as operators bulk up on DOCSIS 3.1 network capacity and start to snap up customer premises equipment. Post a Comment \| Read (0) DOCSIS 3.1 Still Rules the Cable Roost By Alan Breznick, Cable/Video Practice Leader, Light Reading, 5/6/2019 In our latest poll about cable's next-gen options, DOCSIS 3.1 barely nudged out DAA and FTTH as the industry's biggest tech priority for 2019. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: wilfredbarry Have you compared your findings with the performance of Adara's SDN offered... Casa Systems Sees Bottom Fall Out in Q1 By Alan Breznick, Cable/Video Practice Leader, Light Reading, 5/2/2019 Cable and wireless network access vendor reports revenues sank by more than half in Q1 as broadband product and service contracts fell across the board. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Harmonic CEO: We Want to Be No. 1 in Cable Virtualization, DAA By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 4/29/2019 Harmonic sees a big year ahead for its 'CableOS' platform and distributed access architecture deployments as vendor takes aim at a cable network market that's been led by Arris, Cisco and Casa Systems. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: Jeff Baumgartner At least one analyst doesn't share quite the same level of enthusiasm as Harmonic... Advertisement Startup Seeks Cable Edge in Edge Computing By Alan Breznick, Cable/Video Practice Leader, Light Reading, 4/8/2019 Mutable Founder & CEO Antonio Pellegrino explains how his New York startup aims to team with cable operators and other service providers to offer edge computing apps to customers. Post a Comment \| Read (0) CommScope Wraps $7.4B Deal for Arris By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 4/4/2019 Strategic aim of the merger centers on prep for the 5G transition, network convergence and complementary wireless tech spanning both licensed and unlicensed spectrum. Post a Comment \| Read (3 comments) Latest Comment: Duh! Imagine this in a John Oliver rant. CableLabs's Virtualization Efforts Enter New Realities By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 4/4/2019 Virtualization group retooling to support industry's new Flexible MAC Architecture amid recent departure of two execs focused on NFV and SDN, sources say. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: e2mbcorp Why is it called FMA, but then there's a statement that the focus in going... Why Cable Automation Is Taking Off By Alan Breznick, Cable/Video Practice Leader, Light Reading, 3/29/2019 Broadband Success Partners' David Strauss shares highlights of his firm's fresh research about the cable industry's growing forays into network automation. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Ready Player Stadia: Google's Gaming Platform a Scary Prospect for Telcos By Iain Morris, News Editor, 3/21/2019 Google's new gaming platform could usher in a new age of cloud gaming, with ramifications for parents and telcos worldwide. Post a Comment \| Read (9 comments) Latest Comment: brooks7 @Duh!, As kids move to watching their own streams on their phones, why will... 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) Why Cable Operators Need DAA By Jaimie Lenderman, Senior Analyst, Ovum, 3/4/2019 Cablecos must go beyond platform upgrades like DOCSIS 3.1 to stay truly competitive with the growing number of FTTH offerings from rival providers. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Casa Systems Seeks Wireless Gains Amid Wireline Pains By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 2/25/2019 Vendor makes moves into wireless and mobile as pace of distributed access architecture deployments by cable operators goes slower than anticipated. Post a Comment \| Read (0) How Cable Vendors Could Profit From DAA Upgrades By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 2/21/2019 Cable network suppliers are in for a rough 2019 as MSOs remain in decision-mode, but relief is ahead as DAA deployments help infrastructure investments rise to $2B by 2023, Dell'Oro says. Post a Comment \| Read (0) 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;... Virgin Media, Arris Test 8-Gig Symmetrical Speeds By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 2/5/2019 Trial to involve about 50 homes will use Arris E6000 chassis outfitted with 10-Gig EPON line card and DOCSIS-based provisioning. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: Jeff Baumgartner Virgin Media also posted a promo video about the project. It's heavy on the... Harmonic Touts Progress With Virtualized & Distributed Cable Network Deployments By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 2/4/2019 First wave of virtualized CCAP deployments centered on small and midsized MSOs as larger cable ops begin to turn hard on distributed access architectures, CEO says. Post a Comment \| Read (2 comments) Latest Comment: Jeff Baumgartner George Notter with Jefferies put out a note that he's "still on the sidelines"... 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) More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Message Boards mdrejhon, 5/22/2019 5:15:22 PM Charter Nears Gigabit Finish Line Re: Re: Good News I am in Canada too and I use a 1TB consumer dropbox account to sync my entire computer (My Documents, Photos, Videos, etc) while also being able to remotely access it on other devices. It conveniently doubles... wilfredbarry, 5/6/2019 10:58:28 AM DOCSIS 3.1 Still Rules the Cable Roost Re: Data transmission speed Have you compared your findings with the performance of Adara's SDN offered on AWS? Jeff Baumgartner, 4/30/2019 1:25:26 PM Harmonic CEO: We Want to Be No. 1 in Cable Virtualization, DAA Re: A less bullish, more cautious view At least one analyst doesn't share quite the same level of enthusiasm as Harmonic does regarding CableOS momentum. George Notter, analyst with Jefferies, has a more cautious, less bullish view. "While we like the customer... Duh!, 4/5/2019 4:22:32 PM CommScope Wraps $7.4B Deal for Arris Re: Re: History lesson Imagine this in a John Oliver rant. Jeff Baumgartner, 4/5/2019 11:54:58 AM CommScope Wraps $7.4B Deal for Arris Re: Re: History lesson It's taken a long time, but this thing has come full circle. And that Continental reference goes waaaaay back. JB mahjbeen, 4/4/2019 7:48:03 PM The Cable DAA Vendor Race Begins Re: best latex mattress This is the thing that makes the best latex bedding such a joy to rest on. Manufactured mixes will give you a decent sleeping cushion at a to some degree better cost. best latex mattress ... Duh!, 4/4/2019 7:01:25 PM CommScope Wraps $7.4B Deal for Arris Re: History lesson Commscope spun out of Continental Cable, merged with Valtech, got bought out by MA/COM, who sold them to GI. GI split up and spun out Commscope. GI got acquired by Motorola and morphed into Motorola Connected Home. Carl... e2mbcorp, 4/4/2019 8:52:13 AM CableLabs's Virtualization Efforts Enter New Realities Re: The MAC is layer 2 Why is it called FMA, but then there's a statement that the focus in going to be on the transport and control planes. The MAC is layer 2, also referred to as the Data Link Layer, sitting on top of the Physical layer... brooks7, 3/25/2019 11:51:23 AM Ready Player Stadia: Google's Gaming Platform a Scary Prospect for Telcos Re: Re: Stadia Impact @Duh!, As kids move to watching their own streams on their phones, why will people invest in technologies that only work on very large screens? Can you imagine a home say 10 years from now that has no TV and no phone... Duh!, 3/25/2019 10:40:35 AM Ready Player Stadia: Google's Gaming Platform a Scary Prospect for Telcos Re: Re: Stadia Impact "I think that 4K and 8K video are DOA, so I don't think this is as big a deal as others. As we head to personal streaming services, I think screen sizes are going to shrink and we may see the end of the central TV... Gabriel Brown, 3/25/2019 7:27:26 AM Ready Player Stadia: Google's Gaming Platform a Scary Prospect for Telcos Re: Re: Stadia Impact Some good points seven. I don't game much, but look over my kids' shoulders now and again Is it the case that multi-platform games are finally starting to take hold? Is there any chance that this can break the power of... brooks7, 3/22/2019 12:58:09 PM Ready Player Stadia: Google's Gaming Platform a Scary Prospect for Telcos Re: Re: Stadia Impact Ever done it? The experience is awful compared to other platforms. seven Norm, 3/22/2019 11:55:44 AM Ready Player Stadia: Google's Gaming Platform a Scary Prospect for Telcos Re: Re: Stadia Impact brooks7, people are playing fortnite on a phone already. brooks7, 3/22/2019 11:41:45 AM Ready Player Stadia: Google's Gaming Platform a Scary Prospect for Telcos Re: Re: Stadia Impact @Gabriel, I think that 4K and 8K video are DOA, so I don't think this is as big a deal as others. As we head to personal streaming services, I think screen sizes are going to shrink and we may see the end of the central... Gabriel Brown, 3/22/2019 10:59:57 AM Ready Player Stadia: Google's Gaming Platform a Scary Prospect for Telcos Re: Re: Stadia Impact I was being a tiny bit fliappant, but also a bit serious. Obviously, it would be a small addresable market if you need 1 Gbit/s connection. Google says you need ~25 Mbit/s for 1080 60FPS and probably quite a bit less in... 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