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Articles ISPs catch heat about data caps, price increases Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 1/13/2021 A group of major US broadband service providers is under pressure from Democrats in the House Energy & Commerce committee for implementing data caps and usage-based policies and/or for raising service prices during the pandemic. Hitron's DOCSIS sensor designed to streamline self-installs, cut capex Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 1/8/2021 Self-installation kits (SIKs) have helped cable operators and their customers weather the pandemic. Now Hitron Technologies is expanding on those efforts with the launch of a low-cost coax outlet testing device designed to streamline the overall process and reduce operator capital expenditures. US ISPs add 1.32M subs in Q3 2020 Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 12/16/2020 Led by gains of 1.38 million subs by cable operators that offset a small loss from domestic telcos, US broadband service providers combined to add 1.32 million subscribers in Q3 2020, up from net adds of 947,000 a year ago, according to a new report form MoffettNathanson analyst Craig Moffett. CommScope launches cable network upstream booster Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 12/14/2020 CommScope is taking aim at upstream upgrades on widely deployed hybrid fiber/coax (HFC) networks with new transmitters and receivers enabling a "high-split" that expands the spectrum available for the upstream to 204MHz. Verizon and CFU lead as Frontier and AT&T lag the field in online gaming Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 12/10/2020 Consumers still have a need for speed during the pandemic, but attributes such as latency and jitter are also important, particularly among online gamers. 2 comments RDOF round one: Winners and losers Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 12/8/2020 Round one of the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) awarded some $9.2 billion, or 57.5% of what was available. And it's clear that Charter Communications and SpaceX are among those that made it into the RDOF winner's circle. Cable access market bounces back in Q3 Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 12/2/2020 Total spending on broadband access equipment reached $3.1 billion in Q3 2020, up 1% versus the year-ago period, thanks in part to a rebound in cable network spending along with sustained spending on PON equipment, according to Dell'Oro Group. Shaw unleashes 1.5 Gig on HFC Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 11/9/2020 A few months after launching 1-Gig residential broadband service on its DOCSIS 3.1 network, Canadian cable op Shaw Communications has taken another step forward with the debut of a tier that delivers up to 1.5 Gbit/s in the downstream. Shaw suffers broadband sub loss again Alan Breznick, Cable/Video Practice Leader, Light Reading, 11/2/2020 Even as it achieved improved overall financial results, Shaw Communications slogged through a disappointing summer on the broadband front as it shed high-speed data customers for the second straight quarter. Rogers sees broadband, IPTV growth slow in Q3 Alan Breznick, Cable/Video Practice Leader, Light Reading, 10/26/2020 Although its cable revenues generally held steady in the third quarter, Rogers Communications surprisingly picked up much fewer broadband and IPTV customers over the summer even as the COVID-19 pandemic continued to rage throughout Canada. Hitting the DOCSIS 'sweet spot' Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 10/14/2020 SCTE/ISBE Cable-Tec Expo - It's not quite the 31 flavors of ice cream offered by Baskin-Robbins, but cable operators do have plenty of choices and technical options in hand with respect to today's DOCSIS 3.1 technology and, further down the road, with DOCSIS 4.0. 'Project Overcome' seeks new ways to close digital divide Nicole Ferraro, Contributing Editor, Light Reading, 10/6/2020 As the pandemic continues to cast a brighter spotlight on the digital divide and its disastrous impact on communities, it's becoming clear that large-scale broadband builds are not addressing the problem fast enough. New and supplemental solutions may be needed to connect communities quickly and to meet individual challenges to getting people online: ... Load More Articles + All Articles All Video All Slide Shows All Articles The 'Agile Titan' – an Advanced Supplier Model to Meet the Needs of 21st Century Networks Josh Hirschey, General Manager, Amphenol Broadband Solutions and Mette Brink, General Manager, Amphenol Procom & Amphenol Antenna Solutions EMEA & APAC, , 5/7/2020 The need to stay ahead of the technology curve is integral to developing networks that can meet or exceed the bandwidth demand of consumers. Within the broadband industry, we've seen first-hand the approach leading equipment providers have taken, which is to acquire companies that will help fill product or service voids and absorb them into their ... All blogs		Industry Announcements Hyperoptic offers free broadband for students learning from home 5 hours and 38 minutes ago OneWeb secures investment from SoftBank and Hughes Friday, January 15, 2021 TransWorld taps Calix to build ultimate rural broadband business Thursday, January 14, 2021 CityFibre invests over £60M in full fiber for Sunderland Thursday, January 14, 2021 Kinetic by Windstream added 60,000 broadband customers in 2020 Wednesday, January 13, 2021 Atlantic Broadband launches 'WiFi Your Way' home Wi-Fi solution Tuesday, January 12, 2021 TP-Link intros new networking offerings to boost speed, security Monday, January 11, 2021 More Industry Announcements Sponsored Video Ronan Kelly, ADTRAN CTO, EMEA & APAC, shares his thoughts on the regulatory and government policy, technology adoption and consumer services ... Ronan Kelly, ADTRAN CTO, EMEA & APC, shares his thoughts on industry operators leveraging virtualization, disaggregation and open SDN control, ... Network slicing promises to be a panacea, but the biggest hurdles are not technological. The grand ambition of enabling intelligent, adaptive, ... F-Secure has been providing security for endpoints for 30 years, and using AI and machine learning algorithms, for example in the labs to automate ... Fahri Diner, CEO and Co-founder of Plume, unveiled a new open source initiative, OpenSync, at Broadband World Forum 2018. Announced together with ... All Videos Information Resources >> FTTx Case Study Series eBook >> Broadband networks case studies - Innovating the future of FTTx and HFC networks >> Virtualizing the cable headend >> Network Convergence - Building a smart, simple infrastructure with advanced network capabilities >> Network Capacity: Why You Should Be Concerned >> The Science of Great Wi-Fi >> Next-Generation PON: Eliminating Physical Constraints From the Access Network >> Addressing Subscriber Security Challenges With Comprehensive Gateway Security Controls >> Future Residential Gateways Will Take Voice Assistant Functionality to the Next Level >> Spring Showers Bring Lightning Surges – Learn How to Protect Your Network All resources Broadband World Forum Perspectives 9/27/2019 BBWF Interview: Rogers Communications' Lindsey Omelon on the Evolving Customer Digital Experience As the Senior Digital Experience Strategist at Canadian operator Rogers Communications, Lindsey Omelon build on her years of marketing experience to approach her strategy with a hybrid ... Post a Comment 9/11/2019 BBWF Interview: KT's JP Lee on AI in Telecoms There's certainly no shortage of hype around the use of AI in the telecoms sector, but fewer instances of real-world deployments. South Korean national operator KT is one of those ... Post a Comment 9/9/2019 BBWF Interview: MyRepublic's Jay Shah Cuts Through the AI Hype Do a Google search of 'artificial intelligence broadband' and you'll get more than 9 million results in less than a second: The sheer volume of content out there shouldn't surprise anyone ... Post a Comment 8/30/2019 BBWF Interview: Comcast's Michael Soileau on Tackling Transformation Comcast, like any other major communications service provider, is undergoing significant changes in the way it grows its business, how it runs its business and the technologies it uses to ... Post a Comment 8/19/2019 BBWF Interview: NOS's Manuel Eanes on the Smart Home Opp for Telcos Five years ago, NOS board member Manuel Ramalho Eanes banked big on smart homes and smart cities. Post a Comment All Broadband World Forum Perspectives Webinars ARCHIVED Thursday, December 17, 2020 12:00 p.m. New York / 5:00 p.m. London Why Now is the Time for 10G PON Today’s access network architecture is under mounting pressure due to a continued surge in the number of connected devices, a proliferation of bandwidth-intensive customer applications and dramatic shifts in usage patterns related to the pandemic, such as work-from-home and e-learning. Learn why now is the right time for cable operators to build greenfield networks or expand their existing networks with 10G PON, arming customers with high-speed symmetrical broadband. Gain a clear understanding of the drivers impacting the access network and the various approaches being considered to deliver higher speed services. Plus, find out the best practices that operators are employing as they leverage the latest in passive optical technology to future-proof their networks. Topics to be covered include: Node + 0 (Fiber Deep) DOCSIS 3.1, DOCSIS 4.0 (FDX/ESD) FTTP and 10G PON XGS-PON, NG-PON2 Provisioning 10G PON within a DOCSIS B/OSS environment More Webinars Webinar Archives Partner Perspectives - from our sponsors The 'Agile Titan' – an Advanced Supplier Model to Meet the Needs of 21st Century Networks By Josh Hirschey, General Manager, Amphenol Broadband Solutions and Mette Brink, General Manager, Amphenol Procom & Amphenol Antenna Solutions EMEA & APAC Evolving unlicensed 5G applications: Closing the divide in mobile and last-mile connections By Sivers IMA What Service Providers Should Know About WiFi 6 By Greg Owens, Senior Director, Product Marketing, Calix Turning the Keys to State-of-the-Art 5G mmWave By Sivers IMA Necessity Is the Mother of Invention By Mark Weller All Partner Perspectives