Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 4/15/2021
Nokia will look to establish a more direct connection with hundreds of independent cable and broadband operators after striking a fiber-focused deal with the National Cable Television Cooperative (NCTC).
Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 4/13/2021
Frontier Communications has tapped former AT&T exec Veronica Bloodworth as EVP and chief network officer, an appointment that comes as Frontier moves through the Chapter 11 bankruptcy restructuring process.
Nicole Ferraro, Contributing Editor, Light Reading, 4/9/2021
Also in this roundup: 'Connect New Mexico Act' becomes law; Altice USA and Morris Broadband become one; C-Spire releases rural broadband report; T-Mobile teams with Open Dutch Fibre.
Nicole Ferraro, Contributing Editor, Light Reading, 4/8/2021
This week, Scott Willis, CEO of DartPoints; and Bruce Garrison, chief revenue officer of Bluebird Network, on their connectivity work in rural Iowa and the collaboration required to tackle the digital divide.
Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 4/6/2021
WideOpenWest (WOW) has begun to alert customers in the Chicago area that the competitive cable operator will start to impose data caps and usage-based broadband policies starting in June.
Nicole Ferraro, Contributing Editor, Light Reading, 4/2/2021
Also in this roundup: Trussville, Alabama, gets gigabit; Maryland commits $300 million to broadband; Texas senate bill would create broadband department; industry groups respond to Biden's $100 billion fund for broadband.
Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 4/2/2021
Fueled by a pandemic that forced millions to work and school from home, 2020 was one for the history books in upstream data consumption, when data flows from the user to the network.
Nicole Ferraro, Contributing Editor, Light Reading, 4/1/2021
This week, Gary Bolton, CEO, Fiber Broadband Association, joins the show to discuss why the US needs to put fiber first, why satellite broadband could be a 'disaster' for communities and more.
Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 3/31/2021
ADTRAN is taking particular aim at the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) opportunity with a new compact, ruggedized cabinet that's tailored for fiber deployments in unserved and underserved areas as well as locations on the edges of more urban environments.
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- MetroNet and City of Ankeny partner to build 100% fiber network
Thursday, April 15, 2021
- Calix helps Internet cooperative reduce support call duration by 80%
Thursday, April 15, 2021
- WAV and viaPhoton partner to support fiber broadband networks
Thursday, April 15, 2021
- AT&T makes $2B commitment to help bridge digital divide
Wednesday, April 14, 2021
- Openreach taps STL to help build new UK full fiber network
Wednesday, April 14, 2021
- MLGC teams with Calix on next-generation multigigabit network
Tuesday, April 13, 2021
- Kinetic brings gigabit broadband to Greene County
Tuesday, April 13, 2021
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Thursday, December 17, 2020
12:00 p.m. New York / 5:00 p.m. London
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
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