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Articles Chattanooga, San Jose join Global Smart Cities Alliance Nicole Ferraro, Contributing Editor, Light Reading, 12/3/2020 The World Economic Forum recently named 36 cities to its G20 Global Smart Cities Alliance, or what it describes as "a global effort to advance the responsible and ethical use of smart city technologies." BBWN Bites: US counties unite on 'broadband task force' Nicole Ferraro, Contributing Editor, Light Reading, 10/23/2020 Also in this roundup: USDA ReConnect Program commits over $560 million in second round broadband grants; Verizon, AT&T celebrate broadband subs; Virgin Media, Google bundle up. BBWN Bites: House adds broadband plans to HEROES Act Nicole Ferraro, Contributing Editor, Light Reading, 10/2/2020 Also in this roundup: Cable One's stake in MBI; high valuations for rural broadband; Starlink plays recovery role; Belgium gets more fiber. 'Smart mobility' market to reach $70.5B by 2027 – report Nicole Ferraro, Contributing Editor, Light Reading, 8/18/2020 The global "smart mobility" market - encompassing transportation apps, smart parking solutions and the infrastructure that supports them - is estimated to reach $70.46 billion by 2027, growing between now and then at a CAGR of 20.2%. Virgin Media crowns itself UK gigabit king Nicole Ferraro, Contributing Editor, Light Reading, 8/6/2020 This week Virgin Media connected nearly a million additional homes in Leeds, Bradford and Glasgow to its Gig1 network, allowing the ISP to claim 3.6 million premises passed and therefore making it the "largest gigabit broadband network" in the UK, surpassing BT's Openreach. Smart Parking in Ohio may help with COVID-19 tracking Nicole Ferraro, Contributing Editor, Light Reading, 7/21/2020 Dublin, Ohio, is home to a new Smart Parking project, courtesy of technology from Fujitsu and as part of the city's burgeoning Connected Dublin initiative. Podcast: US Ignite touts brave new broadband business models Phil Harvey, Editor-in-Chief, Light Reading, 7/1/2020 The pandemic has been a wake-up call to broadband's overall importance in the US economy. While some big telcos are waiving data caps and other penalties to make it easier for consumers to stay connected, those companies are not necessarily speeding up their efforts to connect underserved and rural communities. Virgin Media sees a day of downtime, delays and hiccups Phil Harvey, Editor-in-Chief, Light Reading, 6/25/2020 Virgin Media said it has fixed an hours-long broadband network outage in London and surrounding areas affecting several thousand customers and keeping many of them from work all day. And that wasn't even the only outage affecting Virgin's UK network today. BBWN Bites: UK could go Cuckoo for faster Internet Nicole Ferraro, Contributing Editor, Light Reading, 5/8/2020 Also in today's roundup: OpenVault reports COVID-19 Internet usage numbers; US House Democrats propose $86 billion broadband bill; ExteNet, Nokia help Cal.net reach rural Californians; and Google bails on Toronto smart city project. To have a smart city, you may need a Digital Town Square Nicole Ferraro, Contributing Editor, Light Reading, 4/21/2020 If your smart city projects are being held up by broadband bottlenecks, you may want to skip complaining to your city council and find your Digital Town Square. Comcast: Network peak usage has plateaued in most markets Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 4/16/2020 Following earlier data spikes on its residential broadband networks in March and into early April driven by millions who are working and studying from home amid the spread of COVID-19, Comcast said usage has now plateaued in most of its cable markets. Technicolor leans on lessons to strengthen supply chains during pandemic Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 4/14/2020 Past is prologue, as the saying goes. And the way Technicolor has used past lessons about its supply chains has helped to set up the company to get a handle on today's even more difficult situation with COVID-19. 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 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 More Industry Announcements Twitter Feed Tweets by Broadband World News Information Resources >> Want a Better Network? 7 Design Best Practices From the Experts >> How Software Platforms Are Transforming the Business of Broadband Access >> Delivering on the promise of broadband >> 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 All resources 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. 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