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markgrogan Seems like a lot of people are going to want to scramble to get tested for such certification, especially the bigger players who have more to lose by not having it. We need to make sure that such... Articles ADTRAN's 'Single Biggest EPON Award' Sets Stage for Growth Alison Diana, Editor, Broadband World News, 10/17/2018 ADTRAN's third quarter was marked by revenue growth, continuing operational cost-cutting and a big boost to its EPON business that's expected to impact sales in 2019. Coop Gives a Damn About Infrastructure Alison Diana, Editor, Broadband World News, 10/16/2018 When it came time to update Beaver Creek Cooperative Telephone Company's legacy infrastructure, the member-owned Oregon operator wanted a future-proof solution that was easy and inexpensive to run, complementing the coop's ongoing goal to reduce overhead while simultaneously enhancing services. AT&T Suffering Service Outage in Dallas-Ft. Worth Area Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 10/15/2018 AT&T is grappling with a service outage in the Dallas-Fort Worth region Monday stemming from a facility fire apparently caused by a lightning strike. 5 comments Latest comment:I'm not sure if anyone can be to blame for this but it does go to show that our... Should Utilities Foot Fiber Bill in Vermont? Alison Diana, Editor, Broadband World News, 10/12/2018 The answer to resolving Vermont's digital divide? Make all electric utilities deploy fiber. 6 comments Latest comment:@JohnDrake True. I think it's kind of a weak platform though. Where Cable's Heading With Fiber Alan Breznick, Cable/Video Practice Leader, Light Reading, 10/11/2018 It's no secret that cable operators can't get enough fiber in their diets these days. 10 comments Latest comment:@srufolo1 in my area many people still stick with Cable as no other option... Nokia: Network Slicing, FWA & GPON Interop for Starters Alison Diana, Editor, Broadband World News, 10/11/2018 Nokia released three new products in two days, with all focused on addressing pain points operators and end customers have brought to the vendor's attention: Of note, Nokia brought network slicing to fixed access networks, a capability previously available only to wireless providers, and took the wraps off a solution designed to ultimately guarantee ... 9 comments Latest comment:@afwriter The antenna is an eyesore, the windmills I wouldn't think so. Maybe the... ADTRAN Adds 2nd-Gen Gfast Chips to SD-Access Portfolio Alison Diana, Editor, Broadband World News, 10/10/2018 ADTRAN integrated second-generation Gfast products into its software-defined access line card, giving service providers a new path to gigabit-capable residential speeds. 1 Comment Latest comment:I'm wondering how fixed wireless (and 5G solutions) will compare with Gfast solutions... Dasan Zhone Snaps Up Keymile Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 10/9/2018 Broadband network infrastructure vendor Dasan Zhone is to acquire Germany's Keymile for an undisclosed sum from private equity owners Riverside and Halder. 2 comments Latest comment:Yes, it will be interesting to see what the rising interest rates may do to business... Frontier Raises Its Broadband Game Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 10/9/2018 Frontier Communications has added symmetrical 1-Gig service to its broadband arsenal, along with a nimble 200 Mbit/s introductory speed tier, as the telco continues to battle against cable operators and braces for a new wave of fixed 5G competition. 3 comments Latest comment:Yes, it does seem that they're trying as well to get those other customers with... Reykjavik Fibre CEO: BBWF Star & Iceland's Fiber Fave? Niall Hunt, Digital Lead, Content & Communities for KNect365, 10/9/2018 Erling Gudmundsson has a lot of things to smile about. First, there's fiber in almost every Icelandic home largely thanks to the efforts of Gagnaveita Reykjavikur (Reykjavik Fibre Network), where Erling is CEO. And for the second consecutive year, Erling has been nominated for the Broadband World Forum's annual People's Choice Award. 4 comments Latest comment:Noting that "You turn every customer into a salesperson." is really a game changer,... DT Expands Fiber Foothold With AI, Backhaul Alison Diana, Editor, Broadband World News, 10/8/2018 Telefonica Deutschland will leverage Deutsche Telekom's high-performance fiber-optic cable network to connect at least 5,000 mobile base stations to support 3G and LTE networks and prepare for 5G. 3 comments Latest comment:Yes as noted, "The shortest route to the customer is not always the most economical,"... Angola Cables: Surfing the Waves of Disruption Alison Diana, Editor, Broadband World News, 10/5/2018 Recently, Angola Cables fulfilled its goal of bringing together Angola and Brazil when it opened up the newly completed South Atlantic Cable System (SACS) to commercial traffic primarily for ISPs, telecom operators, cloud service providers and over-the-top (OTT) content providers. 4 comments Latest comment:Remembering that 230 milliseconds, of the previous latency, is a hair less than... Load More Articles + All Articles All Video All Slide Shows All Articles A Personal Coach to Improve Your Firm's Fitness By Eddy Vergauwen, Lead for Global Services Marketing at Nokia Fixed Networks, , 10/10/2018 The biggest challenge facing fixed access network operators is keeping up with exploding demand for bandwidth. The second biggest challenge is demonstrating to stakeholders how they're keeping up. Investments to increase capacity, improve operations and delight customers must bring the returns they promise. But those same investments often increase ... 1 Comment Latest comment:I presume the health index is or was available at your booth, or from one of your... All blogs Discussions Posted by markgrogan \| In reply to: MEF Unveils Operator-Grade SDN/NFV Professional Certification Seems like a lot of people are going to want to scramble to get tested for such certification, especially the bigger players who have more to lose by not having it. We need to make sure that such certification is really relevant to the current... Post Your Reply Posted by srufolo1 \| In reply to: Nokia: Network Slicing, FWA & GPON Interop for Starters @afwriter The antenna is an eyesore, the windmills I wouldn't think so. Maybe the windmills are noisy and that could be a problem. Let's face it. Antennae on roofs are ugly. Why do you think they all came down in the 60s-70s? Not only that,... Post Your Reply Posted by StephenGiderson \| In reply to: 5G is the 'Next Big Transformation in the Network' Are service providers really just catering to market demand or are they just spoiling their consumer base? It looks to me that the public isn't really asking for faster speeds or larger data but those are exactly what they are getting. The... Post Your Reply Posted by afwriter \| In reply to: Nokia: Network Slicing, FWA & GPON Interop for Starters My Dad's neighbor across the street is a ham radio aficionado and he has a massive antenna sticking out of his house. I always question how he can stand to look at it. I also know there have been a lot of neighbor fights over... Post Your Reply Posted by afwriter \| In reply to: AT&T Suffering Service Outage in Dallas-Ft. Worth Area I'm not sure if anyone can be to blame for this but it does go to show that our technology is not infallible and its something to think about when you want entire cities run on these networks. Post Your Reply Posted by batye \| In reply to: Where Cable's Heading With Fiber @srufolo1 in my area many people still stick with Cable as no other option is here.. until technology create new Paradigm shift with Baby boomers... Post Your Reply Posted by Ariella \| In reply to: Where Cable's Heading With Fiber @JohnDrakes And then say "whoops,' when someone complains? I'm sure they must be aware of the effect. Post Your Reply Posted by DonBrowne \| In reply to: Dasan Zhone Snaps Up Keymile Yes, it will be interesting to see what the rising interest rates may do to business expansion. Perhpaps, nothing much as companies know they can generally pass on the extra costs to customers without too much long term damage to the bottom... Post Your Reply Posted by DonBrowne \| In reply to: Frontier Raises Its Broadband Game Yes, it does seem that they're trying as well to get those other customers with their introductory much lower cost offers at 200 megs. After having a recent terrible experience with Comcast customer service I would think the telcos might well... Post Your Reply Posted by srufolo1 \| In reply to: Where Cable's Heading With Fiber @Ariella Probably not. Cablecos need to find a way to stay relevant. After all, who buys cable TV anymore, except, ahem, myself. But I'm a Baby Boomer, so what can you expect? Post Your Reply Posted by DonBrowne \| In reply to: Reykjavik Fibre CEO: BBWF Star & Iceland's Fiber Fave? Noting that "You turn every customer into a salesperson." is really a game changer, one might wonder why the providers in the US don't quite get that yet. Are you listening Comcast and others who still treat customers so badly it's a recurring... Post Your Reply Posted by DonBrowne \| In reply to: DT Expands Fiber Foothold With AI, Backhaul Yes as noted, "The shortest route to the customer is not always the most economical," and if indeed AI can use existing data to find obstabcle to lay fiber around instead of under or thorugh it should be a great cost saver. The question might... Post Your Reply Next 5 messages + All messages All messages Chat 10/17/2018 12:47:10 PM Winning the MDU Battle: What’s in Your Broadband Toolkit?: Most MDU residents I talk to are tired of only having one choice for hi-speed broadband.. Copper providers' "upto speeds" rarely cut it. When it comes to deployment "anything can be retrofitted for fiber. Where there's a will... ddavis@northskycomm.com Narrowbander 9/19/2018 10:36:04 PM Winning the MDU Battle: What’s in Your Broadband Toolkit?: thanks for share tienleorno Narrowbander 6/19/2018 12:08:55 PM Winning the MDU Battle: What’s in Your Broadband Toolkit?: Thanks sa316528 Narrowbander 6/19/2018 12:07:32 PM Winning the MDU Battle: What’s in Your Broadband Toolkit?: good day to all batye Gigamaster 6/19/2018 12:07:22 PM Winning the MDU Battle: What’s in Your Broadband Toolkit?: thank you batye Gigamaster 6/19/2018 12:01:36 PM Winning the MDU Battle: What’s in Your Broadband Toolkit?: If you'd like to take our flash poll on cutting opex - one question, no registration! - just click here: http://www.broadbandworldnews.com/document.asp?doc_id=743332 Alison Diana Author 6/19/2018 12:00:50 PM Winning the MDU Battle: What’s in Your Broadband Toolkit?: Thank you all for attending BBWN Radio, Sponsored by ADTRAN. Alison Diana Author 6/19/2018 12:00:18 PM Winning the MDU Battle: What’s in Your Broadband Toolkit?: Tks klogan453 Narrowbander 6/19/2018 11:48:57 AM Winning the MDU Battle: What’s in Your Broadband Toolkit?: interesting to know batye Gigamaster 6/19/2018 11:45:26 AM Winning the MDU Battle: What’s in Your Broadband Toolkit?: This is the DIY smart home story I just referred to: The Dumb Side of DIY Smart Homes Alison Diana Author Next 5 chats +		Partner Perspectives - from our sponsors A Personal Coach to Improve Your Firm's Fitness By By Eddy Vergauwen, Lead for Global Services Marketing at Nokia Fixed Networks Huawei's Continuous Innovation in Ultra-Broadband Transmission By Huawei All Partner Perspectives Information Resources >> Reinvent the Smart Home with Universal IoT Support >> Ensure a Role in the Center of the Smart Home >> Primer: Accelerating the Path to Software-Defined Access >> Solution Brief: Delivering Gigabit 10X Farther, 5X Quicker >> Verizon Executive Interview: 5G Drives New Network Architecture >> Leader of Change: Freedom to Program, Adapt and Innovate >> How, Where, and When to Upgrade the Network: Probing the Cable Operator's Dilemma >> NG-PON2 Calix Deployment Guidelines >> Why is Fiber Deep Important to MSOs? >> Solution Overview: Deploying 10G SD-Access Cable Networks All resources Industry Announcements ADTRAN Reports Earnings for 3Q 2018 Wednesday, October 17, 2018 Dali Wireless Joins Telecom Infra Project Wednesday, October 17, 2018 Facebook Connects to Telecall's Fiber Network Tuesday, October 16, 2018 ADTRAN 10G PON Clears Path to 10G Everywhere for Everyone Tuesday, October 16, 2018 Corning Halves Energy Intensity at Fiber, Cable Factories Worldwide Tuesday, October 16, 2018 OpenVault Hits Home IoT With ACS WiFi Insider Tuesday, October 16, 2018 Ciena Promotes Jefferies to VP, GM EMEA Tuesday, October 16, 2018 More Industry Announcements Flash Poll All polls Webinars ARCHIVED Thursday, September 27, 2018 2:00 pm ET / 11:00 am PT Managing Expectations When Fiber Comes to Town Fast, reliable broadband is essential to how we live, work and play today – and the upcoming arrival of 5G will only further increase demand and reliance on fiber infrastructure. Already viewed by consumers as intolerable, delays, outages or the regular maintenance difficulties associated with operating a network will become further exacerbated when residential subscribers further rely on connected devices for day-to-day life. Just as providers deploy network automation tools to reduce operational issues, they must take similar care to manage consumer expectations when they roll out fiber or new services. This webinar features leaders who will discuss how to manage marketing and consumer expectations at every stage of the network lifecycle. Marketing professionals, c-level executives and policymakers interested in drumming up fiber envy should attend. More Webinars Webinar Archives Radio Shows ARCHIVED \| June 19, 2018, 11am EDT Winning the MDU Battle: What’s in Your Broadband Toolkit? In this insightful Light Reading radio show, Kurt Raaflaub, Head of Strategic Solutions Marketing, will outline the key service provider challenges, deployment considerations, next-gen Gigabit technologies, and service models to win market share in the rapidly growing MDU market. ARCHIVED SHOWS DOWNLOAD TO CALENDAR Video ZTE discusses the future of broadband networks and how we can be better prepared for the challenges they will bring. What are the hot talking points in the fixed broadband sector right now? Gigabit over copper as well as fiber, software-defined access and more, ... Light Reading's pro-European, Berlin-lovin' editors Ray Le Maistre and Iain Morris discuss some of the hot topics from BBWF 2017, including Gfast ... The UBB2020 community has had a great first four months thanks to a market that's on the up! Per-Olof Gustafsson, Deputy CEO at AB Stokab, the wholesale fiber access network operator in the city of Stockholm, talks about the business case ... 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