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Duh! As I pointed out in my comments on the recent survey, feature/function/performance and system economics favor GPON, while the component cost advantage of EPON has disappeared. In fact, I hear that... Articles Telenet Tags SAM for IoT Home Security Alison Diana, Editor, Broadband World News, 12/5/2019 Telenet Group is working with SAM Seamless Network to provide smart security across subscribers' home networks, the partners announced today. Don't Count Out EPON as MSOs Mull Their Fiber Future – ADTRAN Exec Alison Diana, Editor, Broadband World News, 12/4/2019 Although GPON currently dominates the next-generation PON market, pending decisions by Tier 1 MSOs and international operators could upend that trend and tilt the scale toward EPON. 1 Comment BBWN Bites: Nokia Chairman to Step Down Alison Diana, Editor, Broadband World News, 12/3/2019 Also today, TiVo adds Prime Video app, Vodafone Greece hits 300K with fiber, CenturyLink runs ring around Troy, USDA hands out first millions, what's most important for OTT subscribers and more. BBWN Bites: Tossing Huawei Out of Oz Jeopardizes 1,500 Jobs, Vendor Says Alison Diana, Editor, Broadband World News, 12/2/2019 Also today, digital transformation changes hiring needs, investors play into e-gaming, IoT developers' dev Ockam garners big bucks and more. BBWN Bites: Openreach Seeks New FTTH Supplier Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 11/27/2019 UK action from Openreach, CityFibre and Virgin Media leads this roundup of fixed broadband sector news. GAO: Rural Broadband's High-Cost Payment Program Saddled With Too Much Fraud-Risk Alison Diana, Editor, Broadband World News, 11/26/2019 A federal watchdog agency this month recommended the FCC stop using one of two reimbursement programs in its rural-broadband program due to its high potential for fraud, a situation that allowed at least three small carriers to charge $34 million in ineligible payments. BBWN Bites: C Spire Strikes Broadband Deal With Alabama Power Alison Diana, Editor, Broadband World News, 11/22/2019 Also today, China set to blast into satellite broadband in 2020 while Egypt plans satellite broadband debut today; some young adults do watch streaming video on TV, KPMG finds (among other things); and more. Climate Change Cries Out for Infrastructure That Withstands the Storm Fiber Broadband Association, , 11/21/2019 Each year, people brace themselves for the official hurricane season, which in North America spans early summer until deep into fall. Service providers also prepare -- in the short-term, by moving their communications resources and experts near the storm for recovery efforts, and in the long-term by deploying infrastructure that can best withstand ... BBWN Bites: Loon Floats Broadband to Peru's Amazon Alison Diana, Editor, Broadband World News, 11/21/2019 Also today, Ofcom CTO leaves for new smart city, CEO change at Telia Norway, USDA helps out South Dakota and Iowa, BT buys into WiFi analytics, CityFibre's latest chief and more. Gigabit Broadband Reaches 5% of Global Population: Report Alison Diana, Editor, Broadband World News, 11/20/2019 Also today, NBN Co cost Aussies millions in lost time, CableLabs and Buckeye Broadband settle their differences, Sagemcom gets WiFi 6 stamp of approval and Connecticut judge okays municipal broadband. 2 comments BBWN Bites: Facebook Gets Friendly With West Virginia Alison Diana, Editor, Broadband World News, 11/19/2019 Also today, Ireland approves $3.3 billion for broadband, poor Internet costs UK SMBs about $4,332, two satellite companies separately advance their broadband missions -- plus more. BBWN Bites: New Zealand's Chorus to Sync Up 2-Gig, 4-Gig Services in Early 2020 Alison Diana, Editor, Broadband World News, 11/18/2019 Also today, Canadian court orders ISPs to block pirates, British broadband execs aren't into industrializing broadband, WOW further expands IT leadership team and more. Load More Articles + All Articles All Video All Slide Shows All Articles Evolving Unlicensed 5G Applications: Closing the Divide in Mobile & Last-Mile Connections Pam Baker, Freelance Writer, 10/23/2019 Unlicensed 5G applications open a new world of benefits to enterprises large and small, given their use of exceptionally wide bandwidth or broad channels at a time when other spectrum is nearing exhaustion. All blogs		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 >> Last Yard Visibility: Enabling End-to-End QoE with Home Wi-Fi Analytics >> SmartRG Home Analytics: Overcoming Cost and Complexity >> Tracking Critical KPIs to Improve the Subscriber Experience >> Evolving home gateway architecture to enable the smart home >> Accelerate Your Time to Revenue by Simplifying Your OSS/BSS Integration with AXOS >> ADTRAN Case Study: Enabling 5G with Fixed Wireless Access >> ADTRAN Brief: Extend the Life of Your Network Infrastructure >> Catching the mmWave – Avoiding Bidding Pitfalls with the FCC Auction 102 (24GHz) >> Ensure a Role in the Center of the Smart Home >> ADTRAN Primer: Accelerating the Path to Software-Defined Access All resources Video At the recent Broadband World Forum, Alzbeta Fellenbaum, a principal analyst and manager of research at IHS Markit, discusses the broadband speed ... At the Broadband World Forum in Amsterdam, Michael Philpott, senior practice leader of Ovum's Consumer Services team, outlines the key ... At the recent Broadband World Forum 2019 event, Lincoln Lavoie from the University of New Hampshire Interoperability Lab (UNH-IOL) gives an update ... At the Broadband World Forum 2019 in Amsterdam, Light Reading's Iain Morris and Ray Le Maistre discuss some of the industry's hot developments, ... Alternative UK fixed-broadband network operator Community Fibre is deploying ADTRAN gear to take 10 Gbit/s to London users at aggressive prices. All Videos Webinars ARCHIVED Thursday, October 17, 2019 12 p.m. New York/ 5:00 p.m. London MSOs Caught in the Middle: GPON vs. EPON The ongoing debate around GPON vs EPON can get as heated as discussions around politics and religion, but both technologies offer some advantages over the other depending on the needs your network is servicing. In this webinar, we will focus on the facts around the GPON vs EPON debate and how that technological decision is almost always made based on factors outside the technology itself. Key topics include: GPON vs EPON Technologies Overview GPON vs EPON Rates & Reach ITU vs IEEE – Where’s the difference? Future Growth More Webinars Webinar Archives Industry Announcements GTT Completes Acquisition of KPN International Monday, December 2, 2019 SiFi Network Begin Building Fullerton's FiberCity Network Tuesday, November 26, 2019 Loon & Internet Para Todos Bring Balloon-Powered Internet to Peru Thursday, November 21, 2019 Auburn Essential Services Puts Community First With everyPON & FTTH Thursday, November 21, 2019 Gigabit Internet Now Available to 5% of People Globally Wednesday, November 20, 2019 Calix Revenue EDGE Forges New Benchmark for CSP Home Network Security & CX Solutions Tuesday, November 19, 2019 CenturyLink, Infinera Connect Supercomputer Confab Monday, November 18, 2019 More Industry Announcements 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. 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