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Articles Comcast to go national with broadband cap Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 11/23/2020 Comcast will ring in the new year by broadening the reach of a usage-based residential broadband data policy that puts a cap on monthly usage and features a more expensive unlimited data option. BBWN Bites: Q3 saw most broadband gains since 2009 – report Nicole Ferraro, Contributing Editor, Light Reading, 11/20/2020 Also in this roundup: Viasat bets on European broadband; Nokia intros 25G PON; signs of broadband boost under President-elect Biden. Want fast Internet and affordable living? Study says move to Delaware Nicole Ferraro, Contributing Editor, Light Reading, 11/18/2020 Apologies if this story takes long to load. It's because I am filing it from New York, where Internet speeds lag 25% behind other states, like Delaware, Virginia and Massachusetts. 1 Comment Podcast: What's the story with satellite broadband? Nicole Ferraro, Contributing Editor, Light Reading, 11/17/2020 This week: Jeff Baumgartner on the state of satellite broadband and what differentiates existing competitors. Subs on 1-Gig speed tiers spike in Q3 – OpenVault Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 11/16/2020 The percentage of "power" broadband users - defined as those who consume at least 1 terabyte of data per month - and the number of customers who take 1-Gig speed tiers jumped in Q3 2020, according to OpenVault's latest "Broadband Insights" report. BBWN Bites: Microsoft, ODI intro digital divide challenge Nicole Ferraro, Contributing Editor, Light Reading, 11/13/2020 Also in this roundup: TIM reaches 3,000 with ultrabroadband; CityFibre and Openreach make fiber progress; AT&T teams with Connected Nation to connect students. NCTC, Adtran strike FTTP deal for indie cable ops and telcos Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 11/12/2020 Adtran will forge a stronger fiber connection to hundreds of US cable operators and telcos after striking a partnership with the National Cable Television Cooperative (NCTC). Community broadband gets a boost on the ballot Nicole Ferraro, Contributing Editor, Light Reading, 11/10/2020 As the dust from last week's US general election continues to settle (or get further kicked up/tossed in each other's faces), at least one thing is clear: Voters in two major cities demonstrated overwhelming support for municipal broadband programs. 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. Viasat: Lower-latencies nice, but not 'decisive' driver for satellite broadband Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 11/6/2020 Starlink, Elon Musk's budding satellite broadband venture, is getting heaps of buzz amid beta tests ahead of a commercial service launch. But one of its competitors, Viasat, isn't surprised by (or overly concerned about) some of the early results being touted. Starlink speeds blow by Hughes and Viasat – study Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 11/4/2020 Recent tests show that speeds and latency levels delivered by Starlink, Elon Musk's emerging low-Earth orbit satellite broadband service, far exceed those from satellite-powered rivals. But initial, lofty costs for the new service could be a sticking point even for consumers in rural areas who lack access to decent Internet service. 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. 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 ADTRAN adds router options for fiber-connected enterprise access networks. 58 minutes ago Openreach moves from selling copper to full fiber in Salisbury 1 hour and 18 minutes ago Connected2Fiber to help Vyve identify underserved areas 3 hours and 33 minutes ago CityFibre breaks ground in Crawley 4 hours and 33 minutes ago Comcast launching 30+ Wi-Fi 'lift zones' in Washington Monday, November 30, 2020 Dish secures fiber for 5G network Monday, November 30, 2020 Proximus, EQT Infrastructure sign fiber deal Friday, November 27, 2020 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 ... 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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 Thursday, December 17, 2020 12:00 pm New York / 5:00 p. 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