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FinBurger To put it simply, Fixed Broadband for the residential application is saturating. The only way that we can continue to grow is to explore all the possible vertical applications. This is... Articles Charter to splash out $10M for new small business-focused fund Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 2/27/2020 Charter Communications has earmarked $10 million to fuel a new fund designed to help small local businesses located in underserved parts of Charter's service area. Cutting the red tape for fiber broadband deployment Fiber Broadband Association, , 2/27/2020 Recently, at a Senate Commerce Committee hearing on the 5G workforce and barriers to broadband deployment, I delivered very good news about all-fiber network deployments in the US: Today, according to our research, 46.5 million American homes have access to all-fiber networks and 20.5 million are connected. This is a 16% increase in homes passed by ... ETSI launches fixed network group – but why? Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 2/26/2020 ETSI, one of the most respected specifications organizations in the communications networking industry, has launched a new group focused on the evolution of fixed networks in a move that highlights the importance of fiber architectures and in-building connectivity to a broader 5G world. 1 Comment BBWN Bites: Genesis heralds a new chapter for Gfast Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 2/25/2020 Also in this broadband market news roundup: KPN sounds death knell for copper; WOW gets friendly with OTTs; Humax targets the cable CPE sector; and more from around the globe. Why CSPs need to deal with video's blurring lines Broadband World News, , 2/21/2020 The lines are blurring between streaming media and pay-TV devices and CSPs need to figure out how to manage that change, says Omdia analyst Paul Erickson. Charter dinged $18.8M to settle California broadband speed suit Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 2/21/2020 The bill Charter Communications paid to acquire Time Warner Cable in 2016 just got a bit larger. Fiber push continues for Telefónica as capex hits nearly €9B Iain Morris, International Editor, 2/20/2020 Telefonica said capital expenditure was up more than 8% last year as it continued to pump money into the rollout of higher-speed fiber networks in core markets. Nokia firms up its fixed portfolio with optical M&A The Staff, , 2/20/2020 Following a stellar year in the optical equipment market, Nokia has splashed some (unspecified) cash on Elenion Technologies, a US-based developer of silicon photonics technology. (See Nokia buys Elenion to target new markets with optical tech.) Common Networks brings 802.11ay to rooftops Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 2/18/2020 California Bay Area wireless ISP Common Networks plans to offer Gigabit broadband services over unlicensed 60GHz spectrum using rooftop hardware based on the new 802.11ay standard. Altice USA goes for gig Alan Breznick, Cable/Video Practice Leader, Light Reading, 2/13/2020 Like most of its cable peers, Altice USA is finally joining the gigabit gang in earnest, as it accelerates its upgrade to FTTH networks in much of its territory and rolls out DOCSIS 3.1 in the New York City metro area. Deutsche Glasfaser to invest €7B in German fiber after reported €2.8B sale Iain Morris, International Editor, 2/13/2020 German fiber network builder Deutsche Glasfaser has been acquired in a deal reportedly valued at euro 2.8 billion ($3 billion) by investment companies EQT and Omers, which have promised to invest more than euro 7 billion ($7.6 billion) in the rollout of high-speed broadband infrastructure in Germany following their takeover. Orange claims Euro fiber crown Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 2/13/2020 Orange ramped up its FTTH customer base in 2019 to become Europe's "undisputed leader in fiber," the giant operator claimed Thursday as part of its full-year 2019 financial results presentation. Load More Articles + All Articles All Video All Slide Shows All Articles Evolving unlicensed 5G applications: Closing the divide in mobile and 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 >> Accelerate Your Time to Revenue by Simplifying Your OSS/BSS Integration with AXOS >> Open for Business: Future Flexibility for Smart Home Services >> Improving Wi-Fi capacity and efficiency in the Connected Home with Wi-Fi 6 >> Tracking Critical KPIs to Improve the Subscriber Experience >> When Less is More… the Power of Aggregation Simplified. >> Harbour ISP Supports Three Times as Many Users With netElastic >> Telpin Saves 70% With netElastic >> White Paper: Next Generation Virtual BNGs – Is Your Broadband Network Ready? >> Tracking Critical KPIs to Improve the Subscriber Experience >> Evolving home gateway architecture to enable the smart home All resources Video The lines are blurring between streaming media and pay-TV devices and CSPs need to figure out how to manage that change, says Omdia analyst Paul ... Omdia's principal research analyst, John Kendall, discusses whole home solutions and the importance of WiFi strategies to communications service ... Ahead of Mobile World Congress, Omdia's principal research analyst, John Kendall, talks about developments in the broadband CPE market as WiFi 6.0 ... 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 ... All Videos Webinars Thursday, March 19, 2020 10:00 am New York / 2:00 pm London Unboxing 60GHz Unlicensed Technology: Considerations, Use Cases and Economics In addition to delivering gigabit broadband to homes and business, millimeter wave (mmWave) fixed wireless has emerged as a key fiber extension technology and enabler of 5G backhaul and access. Most of the mmWave discussion centers on licensed spectrum, but there also exists a promising unlicensed band in the 60 GHz range. Join Jonathan Brady, Director of Sales for North America, CCS and Michael Kletchko, Head of Market Development, ADTRAN as they provide an overview of the unlicensed 60 GHz technology including: Technical Considerations 60 GHz Use Cases Compelling Economics of the Unlicensed Spectrum. Fixed and Mobile Broadband Trends More Webinars Webinar Archives Industry Announcements Broadband Forum finalizes two specs to help with 5G deployments Thursday, February 27, 2020 ADTRAN unveils new Global Services Portfolio Tuesday, February 25, 2020 Genesis unveils new Gfast products Tuesday, February 25, 2020 TDS to bring Gigabit broadband to Spokane Tuesday, February 25, 2020 Bluebird Networks Finishes Springfield, MO, Fiber Expansion Sunday, February 23, 2020 Owning IoT Devices Opens Door to Use of Additional Services & Equipment – Study Thursday, January 30, 2020 Everstream to Invest $250M in Midwest Fiber Wednesday, January 29, 2020 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. Post a Comment All Broadband World Forum Perspectives Partner Perspectives - from our sponsors 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 New Initiative Looks to Open the Mesh & Help ISPs Fight Back By Plume All Partner Perspectives Flash Poll All polls Radio Shows ARCHIVED \| April 23, 2019, 12pm EDT BBWN Radio: AT&T Global VP Prescribes Transformation for Healthcare 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