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afwriter I wonder if we will see some new announcements about an updated timeline for deployment from a few companies in the coming weeks. Articles Just Connect, Already Alison Diana, Editor, Broadband World News, 7/17/2018 Wireline or wireless, as long as consumers can do what they want online, it does not matter whether their data travels via LTE or fiber. Investor Funds Rural Provider's FTTH Deployment & Pensions Alison Diana, Editor, Broadband World News, 7/16/2018 Ten-year-old British wireless ISP County Broadband has shifted technological direction, and now plans to deploy full gigabit fiber, not fixed wireless access networks, to customers in rural England. One Day, Two New Paths to Accelerate Fiber Rollout Alison Diana, Editor, Broadband World News, 7/13/2018 Service providers' road to fiber deployment may have gotten a little faster this week, thanks to two unrelated developments in the public and private sector. 1 Comment Latest comment:I wonder if we will see some new announcements about an updated timeline for deployment... 400G-ZR Standard Revs Up Optical Network Speeds Logan Armendone-Mowbray for BBWN, , 7/13/2018 With many vendors now introducing fifth-generation coherent interfaces, which will support 400G to 600G on one wavelength, some industry executives predict line rates of 400G and higher will become more power efficient in 2019 and 2020, driven by by the 400G-ZR standard. 3Qs in the C-Suite: Swisscom CIO/CTO Heinz Herren Alison Diana, Editor, Broadband World News, 7/12/2018 In April, Swisscom launched a new IP core network, deploying a new architecture for a transport network that will run separately from the provider's services and products. The goal is to reduce complexity in order to attain higher availability, improve efficiency and reduce costs. Separating the transport network also empowers Swisscom to ... 1 Comment Latest comment:Herren's dual role of CIO/CTO certainly must cut down on meetings, disagreements... Securing Smart Homes Is Huge, Often Ignored, Opportunity Alison Diana, Editor, Broadband World News, 7/11/2018 Securing smart homes is a large, growing -- and often ignored -- opportunity for service providers, new research finds. 11 comments Latest comment:@afwriter sometimes simplest method is more easy and less prone to errors...... Global Broadband Speeds Accelerate, but Not Everyone Can Celebrate Alison Diana, Editor, Broadband World News, 7/10/2018 Fiber deployments fueled an average 23% increase year-over-year in global broadband speed to 9.10 Mbit/s, a new study finds. The disparity between leaders and laggards is immense with top-ranked Singapore's Internet access being 195 times faster than last-place Yemen. 2 comments Latest comment:Great post, thank you hotmail.com Diamonds Are the Net's Best Friend? Alison Diana, Editor, Broadband World News, 7/10/2018 A new form of artificial diamond one day could be the foundation for a highly secure, quantum ultra-broadband, according to a recent Science magazine article. 5 comments Latest comment:Yes, I also think it's very cool. I hope they can make it work well. World Cup Sends OTT Demand Into OT Alison Diana, Editor, Broadband World News, 7/9/2018 The last time England played the World Cup semi-finals was 28 years ago. When the footballers hoisted up the trophy and brought it home was way back in 1966, right around the time four fab lads from Liverpool were about to invade America. 2 comments Latest comment:@afwriter I know in this household, we haven't missed a day of watching the World... Microsoft & Partners Fill Rural Divide With White Spaces Broadband Alison Diana, Editor, Broadband World News, 7/6/2018 Fixed-mobile broadband provider Radwin this week partnered with Microsoft to develop and use White Space solutions to deliver broadband Internet to unserved communities, including rural regions of the United States. 3 comments Latest comment:Probably not much bandwidth but it is serving a low-density population, so maybe... Orange Romania Chews Over FWA Business Case for 5G Iain Morris, News Editor, 7/5/2018 Orange Romania has carried out 5G trials to assess the viability of using the next-generation mobile technology to provide residential broadband services. 5 comments Latest comment:@batye Sadly, I think you may be correct. That hardly is representative of... IIoT + SMBs Spells Operator Opportunity Alison Diana, Editor, Broadband World News, 7/5/2018 Operators' broadband infrastructures and long-time relationships could forge the foundation for long-term Industrial Internet of Things trusted advisor status -- and profitability. 2 comments Latest comment:Although I keep hearing about telehealth, I wonder if that market is really going... Load More Articles + All Articles All Video All Slide Shows All Articles Huawei's Continuous Innovation in Ultra-Broadband Transmission Huawei, , 7/2/2018 Huawei's optical networks have gone through three generations, from 2.5Gbit/s and 10Gbit/s to 40Gbit/s, before finally achieving good market share in 2008. However, they still have a higher goal: In the era of 100Gbit/s and beyond, Huawei will provide customers with industry-leading solutions. 1 Comment Latest comment:Very admirable and amazing bits of detective work: discovering that transmission... All blogs Discussions Posted by afwriter \| In reply to: One Day, Two New Paths to Accelerate Fiber Rollout I wonder if we will see some new announcements about an updated timeline for deployment from a few companies in the coming weeks. Post Your Reply Posted by batye \| In reply to: Securing Smart Homes Is Huge, Often Ignored, Opportunity @afwriter sometimes simplest method is more easy and less prone to errors... it like back to basic... Post Your Reply Posted by ThomasMaloney \| In reply to: Google in 'The Case of the Minimal Microtrenching' And this folks, is what happens when a company tries to cut corners! I'm a bit appalled that such a big company would play that kind of risk - as if the city would never once decide to check whether or not the lines have been laid properly... Post Your Reply Posted by MarkSindone \| In reply to: Webinar: How to Realize the Promise of Converged Networks It'll be interesting to listen into this webinar I think. I imagine that there are a lot of aspects of introducing a gigabit home that hopefully Calix will bring up as he's running this talk. I'm sure that for all the excitement that we all... Post Your Reply Posted by Susan Fourtané \| In reply to: Securing Smart Homes Is Huge, Often Ignored, Opportunity I suppose people who lived in farms long ago, or perhaps even now know some tricks. But since I am just a city girl I know no tricks concerning eggs. I once read that when the shell of the egg comes out easily and without breaking in lots of... Post Your Reply Posted by MarkSindone \| In reply to: Next Generation Network Insights: Why Sri Lanka Telecom is Building Networks for the Future I imagine that with a little bit of government funding, the telecommunications company will be all for enhancing the existing framework in the company. As much as these businesses want to push the boundaries in the industry, they are limited... Post Your Reply Posted by afwriter \| In reply to: Securing Smart Homes Is Huge, Often Ignored, Opportunity @Susan, I think there is a trick to figuring it out by putting them in water and seeing which ones float (something like that). A lot less technologically advanced than a smart cartoon but zero points of entry as well. I don't think that they... Post Your Reply Posted by afwriter \| In reply to: Securing Smart Homes Is Huge, Often Ignored, Opportunity I agree that it would be really convenient. I think it will be up to each individual in the future to weigh the risks and rewards of every piece of smart tech in their home. Post Your Reply Posted by Susan Fourtané \| In reply to: How to Improve Customer Experience in the Digital Age I also share that sense of hope that humans will learn to co-exist and adapt. I think this could be possible with the younger generations who are demonstrating a different and healthier approach to all sorts of things. Post Your Reply Posted by Susan Fourtané \| In reply to: How to Improve Customer Experience in the Digital Age Sometimes that sense of humanity and common sense is completely absent, as it's possible to observe in recent news. So yes, it's a great challenge, indeed. Post Your Reply Posted by Commisio44354 \| In reply to: How to Improve Customer Experience in the Digital Age Absolutely--but I will continue to retain a sense of hope that we will learn to co-exist and adapt--I hope that sense of hope is not in vain. Post Your Reply Posted by Commisio44354 \| In reply to: How to Improve Customer Experience in the Digital Age One of the driving forces for success will ultimately be whether we have the ability to indeed create a sense of humanity and common sense. That's the challenge for us all--isn't it? Post Your Reply Next 5 messages + All messages All messages Chat 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 6/19/2018 11:44:56 AM Winning the MDU Battle: What’s in Your Broadband Toolkit?: In an MDU...what % of customers will go to fiber when a good cable co. is present and VDSL? silo Narrowbander 6/19/2018 11:40:40 AM Winning the MDU Battle: What’s in Your Broadband Toolkit?: Millennials have about $1.4 trillion to spend! As Kurt said, it's important to keep them happy Alison Diana Author Next 5 chats +		Partner Perspectives - from our sponsors Huawei's Continuous Innovation in Ultra-Broadband Transmission By Huawei All Partner Perspectives Industry Announcements Cable Maker CEO Jody Gallagher Named to Fujikura’s Board Monday, July 16, 2018 LatAm Authorities Pull Plug on Pirate Satellite Ring Thursday, July 12, 2018 Broadband Forum Calls for Innovation Papers Thursday, July 12, 2018 Iowa Service Provider Evertek Migrates to Calix AXOS E7-2 GPON Tuesday, July 10, 2018 NTT Opens PoP at Equinix's Dublin Datacenter Monday, July 9, 2018 Smart-Home Startup Seliro Already Has Extensive Telecom Experience Tuesday, July 3, 2018 Vodafone Completes Trial of TIP's Voyager Monday, July 2, 2018 More Industry Announcements Flash Poll All polls Webinars ARCHIVED Wednesday, May 16, 2018 11:00 a.m. New York / 4:00 p.m. London Fiber Monitoring: Improving Profits, MTTR, and Security We will explore several fiber network environments, common vulnerabilities, and the business impact of failures. Fiber networks are typically a combination of owned and leased fiber. Learn how to reduce MTTR by up to 60% when an event occurs and how to detect degradation before it generates a service impact. Fiber monitoring of leased fiber helps ensure that the responsible party is dispatched for repair and SLAs can be managed. We will discuss both in service and out of service monitoring. Learn about the opportunities to improve business results in the following environments: Hyperscale datacenters- the business need for near 100% uptime 5G small cell combined with leased fiber - ensuring the SLA for leased fiber Long haul and Metro dark and lit fiber monitoring - reducing MTTR and preventing damage FTTX construction and service activation in the access or MSO network - accelerating time to revenue Security- preventing fiber tapping and data theft 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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