Charter starts to book RDOF revenues
Jeff Baumgartner 4/29/2022 Post a comment Charter has sparked RDOF work in all 24 states where it won bids. The cable op booked about $19 million in RDOF revenues in Q1, and expects to have about $9 million per month come in over the next ten years.
The year in DOCSIS 4.0
Jeff Baumgartner 12/29/2021 Post a comment With early lab trials, a first wave of interoperability testing and collaborations between key suppliers, DOCSIS 4.0 made significant progress in 2021, even as deployments remain well out on the horizon.
Comcast bumps 'Gigabit Pro' to 3-Gig
Jeff Baumgartner 11/1/2021 Post a comment Comcast confirmed it will soon upgrade all Gigabit Pro subs to symmetrical speeds of 3 Gbit/s. Gigabit Pro, an FTTP service for residential customers, originally offered symmetrical speeds of 2-Gig.
CommScope explores new option for DOCSIS 4.0
Jeff Baumgartner 10/22/2021 Post a comment Key cable supplier has teamed up with two tech partners to develop silicon and a network architecture for DOCSIS 4.0. The move aims to expand the ecosystem for vendors and operators, but should also keep Broadcom in check.
Comcast touts progress on DOCSIS 4.0
Jeff Baumgartner 10/12/2021 Post a comment With a near-term focus on integration, Comcast engineering exec Rob Howald says the operator's virtual CMTS now 'speaks' DOCSIS 4.0 as the company pushes ahead with deployments of a distributed access architecture.
Facebook touts advancements in connectivity
Jeff Baumgartner 10/7/2021 Post a comment Facebook Connectivity provided updates on a set of projects, including the deployment of subsea cables, its 'Bombyx' fiber-building robot and Terragraph, a fixed wireless system that uses unlicensed millimeter wave spectrum.
AT&T may go even bigger with fiber
Jeff Baumgartner 9/22/2021 Post a comment AT&T CEO John Stankey has challenged his execs to explore what it would take to expand AT&T's plan to build FTTP to 30 million locations by 2025. 'Execution and performance' is all that stands in the way, he says.
'GAP' node standards are cleared for takeoff
Jeff Baumgartner 9/21/2021 Post a comment SCTE, the cable industry's standards-setting organization, has approved standards for enclosures and modules for Generic Access Platform (GAP) nodes designed to support DOCSIS, PON and wireless access technologies.
AT&T connects with OneWeb
Jeff Baumgartner 9/8/2021 Post a comment Providing OneWeb with a big-name tenant, AT&T plans to tap into OneWeb's developing low-Earth orbit satellite broadband platform to serve businesses in remote parts of the US.
Frontier unleashes faster fiber buildout plan
Jeff Baumgartner 8/6/2021 Post a comment After ending 2021 with 4 million fiber locations passed, a new 'Wave 2' plan will have Frontier deploy FTTP to another 6 million locations by the end of 2025. But the company is not yet fully funded to pull it off.
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As we have for the past two years, Light Reading will present our Cable Next-Gen Europe conference as a free digital symposium on June 21.
Charter has sparked RDOF work in all 24 states where it won bids. The cable op booked about $19 million in RDOF revenues in Q1, and expects to have about $9 million per month come in over the next ten years.
As we have for the past two years, Light Reading will stage the Cable Next-Gen Technologies & Strategies conference as a free digital event over two half-days in mid-March.
Launch of 2-Gig and 5-Gig FTTP tiers in 70-plus markets puts more pressure on cable ops to enhance their existing DOCSIS 3.1 network or accelerate their upgrade activity centered on the new DOCSIS 4.0 specs.
Ziply Fiber, an operator that tangles with Comcast and Charter, has launched two multi-gigabit tiers in 60 urban areas, aiming for all markets by Q2 2022.
- Skywire Networks partners with Connectbase
Thursday, June 23, 2022
- Conterra announces investment in Union County fiber network
Thursday, June 23, 2022
- Telstra Wholesale rolls out Rapid Mobile Activation service with ADVA
Thursday, June 23, 2022
- Brightspeed announces fiber build markets for Alabama
Wednesday, June 22, 2022
- OTTC differentiates on security and drives 25% annual growth with Calix Customer Success Services, ProtectIQ and, soon, Arlo Secure
Wednesday, June 22, 2022
- Viasat intros new plans delivering up to 150 Mbit/s
Wednesday, June 22, 2022
- Hoosier Net welcomes new member Accord
Wednesday, June 22, 2022
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