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Content tagged with Customer Experience (CX) posted in July 2019
Cloud-Based Apps Power 10G PON
Alison Diana   7/31/2019   6 comments
Residential and enterprise demand for cloud-based apps and the need for more storage are driving operator investment in 10G PON, says Ovum analyst Julie Kunstler.
Summer Heats Up & So Does Fiber Industry
Fiber Broadband Association   7/30/2019   19 comments
Fiber is not only fast and reliable, it also broadly benefits the people and communities in which it's available, according to two recent reports financed in part by the Fiber Broadband Association.
Broadband Networks Always Hungry for More Bandwidth: Report
Broadband World News   7/25/2019   23 comments
More than 4 in 10 tech professionals predict bandwidth demands could double by 2021, Viavi's annual State of the Network finds.
BBWN Bites: Virgin Media Plans Speedy Rollout of Gig Broadband
Broadband World News   7/25/2019   11 comments
Also, Canada looks to Telesat to span its digital divide, Northern Ireland's broadband plan advances and new research ponders next-gen optical networks.
BBWN Bites: Arkansas Appoints a Broadband Czar
Broadband World News   7/24/2019   14 comments
Also today: gigabit broadband access passes nearly 1 in 5 people in the US, Roku and Amazon split the streaming media device market and Ofcom finds most subscribers are satisfied.
Rogers Aims to Ignite Broadband Growth
Alan Breznick   7/23/2019   8 comments
Big Canadian cableco still sees ample room for broadband growth as it prepares to launch next-gen home WiFi products syndicated from Comcast.
CenturyLink Digs Today's Fiber
Broadband World News   7/23/2019   3 comments
CenturyLink is expanding on its legacy of fiber, using new cable technologies from Corning to add 4.7 million miles in 50 US cities.
BBWF Interview: Deutsche Telekom's Thomas Henze on Innovation & Automated Connectivity
Broadband World Forum Perspectives   7/23/2019   6 comments
Thomas Henze, program director of Zero Touch Connectivity at Deutsche Telekom, discusses ecosystem development, customer experience, and why 'not moving forward means falling backwards.'
FCC Explores MDU Broadband Regulation
Alison Diana   7/10/2019   2 comments
Federal agency suggests that mandating competition and infrastructure sharing will discourage MDU buildouts and perpetuate the digital divide.
BBWN Bites: Sony Goes Orange for Security
Broadband World News   7/8/2019   12 comments
The operator will build Sony Group's new communications infrastructure atop the Orange Flexible SD-WAN solution to enhance Sony's performance, security and scalability.
BBWN Bites: Mega IoT Security Breach, KCOM Jilted
Broadband World News   7/5/2019   4 comments
An IoT vendor's data on about 2 billion devices has been available online since 2011, one more reason security is a good (and seemingly much-needed) business for operators.
BBWN Bites: Inmarsat Blasts Arctic With Satellite Broadband
Broadband World News   7/3/2019   12 comments
Also in today's news roundup: NBN reaches more than forecasted, Eutelsat's latest venture, 5G in rural Japan and Google's new subsea cable.
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Here's where you can find episode links for 'The Divide,' Light Reading's podcast series featuring conversations with broadband providers and policymakers working to close the digital divide.
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.
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