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BBWN Radio: How to Virtualize the Subscriber Experience On average, subscribers don't think highly of their service providers. But virtualization and software-defined access empower operators to take control of elements, even those outside their traditional jurisdiction, to turn customers into advocates. Despite spending billions of dollars on infrastructure, content and training, the industry suffers from one of the poorest reputations in customer experience. In part, it's because so much of the communications experience actually resides beyond providers' control. That's especially true today in an age of home WiFi and multiple connected devices from a growing array of vendors using disparate operating systems and apps. (See The CX Journey & UBB: Houston, We Have a Problem and UBB & Automation: Solutions to the CX Challenge?.) Just as technology creates challenges, it generates the solution. During a February 21 radio show at 2 p.m. EST/11 a.m. PST, Jeremy Harris, director of subscriber solutions and experience at ADTRAN, will discuss "Virtualizing the Subscriber Experience." Harris, who has held roles in engineering, vendor and contract management, and product management, leads a team of product managers to define ADTRAN's global strategy for extending programmability and network tools to the subscriber edge, as well as transitioning customer premises equipment (CPE) to virtual network functions (VNFs) and SD-WAN. This transition automates many functions of the network, eliminating potential human error, enhancing security and accelerating deployment of maintenance patches, updates and upgrades. Software-defined access is a key enabler, breaking up monolithic legacy access architectures and giving providers a platform-based, open systems approach to innovation, said Harris. During the radio show, Harris will discuss such topics as:
Bring your curiosity and questions to "Virtualizing the Subscriber Experience," sponsored by ADTRAN, by registering here. See you on February 21 at 2 p.m. EST/11 a.m. PST. Related posts:
— Alison Diana, Editor, Broadband World News. Follow us on Twitter or @alisoncdiana. |
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Calix reported revenue of $120.19 million – up 4% – in Q4 2019, putting a bounce in the step of company president and CEO Carl Russo and a shine to Calix's ongoing transition from hardware vendor to a provider of platforms enabled by cloud, APIs and subscriber experience.
Looking to curtail e-waste and improve the bottom line, BT will require customers to return routers and set-top boxes, although subscribers will not have to pay a fee when they receive regular broadband equipment.
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Deploying DOCSIS 3.1 across its entire footprint gave Rogers Communications the ability to offer speeds of up to 1 Gbit/s,
contributing to a broadband segement that generated about 60% of the Canadian operator's $3.05 billion (US) in Q4 cable earnings.
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