By Neal Y Nakamura — A fiber monitor saves critical hours by automating the initial steps in the classic fiber restoration fire drill, ensuring prompt and accurate repair crew truck rolls. Its ability to proactively detect potential outages adds a new dimension to outside plant fiber maintenance.
Read MoreBy Steve Heeb – Why has RDK decided to participate at SCTE•ISBE Cable-Tec Expo® this year? SCTE•ISBE Cable-Tec Expo is now the largest cable telecom event in North America, and it provides a key gathering place for technical decision makers from across our industry. From our perspective, Expo provides us with a unique forum to discuss the global activity driving the RDK community, including CPE manufacturers, SoC vendors, software developers, system integrators, and service providers.
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By Rob Anderson — According to SCTE Energy 2020 research, up to 83% of operators’ overall energy consumption is from hubs, headends, and access network power supplies powering active equipment along the HFC network. including CPE manufacturers, SoC vendors, software developers, system integrators, and service providers.
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By Doug Junkins — As networks have grown more complex, it’s become a huge challenge for communications service providers (CSPs) to continue to operate their networks more efficiently.
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By Kevin Hart — Cox’s Kevin Hart is serving as Program Chair of SCTE•ISBE Cable-Tec Expo for the second time this decade. Broadband Library caught up with him for an inside view on what to expect in Atlanta.
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By Chris Bastian – It’s only May, and already it’s been a good year to be a sports fan in Philadelphia.
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By Ron Hranac – During the week of October 16th, some 8800 people made their way to the Colorado Convention Center to attend 2017’s SCTE·ISBE Cable-Tec Expo. The last time Expo was held in Denver was September 2014, and Mother Nature surprised attendees with snow — lots of it.
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SCTE•ISBE Cable-Tec Expo has benefited from two of the sharpest minds in the business, program chairs Jim Blackley (Charter) and Terry Cordova (Altice). Cathy Wilson, publisher of Broadband Library, was lucky enough to sit down with these two engineering professionals and find out their thoughts on the upcoming show and the broadband industry.
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By Chris Bastian – The Fall Technical Forum at SCTE•ISBE Cable-Tec Expo 2017 promises to be the technical exchange event of the year. We are very excited to team with CableLabs and NCTA — The Internet & Television Association — to plan and offer this event. Planning started early for this forum: Back in March the Expo program committee, comprising more than 20 executives
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By Ron Hranac – If it seems like this year’s SCTE/ISBE Cable-Tec Expo® had an unusually high energy level, you’re right. Among the hot topics this year were energy management, wireless, gigabit service, DOCSIS® 3.1, and the Internet of Things.
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