Chris Bastian

Innovation Insights at Fall Technical Forum

Chris Bastian – For attendees interested in staying ahead of the curve, learning about the latest advancements, and best practices in the industry, plans are well underway for SCTE® Cable-Tec Expo® and we are kicking things up in an “EXPOnential” way to celebrate 40 years of Expo!

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Leading Education for Industry Leaders

By Chris Bastian – You can learn more about the Leadership Institute programs developed to strengthen current and upcoming leaders in your organization, and the discounts your organization may receive as a Corporate Alliance Partner, by contacting SCTE.

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Telecom for Wellness

By Chris Bastian and Dr. Sudheer Dharanikota – The strength of the Standards Program is that it fosters open information sharing and collaboration between network operators and vendor partners. With the Explorer initiative, this ecosystem of collaboration has expanded to include service developers and service users.

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Fall Technical Forum to Feature Broad Array of Innovation

By Chris Bastian – The above six sessions are just a sampler, but descriptions for all 57 sessions are available at expo.scte.org. I encourage you to download the Expo app when it becomes available prior to joining us in Philadelphia, so that you can plan out your activities before you arrive on site.

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Workforce Forward

By Chris Bastian – Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, cable providers have taken action to ensure people, businesses and communities stayed connected. With 4.8 million new cable subscribers in 2020 and an additional 2.9 million in 2021, leading broadband providers now serve more than 108 million subscribers in the United States, according to Leichtman Research Group data.

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PNM and Associated Standards

By Chris Bastian — Network architectures and operations have become more complex in the past few decades. When I began working in telecommunications in the mid-1980s, telecom networks were still using circuit switches such as the 5ESS and DMS-100.

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Product and Technology Innovation

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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