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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By Steve Harris – For long-reach applications in the transport and access applications, cat A provides two sub-categories: A1 and A2. The G.657.A1 allows a 10 mm minimum design radius, while the G.657.A2 allows a 7.5 mm minimum design radius. These are both improvements over 15 mm to 30 mm in G.652.
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By Mark Dzuban – We’ve collectively made it through the first half of 2021 — and 2020 for that matter — and are speeding into the back half of the year, which promises a fresh set of surprises.
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By Robin Fenton – Among the most unique aspects of SCTE’s CORTEX system are its VirtuLearn™ trainings. This interactive format incorporates a variety of learning approaches in one flexible module.
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By Mark L. Dzuban – The sharpening of SCTE’s mission to be the industry’s leading applied science organization, the forging of closer partnerships with NCTA and CableLabs.
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By Mark Dzuban – I don’t want to spoil the surprise, but we will have a groundbreaking demo as a highlight of the opening general session. All I can tell you is that it’s the type of innovation you’d expect from our industry as we harness the 10G platform. You’ll have to join us on the morning of Oct. 12 to find out more. Registration is at expo.scte.org.
Read MoreBy Tom Monaghan — Among our most notable advances has been our implementation of virtual reality as a training tool. We now have technicians who have the ability every day in the training to “see” and “feel” and “touch” the plant and to “touch” devices within the home without actually being there.
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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 Jeff Finkelstein – In my last article, I discussed briefly the concept of corporate anti-bodies that try to shut down attempts to advance technology which may solve problems that do not exist yet. If we relied solely on those individuals to make the decisions, it is unlikely things would have moved at the incredible rate of change we have seen in many industries, including ours
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By Jeff Finkelstein – Cable technologies across a diverse range of business fields where technology plays a significant part. While I would not label it strictly a technology-based problem, it is the basis of how many companies enhance their product sets by using new and advanced technologies to drive improvements to customer experience
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