Smaller Ops and DOCSIS 3.0</h1> <article> <h1>Smaller Ops and DOCSIS 3.0</h1> <p>Wed, 8 Jul 2009 0:00:00 EDT</p> News that Midcontinent Communications launched DOCSIS 3.0 services in June came as no surprise. The company has been a consistent technology leader. In 2007, CT magazine named Midcontinent one of its Top Tier systems, an early activation of 64-QAM upstream being one of its claims to fame. (Click here... </article> <article> <h1>Tru2way Missed But Not Forgotten</h1> <p>Mon, 6 Jul 2009 0:00:00 EDT</p> The five MSOs that had signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to have 100 percent of their digital cable systems ready for tru2way by July 1, 2009 missed their deadline last week. But Cox Communications and Comcast appear to be ahead of the pack. "We will clearly be utilizing tru2way and clearly... </article> <article> <h1>CableLabs Issues Ad Specs</h1> <p>Wed, 1 Jul 2009 0:00:00 EDT</p> CableLabs today issued an anticipated set of specifications created to spur the development of cable advertising and other interactive products. The Stewardship and Fulfillment Interfaces (SaFI) are comprised of component specs aimed at enabling interactive advertising, advertising within existing video on... </article> <article> <h1>The Mobile Future</h1> <p>Wed, 1 Jul 2009 0:00:00 EDT</p> Communications of all kinds are getting increasingly mobile. Upcoming packet-based mobile technologies could be game-changers.... </article> <article> <h1>Comcast Launches Wireless</h1> <p>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 0:00:00 EDT</p> Comcast launched broadband wireless service in Portland today. Dubbed Comcast High-Speed 2go, the service will be rolled out nationwide. The service will use both fourth-generation (4G) and third-generation (3G) wireless infrastructure. Comcast’s 4G service... </article> <article> <h1>Wireless Update</h1> <p>Mon, 1 Jun 2009 0:00:00 EDT</p> Cable operators are now viewing wireless as an inside/outside triple play.... </article> <article> <h1>Firm Studies DSP Silicon Market</h1> <p>Mon, 11 May 2009 0:00:00 EDT</p> Market research firm Forward Concepts reports in a new market study that despite changes in reporting digital signal processing (DSP) is driving the entire... </article> <article> <h1>Japan Cablenet Bonds with ARRIS</h1> <p>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 0:00:00 EDT</p> ARRIS announced that Japan Cablenet (JNC) Ltd., the nation's second largest cable operator, will begin wide-scale deployment of its 160 Mbps high-speed data service across its footprint, beginning... </article> <article> <h1>Reality Check: Leaders and Followers</h1> <p>Sun, 1 Mar 2009 0:00:00 EST</p> There are some pretty big architectural shifts underway in today's cable and telecom market. Some examples include Internet protocol (IP) Multimedia Subsystem (IMS), all-digital, IPv6, switched digital video (SDV), IPTV, DOCSIS 3.0, fiber to the home (FTTH) - and that's just for starters. Service providers... </article> <article> <h1>All-Digital</h1> <p>Sun, 1 Mar 2009 0:00:00 EST</p> Basic vs. digital subs, truck rolls or self-install, set-tops and DTAs, MPEG-2 vs. MPEG-4, legacy vs. open CA, regulatory compliance or waiver, large or small MSO - the all-digital equation has many variables.... </article> </main></body></html>