Wireless virtual reality headsets data consumption is forecast to explode over the next four years, putting a severe strain on both wireless and wired networks, according to a new report from Juniper Research. The firm predicts data consumption from wireless VR headsets will skyrocket from almost 2,800 PB in 2017 to more than 21,000 PB […]
Networking
CableLabs Unveils Open Source LoRaWAN Solution
CableLabs this week debuted a new open source LoRaWAN solution it says will help more of its members compete in the low-power, wide-area (LPWA) space as the Internet of Things (IoT) flourishes. The solution includes a number of open source components, including a LoRaWAN network server responsible for handling uplink data received by the gateways […]
CenturyLink Introduces Managed Security Platform to Asia Pacific Organizations
Briefs: Rise Broadband, SCTE, FCC, Quantenna, and AirTies
Rise Broadband, a fixed wireless broadband service provider, has finalized an agreement with the City of Blair, Neb., and has activated transmission equipment on three city structures to expand the company’s internet and phone coverage, speed, and capacity for area homes and businesses. “With our lease for three City facilities, we now provide Blair and […]
NFV Market Will Experience Moderate Growth in Next Few Years, Report Forecasts
In the last couple years, network function virtualization (NFV) received a lot of attention, but generally remained in the “proof of concept” stage. Additionally, while a lot of talk has occurred around the necessity for improved NFV standardization efforts to develop requirements and architecture specifications for various functions within networks, that too has proven a […]
Altice USA’s Dexter Goei Chats About Fiber Deployments, New Communications Hub at NAB 2017
The annual NAB Show may not be the first place you’d think of as a platform for prominent players in the cable industry to present their opinions, but this year’s event featured Altice USA Chairman and CEO Dexter Goei as a keynoter discussing several of the operator’s technical strategies. Among the topics Goei touched on […]
NEDAS Symposium: The Struggle for Interior DAS
In our increasingly connected world, WiFi might become another utility, as essential as water. The design of new buildings also needs to incorporate space for a backbone of cables to carry that signal. Taking care of the “wire” in “wireless” was one of the common refrains of the Northeast DAS Symposium held on Friday. In […]
NASA Plans First Live 4K Video from Space at NAB 2017
If you’re headed for NAB in Las Vegas later this month and have an interest in 4K and space travel, there’s an event that you’ll want to put on your schedule. NASA announced on Tuesday that it will produce the first-ever live 4K video stream from space during an NAB Super Session, “Reaching for the […]
Acquisitions Help Push Cable Operators’ Ethernet Status Upward, Research Shows
Vertical Systems Group released its 2016 U.S. Cable MSO Leaderboard, which ranks operators based on U.S. retail Ethernet port share for this segment. The top four in order are Spectrum Enterprise, Comcast, Cox, and Altice USA, according the research. Those operators also received a Leaderboard rank or a Challenge Tier citation in the overall 2016 […]
Telestream Aims to Snap Up IneoQuest
Telestream announced an agreement on Thursday to acquire IneoQuest, which offers video quality monitoring and analytics solutions for content distribution across managed and unmanaged networks. Terms were not disclosed. The deal is expected to be completed near the end of the first quarter this year. What caught Telestream’s eye in particular are IneoQuest’s analytics solutions that […]