Occasionally, going it alone in the cable business isn't all it's cracked up to be. Starting large projects from scratch can potentially tax a company's workforce as well as its financial coffers. When it comes to tracking system rebuilds and upgrades, as well as the launch of nascent services such as interactive television, a legion […]
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On the sceneat the 2001 CES Show
Consumer confab buzz centers around home networking Digital glitz and gadgets were the predictable trimmings at this years Consumer Electronics Show, where 1,800 exhibitors crammed 1.2 million square feet of floor space in and around the Las Vegas Convention Center. CES attendees take a look at the latest technology on display. PHOTO COURTESY CEA Topping […]
No time to sing the blues
Instead, the event (hosted by the Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers) attracted a record crowd of about 1,100 persons to the Crescent City. There, they were treated to updates on fiber optics, home networks, open access, video-on-demand and residential gateways, among other topics. The good news? Theres no shortage of new technologies coming down the […]
Service Electric, WeiTel team on testing, power supply maintenance
Service Electric Cablevision and Weintraub Telecomm LLC (WeiTel) have partnered to complete annual FCC-mandated Proof of Performance Testing for Service Electric and perform on-going preventive maintenance on the operator’s power supplies throughout Pennsylvania. The partnership will create more reliable systems for Service Electric and its customers, as well as identifying any problematic areas so that […]
Broadband Briefs for 12/07/07
• RCN lures NFL fans at Comcast’s expenseBy Brian Santo Taking advantage of the carriage spat between Comcast and the National Football League (NFL), RCN will carry all NFL Network coverage this season. Comcast carries the NFL channel but moved the channel to its digital tier, setting off a squabble about how accessible the games are on Comcast. RCN has an […]
Sezmi’s U.S. proof-of-concept secures Malaysia deal(2)
Malaysian Internet service provider YTL Communications plans to launch a converged TV and Internet service, which covers both residential and mobile use, using Sezmi’s TV platform. YTL plans to offer voice, data and TV by the end of next year. The video options will include live television, on-demand movies and shows, and Internet video. That […]
Fujitsu beefs up lab to support LTE
Fujitsu Network Communications said it is expanding its laboratory facilities at its Richardson, Texas, headquarters to support next-generation wireless technologies, including Long Term Evolution (LTE), the upgrade to today’s cell phone technology. Fujitsu Network Communications said it is expanding its laboratory facilities at its Richardson, Texas, headquarters to support next-generation wireless technologies, including Long Term […]
Sezmi’s U.S. proof-of-concept secures Malaysia deal(2)
Malaysian Internet service provider YTL Communications plans to launch a converged TV and Internet service, which covers both residential and mobile use, using Sezmi’s TV platform. YTL plans to offer voice, data and TV by the end of next year. The video options will include live television, on-demand movies and shows, and Internet video. That […]
Stepping outside the Comfort Zone
In the end, it all comes down to serving the customer. Remember the old axiom: “Customers don’t care how they get their HBO—they just know they want it”? Facing up to that reality is causing a growing number of cable TV system operators to move beyond old business paradigms and embrace the very technologies that […]
Modernizing network power
Four or five years ago, when competitive pressures were leading many cable operators to consider offering telephony services over their networks, the process of upgrading cable networks to carry power for telephone services topped engineering discussions. Those conversations covered a range of issues, from the shift to 90 volts from 60 volts, to technician safety […]
