CT's Pipeline articles from July 2006

CT's Pipeline archives from July 2006

Cable IMS: Adolescent Growing to Adult.
July 11, 2006... Cable's version of IMS at Expo, in many ways, looked a lot like a teen- age football star about to enter college. It's poised for a major role in fixed mobile convergence (FMC), but still needs some definition before it can join DOCSIS and...

Commercial VoIP: Tough, But Doable.
July 11, 2006... Some cable operators will just throw up their hands and walk away rather than try to deliver carrier-grade voice services using early generation PacketCable gear designed for residential services. Others, such as Cox Communications, with a...

SCTE Announcements.
July 11, 2006... 'Business Services - How to Ensure the Big One Doesn't Get Away' That's the next topic of SCTE Live Learning, set for next Wednesday, July 19, at 2 p.m. Eastern time. Free to SCTE members. Registration is required, and "seats" are...

Pipeline Profile: Roger Paul.
July 11, 2006... SCTE member since 1990 Title: regional technical training supervisor, Comcast, Fresno, CA Broadband Background: Roger Paul was recently named SCTE Member of the Year at SCTE Cable-Tec Expo. SCTE's Board of Directors also recently...

SCTE Enters Higher Education.(Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers)
July 18, 2006... The SCTE is getting into the higher education business, offering college degrees tailored specifically for the cable industry through Rochester Institute of Technology. The SCTE has formed The Cable College LLC to run the program, set to...

Cell Backhaul? Potential Business for Some; Cost Savings for Hargray.
July 18, 2006... Using HFC plant to undercut incumbent telephone companies and backhaul the increasingly heavy load of mobile traffic is one of those "low hanging fruit" things that are always sitting out there waiting to be picked by some plucky MSO. While...

Broadband Soapbox: Common Ground.
July 18, 2006... In his profile at right, Neil Phillips stresses the importance of good grounding and suggests that the bar needs to be raised in this area. What's your take on this? Have you seen problems, either actual or potential (no pun intended), in...

SCTE Announcements.
July 18, 2006... Attend the SCTE Business Services Symposium! On October 17-18, SCTE will bring its hot-topic Business Services Symposium to Chicago. Sessions and sponsor demos will take place on Tuesday, Oct. 17, and a half-day round-table discussion will...

Pipeline Profile: Neil Phillips.(SignalVision)(Interview)
July 18, 2006... SCTE member since 1983 Title: President, Signal Vision Broadband Background: Phillips founded Signal Vision in 1976, after stints at Vikoa and Tidal Communications. He was inducted into the SCTE Hall of Fame at this year's Cable-Tec...

DVEP: Tip of the Iceberg?
July 25, 2006... The SCTE's DVEP certification should be available in the next week or so, and it may herald still more engineering-level certification efforts for the Society. DVEP, which stands for Digital Video Engineering Professional, is planned to...

Softel-USA Finds Strength in Numbers.
July 25, 2006... Like the old saying goes, there's strength in numbers, but that adage is especially true when it comes to testing and deploying some of today's new technologies. On that note, Softel-USA launched its MediaSphere Alliance Program last year....

Broadband Soapbox: Mergers and Rumors of Mergers.
July 25, 2006... It seems the industry's vendor community is going through a merger cycle somewhat like the one MSOs went through a couple years ago--we're awash in actual mergers, such as S-A and Cisco, and rumors of mergers, such as Motorola and BroadBus,...

SCTE Announcements.
July 25, 2006... Register Today for the SCTE Business Services Symposium Join SCTE in Chicago Tuesday to Wednesday, Oct. 17-18, and take in four information-packed tech sessions and sponsor demos on Tuesday followed by two workshop periods the next...

Pipeline Profile: Chris Bowick.(Interview)
July 25, 2006... SCTE member since 1981 Title: Senior Vice President Engineering/CTO, Cox Communications Broadband Background: Bowick joined Cox in 1998 as VP of Technology Development. Prior to joining Cox, he served as group VP of Technology and CTO...