CT's Pipeline articles from November 2003

CT's Pipeline archives from November 2003

Charter Streamlines Business.(Charter Communications)
November 4, 2003... Charter Communications takes business practices to another level this month when it goes live with new purchasing, inventory and forecasting software. "By November 10, the entire company will be up on a J.D. Edwards platform," Paul...

DVRs Integrated with Set-Tops to Bloom by 2007.
November 4, 2003... While the fortunes of standalone digital video recorders (DVRs) may have dulled, that has not reduced consumer interest in the technology. Growth in the technology segment, however, is most likely to come from integration of DVR functionality...

Real-Life RPR Lessons.
November 4, 2003... This is your last chance to take part in Communications Technology's first WebEvent: "RPR Transport Networks Applications: Lessons From The Real World." The event, scheduled for later today, Tuesday, November 4, 2003 from 2:00 to 2:45 PM...

Motorola to Cease DCT 2000 Production.(Brief Article)
November 4, 2003... Given the increasing demand in its DCT2500 platform, Motorola has told its customers that it will cease manufacturing the DCT2000 at the end of 2003. The product launched in 1998 and acquired by far the largest deployed footprint of any digital...

A Hint of Basil.
November 4, 2003... Congratulations Basil Badawiyeh, Young Engineer of the Year Basil Badawiyeh, video systems engineer for Adelphia, is the winner of the 2004 Young Engineer of the Year Award, sponsored by Pace Micro Technology, Multichannel News, and SCTE....

Kentucky and Michigan Cities Diverge on Voice.
November 11, 2003... Call it a tale of two utilities--both with cable TV operations and both launching VoIP services. The Frankfurt, Ky., Plant Board is using gear from Arris ( http://www.arrisi.com ) and Nuera ( http://www.nuera.com ) to battle Bell South for...

Comcast's Coblitz Named Communications Technology's Broadband Innovator of the Year.(Mark A. Coblitz)(Brief Article)
November 11, 2003... Mark A. Coblitz, senior vice president of strategic planning with Comcast Corporation, is this year's recipient of Communications Technology magazine's Broadband Innovator of the Year Award. Coblitz was recognized for his work on the...

SCTE Launches Spanish-Language Certification Testing.(Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers)(Brief Article)
November 11, 2003... Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE) has made its Broadband Premises Specialist (BPS) Certification available in Spanish. According to SCTE Director of Certification and Program Development Joel Welch,...

Motorola to Cease DCT 2000 Production.(Brief Article)
November 11, 2003... Given the increasing demand in its DCT2500 platform, Motorola has told its customers that it will cease manufacturing the DCT2000 at the end of 2003. The product launched in 1998 and acquired by far the largest deployed footprint of any digital...

Landmark Testing in Arizona.
November 11, 2003... SCTE Operacion Espanol Breaks New Ground in Arizona SCTE made history Nov. 6 when a group of Spanish-as-a-first-language SCTE certification candidates became the first individuals to take an SCTE certification exam in a language other than...

Rolling Fewer Trucks.
November 18, 2003... Truck rolls are a long-standing concern of operators. For fresh insight in how to reduce them, see the preview of an upcoming article in Communications Technology, at the end of this feature story. But vendors with service fleets have a...

Vendors Join Forces to Make Infrastructure Purchases Easier.
November 18, 2003... Call it a sign that the worst may indeed be over for the recession that gripped the United States since the end of the 1990s. Capital investment in broadband infrastructure by cable operators has begun to take off. Making the best of the news,...

SCTE To Distribute Interactive Training Software.(Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers)(Brief Article)
November 18, 2003... The SCTE and Pangrac & Associates Development, Inc. ( www.pangrac.com ) last week announced an agreement for distribution of P&A's Tech Trainer training software for cable technicians. P&A's Tech Trainer is a collection of training and...

Motorola to Cease DCT 2000 Production.(Brief Article)
November 18, 2003... Given the increasing demand in its DCT2500 platform, Motorola has told its customers that it will cease manufacturing the DCT2000 at the end of 2003. The product launched in 1998 and acquired by far the largest deployed footprint of any digital...

Gain Some Real Insight.(Brief Article)
November 18, 2003... RealNetworks' Rob Glaser to Share Insights at ET 2004 Join keynote speaker Rob Glaser, founder and chairman/CEO of RealNetworks (RealPlayer, RealVideo, and Helix DRM), during the luncheon on Jan. 15 at ET 2004. Register for ET today and...

Built for Speed.
November 25, 2003... Some broadband offerings are built for (pricing) comfort. Cable's offerings, however, seem more and more built for speed. From an engineering perspective, the key question is whether the increased speeds will start to squeeze capacity on...

Cox Reaches Out to Business Customers with New Network Platform.
November 25, 2003... After some rigorous field testing, Cox Communications has approved Xtend Networks ( http://www.xtendnetworks.com ) technology to help provide service to business users. The Holy Grail for cable has been finding a way to target business...

Learn Transport Technology by the Web.(Brief Article)
November 25, 2003... The key to successful data transport is to ensure data arrives in the same condition it was sent. Despite recent advances in bandwidth, subscribers still face difficultly with data quality. On December 12, the Web portal...

Motorola to Cease DCT 2000 Production.
November 25, 2003... Given the increasing demand in its DCT2500 platform, Motorola has told its customers that it will cease manufacturing the DCT2000 at the end of 2003. The product launched in 1998 and acquired by far the largest deployed footprint of any digital...

ET 2004 Deadlines Fast Approaching.(Emerging Technologies )
November 25, 2003... ET 2004 Deadlines Fast Approaching Don't let the pre-registration deadline for SCTE's 2004 Conference on Emerging Technologies (ET) sneak up on you. It's Dec. 19. That's your last day to save $100. The housing deadline is Dec. 12. Square...