CT's Pipeline articles from October 2008

CT's Pipeline archives from October 2008

Wimax Trickling Into Small Ops Space.
October 7, 2008... The emergence of WiMAX as a viable technology and business model is prompting the small, independent cable community to explore its use as a new revenue source. Linked to large telecom providers such as Sprint, which launched its...

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October 7, 2008... Broadband Census, Review and Forecast Congress passed a bill last week - amidst various macroeconomic distractions - that directs the FCC to... FULL STORY >> WiMAX Opportunities and Predicaments Lots of WiMAX news this week, as...

Broadband Soapbox: Wimax ... For Real?
October 7, 2008... As noted in today's lead story, it seems that WiMAX is finally here. Or is it? WiMAX has been "developing" and "emerging" for so long now that doubts about its arrival are only natural. What do you think? Is WiMAX finally really here? If so,...

From The Wire.(CMC Inc.)(Radiance Technologies)
October 7, 2008... CMC Acquires Radiance Technologies Qatar Preps for Mobile TV Service Vecima to Deploy Bandwidth Reclamation Cablevision Names Two Execs to Wi-Fi Team Report: Cable Ops Face Bandwidth Challenges SMPTE to Develop Broadband...

SCTE Announcements, 10/07.(Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers)(Conference news)
October 7, 2008... Register for the SCTE Canadian Summit The Summit is a brand-new annual SCTE offering set to debut Tuesday and Wednesday, Feb. 3-4, 2009, in Toronto. The Summit will promote the exchange of technical information for today and tomorrow...

DNS Companies Address Cache Poisoning, Phishing.
October 14, 2008... Earlier this year, Dan Kaminisky, renowned "Black Ops" software expert and director of penetration testing at computer security services firm IOActive, discovered a flaw in the domain name system (DNS) protocol. Since then, there has...

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October 14, 2008... Advertising Co-Opetition? Keep the advertising interconnects strong, be open to new models with competitors and help build... FULL STORY >> CEA's Shapiro Predicts Consumer Electronics Association President and CEO Gary Shapiro...

Broadband Soapbox: Over The Top Tax?
October 14, 2008... One source of tension between facilities-based service providers - cable operators, for instance - and software developers who write applications that ride "on top" of that infrastructure is the "free ride" that these apps enjoy. Where...

From The Wire.
October 14, 2008... StarHub Picks Moto UTStarcom Inks China Deal Cox Supports Contest for Women Business Owners Aperto Receives FCC WiMAX Certification NTNC Selects Infinera Report: A Quarter of Broadband Homes to Be Mobile-Only by 2013 ...

SCTE Announcements, 10/14.(Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers)
October 14, 2008... Register for the SCTE Canadian Summit The Summit is a brand-new annual SCTE offering set to debut Tuesday and Wednesday, Feb. 3 - 4, 2009, in Toronto. The Summit will promote the exchange of technical information for today and tomorrow...

Interactive Spring.
October 21, 2008... For some developers in the interactive TV (ITV) space, the post dot-com winter was long and cold - even inhospitably "nuclear." Notwithstanding today's financial chill, the thaw in interactivity is now several years underway. Technology...

From The Wire.
October 21, 2008... Nokia Siemens, Juniper to Deploy in Belgium Optimum Lightpath Completes 4Connections Buy NGT Deploys Acme Packet JDSU Adds Features to 10 GigE Field Tester Harmonic Completes Microsoft Conformance Testing CEA Study:...

Profile: Larry Lafreniere.(Suddenlink Communications)(Brief article)
October 21, 2008... Fiber Rings in West Texas Larry LaFreniere Title: VP of engineering and technical operations, Suddenlink Communications Broadband Background: In an eight-month project (October 2007-May 2008), Suddenlink's West Texas team, led...

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October 21, 2008... Top Stories Net Management Upshot: Users, Not Apps The FCC was clear in a recent ruling regarding network management; operators may not block... FULL STORY >> Automation Update Reducing error, increasing service speed, and...

SCTE Announcements, 10/21.(Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers)
October 21, 2008... Sign Up for the SCTE Canadian Summit This new annual offering is set to debut Tuesday and Wednesday, Feb. 3-4, 2009, in Toronto and promote the exchange of technical information for today and tomorrow among Canadian engineering...

EOD: Bringing Ethernet Everywhere.
October 28, 2008... While cable operators are interested in serving the small-to-medium business (SMB) market and providing alternatives to legacy layer two services, fiber builds can be costly and impractical. Looking for ways to leverage their existing HFC...

From The Wire.
October 28, 2008... TWC Picks Parts of BIAP ETV Platform Suddenlink Debuts SeaChange VOD Latens, Moto Sign Reseller Agreement TWC Names Flessas SVP, Tech Ops Thurk Joins Acme Packet Board Read all the From the Wire news on Communications...

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October 28, 2008... Top Stories DOCSIS 3.0 Update Cable operators around the world have vetted and deployed channel bonding in pre-standard form for... FULL STORY >> All Digital, Small Scale As the competitive marketplace intensifies for tier 1...

SCTE Announcements, 10/28.
October 28, 2008... Sign Up for the SCTE Canadian Summit This new annual offering is set to debut Tuesday and Wednesday, Feb. 3 - 4, 2009, in Toronto and promote the exchange of technical information for today and tomorrow among Canadian engineering...