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5 Most Important Fiber Deep Acronyms
HFC? CCAP? With so many acronyms it can be hard to keep them all straight. Ciena’s resident Cable MSO expert, Wayne Hickey, point ...
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6 Takeaways from Heavy Reading Cable’s Fiber Outl ...
Heavy Reading recently surveyed the SCTE membership about their fiber buildout plans, we take a look at the top six takeaways fro ...
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800G is here: pushing the boundaries of what your ...
The wait is over. 800G has been tested and proven in real production networks with Ciena’s WaveLogic 5 Extreme. Learn about how t ...
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Cable operators – the move to edge compute
Almost 60% of cable executives surveyed by Broadband Success Partners said improved customer experience or enablement of new reve ...
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Cable plays nice: Service convergence on the CIN
Ciena’s Chief Architect for the MSO Practice, Fernando Villarruel explains how moving forward, even more interaction between indu ...
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Cable’s Fiber Outlook Survey – 87% Plan Aggregati ...
As part of the annual “Cable’s Fiber Outlook Survey Report”, Heavy Reading surveyed over 200 respondents to get insights on Distr ...
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Cable’s move to network automation
Want to hear directly from cable executives about what is driving their network automation strategies? Broadband Success Partners ...
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Check your Fiber Deep boxes with Ciena
Getting high-bandwidth closer to customers at the network edge needs an adaptive network infrastructure, and the right network pa ...
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DAA takes center stage at SCTE Cable-Tec 2018
Did you miss SCTE Cable-Tec Expo? Were you running from meeting to meeting and missing sessions? Ciena’s Darren McKinney has you ...
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Dealing with packet networking complexity? It’s t ...
Ciena’s Scott McFeely explains how new significant enhancements to Ciena’s Packet Networking portfolio will help you to accelerat ...
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Fiber Deep: Bringing bandwidth to the edge
In today’s highly competitive market MSOs need to put the necessary foundation in place to offer the best customer experience pos ...
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Fiber Deep: Modernizing the cable network
Faster Internet connections, streaming media devices, and the unrelenting demand for mobile video has forever changed cable acces ...
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Gearing-up Cable MSOs for the move up-market
U.S. MSOs were experiencing double-digit business services growth; however, did you know that growth has slowed in recent years? ...
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How coherent optics improve capacity, performance ...
In this Q&A, Fernando Villarruel, Chief Architect of Ciena’s MSO Practice, highlights the strategic importance of coherent optics ...
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How does Ciena’s 5171 help solve key networking b ...
Ciena’s 5171 platform delivers the capacity network operators need, where they want it – the network edge. In our popular Chalk T ...
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How is change management the key to successful ca ...
The Cable/MSO industry is entering new territory as networks are modernized to get ahead of market dynamics. Change was everywher ...
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How will Cable MSO Networks Keep Up with Massive ...
Ciena’s resident Cable MSO expert, Wayne Hickey, explains how Over-the-Top (OTT) viewing is about to massively change the Cable M ...
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Kit outdoors, on the corner, down the street
When it comes to designing any network, success depends on the ability to keep traffic flowing freely. The key to doing this is t ...
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Life’s tough in the great outdoors, especially fo ...
Sometimes you have to be super-tough to survive – and the same’s true for any packet-optical network equipment, especially if you ...
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Powering Cable’s Future with Distributed Access
It’s not surprising that cable operators are looking to Fiber Deep and DAA for their networks, not only is it the logical step to ...
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Q&A: Learning More about CableLabs® New Coher ...
CableLabs recently released a specification for coherent optics that is a significant development to support Distributed Access A ...
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Speeding up the Network Edge with Fiber Deep
Ciena’s Wayne Hickey explains how changing user behaviors are driving the need for more symmetrical services to alleviate bandwid ...
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The Future of the Internet Is Fiber Deep
Aging coaxial plants, analog repeaters and limited spectrum make meeting customer demand for fast and reliable service a challeng ...
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Three takeaways from CableLabs Summer Conference’ ...
Ciena’s Chief Architect for the MSO Practice, Fernando Villarruel spent last week at the 19th annual – and last – CableLabs Summe ...