Broadband’s next frontier is on the horizon—introducing 10G
This past September, an alliance of three companies unveiled the 10G Smart Home. In Ames, Iowa, U.S. cable operator Mediacom, CableLabs, and NCTA (Internet & Television Association) demonstrated the capabilities of an enhanced broadband network in a house with over …
How 5G helps move to Open RAN tech and virtualization to telco
Currently, Huawei, Nokia, and Ericsson dominate telco. These three giants share 80% of the market. Using proprietary hardware, architecture, and software systems, their networks are effectively black boxes. However, the advent of 5G is likely to change that. The new …
Tapping the Brakes on 5G’s Hype
If there’s a singular truth about 5G it’s this: If you polled every single IT or telco executive in the world and asked them to list the most important trends in their industry, virtually all of them would put 5G …
Edge Computing and the Third Act of the Internet
What will the next phase of the internet look like? Where are the opportunities for providers and installers? What trends and patterns do industry pros need to be aware of? These are just some of the questions that are explored …
CES 2020: Under-the-Radar Trends for Telecom Pros
Every year, the tech world descends on Las Vegas for CES—the Consumer Electronics Show—to share and discover the latest tech trends, as well as get some sneak peeks of the near future. Most notably, the show is a great opportunity …