
Were the 2022 Olympic Games in Beijing a Tipping Point for Streaming?
The 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics are in the books and, if you listen to the general consensus in some circles, they were a total bust for networks. Ratings were down—way down—and that’s prompting many to conclude viewers were disinterested for …

Opportunities to Meet Demands of 4K Streaming
In the world of home entertainment, there are a pair of persistent trends that telco professionals should be leveraging to their advantage. One is the now long-running trend of people cutting the cord on cable and relying solely on streaming …

Resolution Confusion, Part 1: The Road to High Definition
It might be early days for 8K television, but one thing is already clear: The bandwidth demands it’s going to put on the smart homes of tomorrow will be extreme. And tomorrow is closer than most people think — some …

How BNGs can ease internet traffic congestion
Over the years, Broadband Network Gateways (BNGs) have had to evolve to support new functionalities. Management of multiple types of access, transmission of data encapsulations, and customers have challenged the effectiveness, speed and delivery of gateways. These are management systems …

Is it time to upgrade to Wi-Fi 6?
With the increase in devices connecting to wireless local area networks (WLAN), customers are demanding more bandwidth and faster throughput. The introduction this year of more products adopting the latest Wi-Fi 802.11ax standard aims to answer this demand. This new …