CONNEXUS

The Nexus for Mobile + Fixed Convergence

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01. Introduction

A New Era of Connectivity

con·ver·gence

noun

the process of harmonizing, unifying

The broadband industry stands on the precipice of a new era. Although network convergence has been occurring for well over a decade, we now have the foundational technologies to begin merging mobile and broadband networks. Enabling convergence benefits both operators and end-users.

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For operators, convergence means improved quality of service and enhanced operational agility. Convergence allows an operator to scale and create opportunities, as well as to monetize their network features and capabilities to deliver differentiated services.

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For end-users, convergence provides better, simpler service. End-users will always be connected, wherever they are, without having to think or worry about it. They will have network resources always at their fingertips, whenever they need it, to support whatever they might need to do with both current and future applications. Throughout their experience, they’ll know that the network remains secure.

Connexus and Convergence

Connexus is a multi-faceted collaborative initiative designed to facilitate industry alignment around network convergence so that we can start transforming concepts into practical everyday uses. To realize the vision of a truly connected future, Connexus is crucial to facilitate industry alignment.

With convergence, it will be possible to dynamically signal the converged core so that connectivity can be tailored automatically per user, per device, or even per application. This is customized experience excellence.

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Nadia Benabdallah
Group Network Director
Vodafone Italy

The industry has been talking about convergence for a long time. What’s exciting about this CableLabs initiative is that the foundational technologies now exist for us to make this real, and the focus on the customer experience is the right guiding principle.

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Iyad Tarazi
President, CEO and Co-Founder
Federated Wireless

The advantages of convergent networks is clear, and the strong benefit to our customers is equally clear. We will simplify the consumption of new services, regardless of the underlying infrastructure. With the adoption of the ‘Network as a Platform’ approach, we make the underlying networks invisible to our customers.

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Nadia Benabdallah
Group Network Director
Vodafone Italy

With Xfinity Mobile, Comcast has taken its leading connectivity experience outside the home and given our customers the ability to access the Internet from anywhere. As we look toward a future with more integrated experiences across all of our services, we’re excited to work with CableLabs toward the virtualization and convergence that will help make that a reality.

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Tom Nagel
Senior Vice President, Wireless Strategy and Development
Comcast

We believe that bringing together a common vision and strategy in wireless, cable infrastructure and—most important—customer experience is critical to moving the industry forward. As members of CableLabs, we’re very pleased to participate in the Mobile Convergence Committee to help simplify converged solutions and bring new experiences to customers.

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Luciano Ramos
Senior Vice President, Network Development, Planning & Engineering
Rogers

Cable access digitization and transition to cloud is a ripe environment for bandwidth-rich solutions. Intelligence and convergence will enable myriad end-to-end services and a seamless user experience.

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Steve Alexander
Chief Technology Officer
Ciena

Cable providers will play a critical role in the era of 5G and the edge. Convergence is essential for ensuring consistent service and persistent connectivity.

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Caroline Chan
Vice President and General Manager, Network Business Incubator Division
Intel

The time for convergence is now, as we can leverage key building blocks like virtualization, network disaggregation, open interfaces and multi-access edge computing, automation, along with artificial intelligence and machine learning, to manage network complexities.

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Craig Cowden
SVP, Wireless Technology
Charter

The future of convergence and mobile access networks will be to lean forward toward virtualized and disaggregated platforms. These platforms will be flexible and maximize user and enterprise experience. This will create great opportunities between cable operators and mobile operators to cooperate in many ways in the 5G era. Leveraging transport platforms and utilizing common technologies are strong opportunities for greater cooperation between different types of operators that minimize the total cost of ownership."

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Mariam Sorond
Chief Research & Development Officer & Senior Vice President
CableLabs