August 7, 2017

CableLabs Releases The Near Future. A Better Place.

Today CableLabs released a short film called The Near Future: A Better Place. The film explores emerging technologies in healthcare, including IoT telemedicine, intelligent agents and sensors, and how these will transform our daily lives. According to the U.N., by 2035, 1 in 5 people will be aged 65 or older, with seniors increasing faster than younger populations. While innovation pushes life expectancy longer and longer, the technology and connectivity of the near future offer an independence that hasn't been possible....until now. We invite you to experience this Near Future and explore the innovations we are working on. We hope

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August 7, 2017

The 2017 UpRamp Fiterator Cohort Announced

Today, at Summer Conference 2017, UpRamp announced the participants of the 2017 Fiterator cohort. Featuring startups in AI, IoT, P2P CDN, and Cybersecurity, these companies are on the cutting edge of technology ready to change the way we experience connectivity. Congratulations to King & Union, Bansen Labs, DeviceBits and Teltoo! More information about the Fiterator innovators and their technologies can be found here. About UpRamp's Fiterator Program UpRamp was founded to connect startups and cable operators to amplify innovation and improve customer experience with cable. Launched last year, UpRamp's Fiterator program is a new evolution of the accelerator concept. Fiterator is designed for late stage startups

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July 26, 2017

CableLabs’ Belal Hamzeh Contributes to S&P Global Market Intelligence on 5G

Belal Hamzeh, Vice President of Wireless Technology at CableLabs, gives his expert opinion on 5G standards in his article 5G for all: The Need for Standardized 5G Technologies in Unlicensed Bands featured in S&P Global Market Intelligence. Belal is responsible for R&D activities across fixed and mobile wireless technologies (Wi-FI, LTE, 5G) and emerging wireless technologies at CableLabs. Belal has 10+ years experience in the technology development lifecycle for wireless and wired technologies, holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Penn State and has multiple issued and pending patents.   ABOUT S&P GLOBAL MARKET INTELLIGENCE S&P Global Market Intelligence collects and analyzes content

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June 1, 2017

Canadian Set-Top Box Energy Conservation Agreement Kicks Off With Inaugural Steering Committee Meeting

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE             Toronto, June 1, 2017 – Last week, signatories met face-to-face for the inaugural meeting of the Steering Committee of the Canadian Energy Efficiency Voluntary Agreement for Set-Top Boxes (CEEVA) in Toronto. Representatives from each of the signatories as well as Natural Resources Canada and supporting organizations CableLabs and the Consumer Technology Association were in attendance. The parties met to further the implementation of commitments that are expected to reduce the total annual energy consumption of Canadian set-top boxes and cut annual carbon dioxide emissions by over 100,000 metric tonnes, the equivalent of taking more than 44,000 cars

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May 22, 2017

Boomtown debuts new graduates, new partnership at its Demo Day

Boomtown, the Boulder-based accelerator which focuses on early-stage high-tech companies, announced that it was partnering with late-stage accelerator UpRamp and its parent CableLabs to create a track for startups in telecom and connectivity. BizWest, 5/22/2017

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May 22, 2017

NFV interoperability in a multi-vendor, multi-network, multi service environment

Video: Phil McKinney talks to TelecomTV about transformation at the 2017 NFV World Congress

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May 19, 2017

Boomtown Announces Accelerator With UpRamp

  UpRamp is working with Boomtown to sponsor, select and support 20 startups in the connectivity industry BOULDER, Colo. — May 19, 2017 — Boomtown Accelerator, which nurtures carefully selected startups through a 12-week accelerator program, has announced a three-year agreement with 
UpRamp, a subsidiary of CableLabs. Together, the companies plan to select, accelerate and invest in early stage startups that are building products and services related to connected devices and connectivity software. The accelerator will be located in Boulder at Boomtown’s headquarters, and the program will utilize the existing Connectivity Lab sponsored by Comcast and Comcast Labs, the area

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April 3, 2017

CableLabs Joins VR Industry Forum

Toward the goal of advancing widespread adoption of virtual reality, CableLabs has joined the Virtual Reality Industry Forum.  An article in CED Magazine elaborates on the motivations of the forum.

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March 17, 2017

Faster Cellular Signals Could Mean Slower Wi-Fi

Wireless companies will soon be transmitting data in the same part of the public airwaves that’s used by Wi-Fi. Dubbed as LTE-U, the carriers will have more spectrum to play with, which should lead to faster speeds for their customers.  Those cellphone signals may interfere with Wi-Fi transmissions. Vice President of Technology Policy at CableLabs, Rob Alderfer, commented on the move in a San Jose Mercury News article.

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