February 21, 2024

CableLabs’ Lori Lantz Named WICT Woman of the Year 2024

CableLabs congratulates Lori Lantz, Chief People Officer at CableLabs, for being awarded WICT (Women in Cable Telecommunications) 2024 Woman of the year! Women of the Year is The WICT Network’s highest individual accolade, bestowed on individuals who embody its mission to develop women leaders who transform the industry. Honorees have achieved top industry status and show great resolve to help others along their path. Lori embodies the WICT Network mission of developing women leaders who transform the industry. One way she gives back to her community is through hosting a podcast, The Corporate Bartender, where she shares Learning & Development tools, updates to

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February 16, 2024

CableLabs Principal Architect, Kevin Noll, to speak at BASe Technical Summit 2024

There is consensus among broadband service providers that fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) is the ultimate solution for delivering broadband. However, with 200 million connected users worldwide, the cable industry cannot transition users over to FTTH overnight. Join ‌Kevin Noll on March 7th in Mainz, Germany at ‌Broadband Forum’s BASe Technical Summit 2024 as he discusses the evolution of cable networks in a FTTH world.

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February 13, 2024

SCTE® Opens Call for Papers for TechExpo 2024

The call for papers is now open for presentation proposals for technical sessions that will be conducted during SCTE TechExpo 2024. All technical abstract submissions will be reviewed by the TechExpo Program Committee, chaired by Guy McCormick, senior vice president of engineering at Cox Communications, and Ronnie Dhaliwal, vice president, technology operations at Liberty Latin America. Each SCTE TechExpo abstract submission should be entered individually at techexpo.scte.org/call-for-papers by April 5, 2024. Separately, SCTE has announced a rebranding. Its flagship event has evolved over the years and now incorporates much more than cable – it is a gathering place that includes new audiences

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February 6, 2024

Gridmetrics Achieves Esri Silver Partner Status

Gridmetrics, the industry leader in the development of hyperlocal, real-time power intelligence, has been elevated to Esri Silver partner status. Gridmetrics PENS-Assets adds a vital, real-time, granular view of power outage information to Esri’s decision support tools for its public safety and private sector business resilience communities. PENS also integrates into Esri’s Mission Security Ops Center dashboard and assists the insurance industry with power outage claims processing. Access to real-time, around-the-clock information on local power grids is essential for hard-hit communities to recover from flooding and massive outages. Learn more about how Gridmetrics measures, monitors and tracks the availability and

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February 2, 2024

CableLabs’ Mark Poletti to speak about O-RAN at Mobile World Congress

Mark Poletti, director of wireless at CableLabs, will be featured in the O-RAN ALLIANCE Summit – Accelerating Open RAN Adoption in the session: State of O-RAN System Integration and Certification. In this panel discussion you will hear how certified O-RAN solutions help operators to select proven technology and minimize integration efforts. The summit will also include discussions on how O-RAN intelligent solutions bring benefits to operators in such areas as Total Cost of Ownership, energy efficiency, automation, agility, security, system integration, certification and improved overall economics. The panel will be held on Wednesday 28 February 2024, 11:30-12:00 CET in MWC

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February 1, 2024

CableLabs Innovation Video Wins Platinum 2024 AVA Digital Award

CableLabs has been recognized as a 2024 AVA Digital Awards Platinum Winner for the video “Advancing Together: Innovation Flourishes in Our Labs.” The award-winning video, created by CableLabs’ Digital Media Producer, Aabriti Shrestha, highlights our state-of-the-art lab facilities, which drive co-innovation for the global broadband industry. The international competition is administered by the Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals (AMCP) and honors excellence by creative professionals responsible for the planning, concept, direction, design, and production of digital communication.

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January 29, 2024

CableLabs Principal Architect, Matt Schmitt, to share insights about 100G Coherent at the Edge

This 2024 Optical Networks Digital Symposium is a free webcast that will focus on two emerging directions for coherent pluggables: Extending the Performance of Coherent Pluggables for DCI and Metro Networks, and Coherent Optics for the Edge. Join CableLabs Principal Architect, Matt Schmitt, on February 15 at 12:45 p.m. EST as he speaks on a panel about 100G coherent at the edge. Learn more about the webcast sessions and register to attend here.

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January 23, 2024

CableLabs Releases Internet Routing Security Profile in Conjunction With NCTA-U.S. Government Event

CableLabs has released a “Cybersecurity Framework Profile for Internet Routing” that serves as a foundation for improving the security of the internet’s routing system. The Routing Security Profile (RSP) was released during an event co-hosted with NCTA, featuring technical experts and key government officials. The profile is an actionable and adaptable guide that enables Internet Service Providers (ISPs), enterprise networks, cloud service providers and organizations — large and small — to proactively identify risks and mitigate threats to enhance routing infrastructure security. Reliable and secure routing is essential for the connectivity of critical communications networks. The RSP was developed as

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January 3, 2024

CableLabs Wraps Up Transformative Year of 10G Milestones

Five years after the broadband industry launched its 10G network initiative, progress in key areas is further cementing CableLabs’ leadership in future-ready broadband networks. The advancements in DOCSIS 4.0 technology, fiber-to-the-premise (FTTP) adoption, Low Latency DOCSIS and coherent passive optical networking (CPON) moved the 10G platform closer to broad realization in 2023. CableLabs members also made strides toward 10G adoption, with broadband providers around the world beginning to deploy their own 10G networks or announcing their roadmaps to deployment. 10G is a combination of technologies capable of delivering faster symmetrical speeds, lower latencies, enhanced reliability and better security in a

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