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TIP, CableLabs set standard for future Wi-Fi

CableLabs, the R&D lab for the cable industry, and Telecom Infra Project (TIP) OpenWiFi, the open source-based Wi-Fi architecture that enables part multi-vendor, managed Wi-Fi networks, have announced the successful validation of new interoperable hardware and software, version 2.9, and the commissioning of a refreshed OpenWiFi Community Lab to serve as a testing ground and […]

June 22, 2023

Broadhurst elected to SCTE Board of Directors

Technetix Group, the broadband technology provider, has announced that Paul Broadhurst, President and Chief Executive Officer, has been elected as a vendor board member of the Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE), a subsidiary of CableLabs and the applied science player for the cable telecommunication industry for over five decades. With his election, Broadhurst will work […]

May 22, 2023

Intel, CableLabs, WBA trial Low Power Indoor Wi-Fi 6E

The Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) has announced results from a new field trial that highlight the benefits of using Low Power Indoor Wi-Fi 6E for a wide variety of demanding residential applications, including video collaboration for telecommuting, multiplayer gaming, augmented and virtual reality, streaming video and more. Conducted by CableLabs and Intel, the trial took […]

December 2, 2021

Report: STB initiative saves $2bn+ in energy costs

US consumers saved $2.2 billion (€1.9bn) in energy costs in 2020 thanks to a voluntary agreement between the pay-TV industry and energy efficiency advocates. The agreement, led by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA), NCTA – The Internet & Television Association and CableLabs has cut energy usage of set-top boxes by more than half in the […]

August 24, 2021

25GS-PON MSA Group membership boost

Trade body the 25GS-PON MSA Group, which brings together major operators along with leading system and component vendors to promote and accelerate the development and deployment of 25 Gigabit Symmetrical Passive Optical Network (25GS-PON) technology, has added 17 new member organisations, including service providers Proximus, OptiComm, and INEA, as well as CableLabs, the cable industry’s […]

July 23, 2021

SCTE unites with CableLabs

In  move that unites two of the cable industry’s leading engineering groups into one body to accelerate broadband deployment, CableLabs, the innovation and R&D lab for the cable industry, has confirmed the addition of the Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE) and its global arm, the International Society of Broadband Experts (ISBE), as a subsidiary […]

December 11, 2020