Broadband Technology Information: Access Defined
The Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE) represents some of the cable industry’s best and brightest innovators of broadband technology. Therefore, it is only fitting that SCTE develop a cutting-edge service–SCTE Info-Scope™ —for its members. SCTE Info- Scope™ launched on May 17, 2004, and is a qualified search engine for broadband engineering information. It is an exclusive member benefit of the SCTE—and the only one of its kind in the cable telecommunications industry. We are proud to be able to offer our members this service especially as it expands our already extensive offerings from our mission of “Professional Development, Information and Standards.” Instant information access Have you ever tried searching for a broadband topic on the Internet, with the results numbering in the thousands if not millions? For example, HDTV recently yielded 4.79 million “matches.” With SCTE’s new search engine, SCTE Info-Scope™, you can search with the confidence of knowing only qualified broadband content will be featured in your search results. SCTE InfoScope™ provides easy access to cable terminology, white papers, formulas, acronyms, articles, presentations and other resources relevant to the cable telecommunications industry. SCTE InfoScope™ is an important tool for engineers, field personnel, marketers, CSRs and basically anyone who needs to know more about cable technology or a technical broadband topic. Cable news—NOW The news section of SCTE InfoScope™ features many cable industry publications, including Communications Technology, The Official Trade Journal for SCTE. They’re available at your convenience—all in one place—online. Access the experts SCTE’s listservs enable ongoing dialog among members worldwide. Chief among them is the renowned SCTE-List. The Spanish listserv accommodates and engages Spanish-speaking members as one of many facets of SCTE Operación Español. SCTE InfoScope™ SC also provides access to SCTE’s certification support list, trainers forum and standards alert email list notification. SCTE InfoScope™ is a proprietary resource of the Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers—and as such, is offered as an exclusive benefit to SCTE members. SCTE membership is available at $58 per year at www.scte.org. John Clark is president and CEO of SCTE. Email him at [email protected].