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11/01/2011
Suddenlink's Terry Cordova Goes For It All
Suddenlink’s CTO Terry Cordova recently was named to the 2011 class of Cable TV Pioneers by The Cable Center, and he currently is serving as Program Committee chair for this month’s SCTE Cable-Tec Expo in Atlanta. Cordova has been at the forefront of cable’s product-and-service innovation, and he has worked tirelessly to make sure his […]
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11/01/2011
Going Green Makes A Good Investment
Facing a perfect storm of rising power costs, increasing demand for bandwidth and the resultant strain on existing facilities, the cable industry is looking for ways to reduce energy consumption and to increase access to alternative sources. Specifically, according to Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE) statistics, in 2010, the cable industry paid some $1 […]
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11/01/2011
The Promises and Challenges of Multiscreen Advertising
The race for multiscreen video delivery is on. Most service providers either are in the planning or deployment stage of solutions that enable subscribers to consume video services on tablets, PCs, mobile phones and Web-connected TVs. Advertising has been a secondary yet important revenue source for MSOs in their traditional video services, and it provides […]
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11/01/2011
The Changing Reality of Women in Technology Jobs
There is an abundance of research that shows women are under-represented in the technology sector. If you are a woman or if you are an employer, should this be of concern? First, why should women care and why is it important for Women in Cable Telecommunications (WICT) to do everything we can to encourage and […]
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11/01/2011
Deciphering Digitizer Specs For Wireless Apps
With wireless communications proliferating as never before, several parameters are important in the selection of a digitizer for acquiring and accurately measuring signals used for the design and testing of wireless equipment. Wireless engineering has become extremely complex in most applications, including cellphones, computer network components, satellite communications and commercial broadcast transmitters, all of which […]
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11/01/2011
LTE Interference (Part 2)
Shortly after writing October’s column, I had an opportunity to team with several colleagues and head out to the field to look for signal leakage in the 700 MHz spectrum. I obtained a loaner Rohde & Schwarz PR100, a HE300 active directional antenna and a 500 MHz – 7.5 GHz antenna module (www.rohde-schwarz.com/product/pr100.html). This is […]