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  • Netcracker helps Spectrum Enterprise combine its billing systems

    by Diana Muratov
    March 14, 2023

    March 14, 2023 By Diana Muratov

    With software company Netcracker Technology, whose Netcracker Revenue Management platform the enterprise service provider has chosen as its sole billing platform going forward, Spectrum Enterprise is maintaining and growing its long-standing relationship. In the meantime, Stephanie Babin was promoted to Senior Vice President, Billing Strategy and Design by Spectrum’s parent company Charter Communications. Babin will […]

    Filed Under: Telecommunications Tagged With: Charter, Comcast, Fierce Telecom Innovation Award, Netcracker, Spectrum Enterprise

  • Telecommunications
  • To align Sky with connectivity and content businesses, Comcast changes segment reporting

    by Diana Muratov
    March 13, 2023

    March 13, 2023 By Diana Muratov

    The move follows the media conglomerate in recent years stepping up cooperation and integration between Comcast Cable, NBCUniversal and Sky, for which it took an $8.6 billion non-cash charge in the third quarter of 2022. Comcast is updating its segment reporting to take into account the way it accounts for Sky, the European pay-TV company […]

    Filed Under: Telecommunications Tagged With: Comcast, NBCU, Sky

  • Telecommunications
  • 5.8M subscribers were lost by pay TV and cable providers in 2022

    by Diana Muratov
    March 3, 2023

    March 3, 2023 By Diana Muratov

    Cable TV providers were hardest hit, with total loss of 3.5 million subscribers in 2022, compared to 2.7 million in 2021. As more consumers continue to cut the cord, the top cable and traditional pay TV providers in the US widened their subscriber losses in 2022. According to the most recent figures from Leichtman Research […]

    Filed Under: Telecommunications Tagged With: Comcast, Fox Corp, Jason Armstrong

  • Telecommunications
  • CommScope provides Comcast with its first DOCSIS 4.0 prototype amps

    by Diana Muratov
    March 2, 2023

    March 2, 2023 By Diana Muratov

    Comcast took another step toward its rollout of DOCSIS 4.0 later this year, announcing it now has prototypes of a critical network element – full duplex-capable amplifiers – in hand. The amps are being supplied by CommScope. The prototypes are built on the STARLINE MiniBridger platform from CommScope, which Comcast has already implemented in its […]

    Filed Under: Telecommunications Tagged With: Comcast, CommScope, DOCSIS 4.0, FDX

  • Telecommunications
  • Comcast is in “peak expense mode”

    by Diana Muratov
    February 27, 2023

    February 27, 2023 By Diana Muratov

    “It’s a costly pivot, and we’re right in the middle right now,” Jason Armstrong told an investors conference as the internet and cable giant manages its linear-to-online TV transition. Even though Comcast is losing more cable TV subscribers, its streaming service Peacock is seeing customer growth. According to Jason Armstrong, the newly appointed CFO at […]

    Filed Under: Telecommunications Tagged With: Comcast, Jason Armstrong, NBCUniversal, Peacock

  • Telecommunications
  • Comcast wins the speed title, but Verizon falls in the Ookla Q4 ’22 ISP rankings

    by Diana Muratov
    January 20, 2023

    January 20, 2023 By Diana Muratov

    Comcast has finally reached the pinnacle of success. After hovering in second or third place for more than a year, the cable giant eventually overcame all of its competitors to claim the fastest median download speed in Ookla‘s Q4 2022 rating of fixed broadband providers. According to Ookla, Comcast’s Xfinity service achieved a median download […]

    Filed Under: Telecommunications Tagged With: Comcast, Ookla, Verizon

  • Telecommunications
  • Armstrong has been appointed as Comcast’s new chief financial officer

    by Diana Muratov
    January 6, 2023

    January 6, 2023 By Diana Muratov

    Comcast looked within to find its next CFO, promoting Deputy CFO and Treasurer Jason Armstrong to the post to succeed previous finance chief Mike Cavanagh. Armstrong joined Comcast in early 2014 as head of Investor Relations and Finance before becoming CFO of Comcast’s U.K. subsidiary Sky in early 2020. However, his term there was cut […]

    Filed Under: Telecommunications Tagged With: Comcast, DOCSIS 4.0, Jason Armstrong, Mike Cavanagh

  • Telecommunications
  • Comcast and Charter are implementing fibre in stages: Heynen

    by Diana Muratov
    January 2, 2023

    January 2, 2023 By Diana Muratov

    Cable companies have always adopted a methodical approach to developing their broadband networks, gradually increasing capacity through the spectrum and modulation enhancements. It is an approach that has served them extremely well over the years, particularly when it comes to capital expenditure management. With increased fibre competition and pressure on cable operator executives to provide […]

    Filed Under: Telecommunications Tagged With: Charter, Comcast, Heynen

  • Telecommunications
  • Comcast promotes 4-gig DOCSIS 4.0 link is now operational for a Philadelphia business customer

    by Diana Muratov
    December 15, 2022

    December 15, 2022 By Diana Muratov

    Comcast is wrapping off the year by deploying a DOCSIS 4.0 flag in Philadelphia, enabling a symmetrical multi-gig connection for a business customer on the city’s live network. Comcast’s Chief Network Officer Elad Nafshi told Fierce that the operator’s next steps would be to strengthen its full duplex (FDX) technology and figure out how to […]

    Filed Under: Telecommunications Tagged With: Comcast

  • Telecommunications
  • Comcast boosts Xfinity internet speeds on 5 distinct plans

    by Diana Muratov
    October 18, 2022

    October 18, 2022 By Diana Muratov

    In context, the speed increases come as Comcast looks to better compete with offerings from fiber competitors. Comcast is improving internet speeds for more than 20 million Xfinity broadband subscribers, doubling the download rate on one of its lower-tier plans and raising it by 33% on two others. Overall, it is increasing speeds on five […]

    Filed Under: Telecommunications Tagged With: Comcast

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