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CommScope

  • Telecommunications

    • CommScope provides Comcast with its first DOCSIS 4.0 prototype amps

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    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 […]

  • Telecommunications

    • Shipment of 1M amps by CommScope portends the DOCSIS 4.0 upgrade wave

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    By Diana Muratov

    Radiofrequency amplifier shipments of more than 1 million were made in 2022, according to cable vendor CommScope. In a sector with billions in revenue and tens of millions of subscribers, that may not seem like much, but Dell’Oro Group VP Jeff Heynen said it’s probably one-and-a-half to two times what CommScope would ship in a […]