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August 8, 2018

The Near Future. Ready for Anything. Featured on NCTA’s Blog

CableLabs most recent Near Feature installment "The Near Future. Ready for Anything." was featured on NCTA's blog in the article "CableLabs Shows How Broadband Networks Will Power the Future of Education." NCTA's mission is to bring together diverse perspectives to forge and promote consensus so all our members can continue to drive the cable and television industry forward: from policy, to content creation, to delivering compelling consumer experiences. Subscribe to their blog for more information on the cable industry.

August 6, 2018

Welcome to Summer Conference 2018!

Today, we kick off the first day of Summer Conference! Follow us on Twitter for live updates and look for the hashtags #CLSC2018 #CableLabs30 #FasterTogether. Have questions for us? Respond at PollEv.com/cablelabs. Text CABLELABS to 22333 once to join, then text your message. You can find the schedule of events here. Check out our brand new connection platform and connect with your peers. Stop by the Kyrio booth and meet their engineers. Stay tuned for our big announcement tomorrow at 11 am MST!

May 18, 2018

WiFiForward Releases New Economic Report on the Value of Wi-Fi and Unlicensed Spectrum

On May 17 WifiForward, a coalition of companies, organizations and public sector institutions released a new economic report on Wi-Fi and unlicensed spectrum in the United States. Some of the highlights from the report include: Since 2013, the economic value of unlicensed spectrum has grown 129%, from $229B to $525B. The current economic surplus of unlicensed spectrum in the U.S. from a selected set of applications amounts to, at least, $496.13 billion today, while also contributing $29.06 billion to the nation’s GDP (a total value to the economy of $525.19 billion). The value of just this set of applications will continue to grow,

May 15, 2018

Dr. Jennifer Andreoli-Fang Honored as the Hedy Lamarr Female Tech Pioneer of the Year

CableLabs is pleased to announce that Distinguished Technologist Dr. Jennifer Andreoli-Fang has won Light Reading's prestigious 2018 Hedy Lamarr Female Tech Pioneer of the year award. Now in its fourteenth year and voted on by the Women in Comms (WiC) Board of Advisors, the award seeks to recognize women in the next-generation communications industry that have made substantial technological contributions in the past year to the sector. Congratulations Jennifer! We couldn't be prouder. About Dr. Jennifer Andreoli-Fang Distinguished Technologist Dr. Jennifer Andreoli-Fang has had an incredible influence on both the cable broadband and wireless industries through her work on unlicensed mobile

May 2, 2018

CableLabs is Fueling Innovation Through a Neurodiverse Workplace

NCTA recently interviewed CableLabs President and CEO Phil McKinney on the subject of neurodiversity in the workforce. Phil McKinney is a long-time advocate for the hiring and managing of neurodiverse individuals; people who live with varying forms of neurological differences, such as autism. He launched a neurodiversity hiring program here a couple of years ago, and the organization now receives calls from all over the world from people and organizations seeking advice on how to manage and coach neurodiverse hires. In this interview with NCTA, McKinney talked about the work that he’s been doing on this front, and why more

February 27, 2018

CableLabs Subsidiary Kyrio Announces Microchip Partnership

Today, CableLabs subsidiary Kyrio announced their partnership with Microchip Technology, Inc. to develop strong embedded IoT device security. With the goal of solving the future challenges of IoT device security today, the partnership will allow digital certificates to be embedded in IoT devices in a way that integrates well with hardware manufacturing process flows. This strategy will make it easy for IoT device manufacturers to enable enterprise-grade security without needing to be security experts. According to Microchip senior strategic marketing manager of Microchip’s Secure Products Group, Nicolas Schieli: “Microchip is proud to welcome Kyrio as the first Certificate Authority company into

February 27, 2018

CableLabs at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona

CableLabs is currently at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona until March 1. The world’s largest, trade-only gathering for the mobile industry and launchpad for Smartphones, IoT, tablets, and everything mobile is organized by GSMA, which represents over 800 mobile operators and 300 non-operator vendor members worldwide. Eight themes, ranging from Applied AI to the 4th Industrial Revolution, offer expert content for every interest. Notable keynotes include World Bank President Dr. Jim Yong Kim, United States Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai and Double Formula 1 World Champion Fernando Alonso. CEOs from 18 companies, including BT Group, Deutsche Telekom, Ericsson, McAfee,

January 4, 2018

Announcing the Remote MACPHY Specification Working Group

The CableLabs Distributed CCAP Architecture (DCA) program is pleased to announce the recent launch of the Remote MACPHY working group. This new working group is comprised of operators, equipment manufacturers and CableLabs engineers and its charter is to develop one or more specifications that allow vendor’s Remote MACPHY solutions to interoperate when deployed. Distributed Access Architectures and Remote MACPHY technology, in particular, provide several key benefits to the Hybrid Fiber Coax (HFC) networks that deliver cable TV and broadband to consumers and businesses: Takes full advantage of the capabilities of DOCSIS 3.1 technology, allowing more data capacity to be packed into the same amount of

December 21, 2017

Jason Rupe selected as a Chairman of the Institute of Electronic and Electrical Engineers (IEEE) Directions New Initiative on Blockchain (BCI)

CableLabs Principal Architect Dr. Jason Rupe has been selected to lead this important effort on blockchain innovation. The Blockchain Community on IEEE establishes collaboration in the field with key blockchain stakeholders and implementers to encourage blockchain ecosystem growth. According to IEEE, Jason’s “internationally acclaimed thought leadership in the fields of Reliability and Quality, Industrial Engineering and Operations Research has proven to be the driving motivation for the formation and development of a team of thought leaders who together are pushing the technological development of Blockchain technology forward at a pace virtually unheard of.” CableLabs has and supports industry leaders working on hard problems,