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May 2, 2024

CableLabs Subsidiary Gridmetrics to Join Grid Reliability Panel at Upcoming IEEE Power & Energy Society (PES) T&D Conference

Gridmetrics President Scott Caruso will be joining a panel on electric vehicles and their impact on grid reliability at the upcoming IEEE TES T&D Show. The panel, which will be held on May 7, 2024 (1:00-3:00 p.m. PDT) in Anaheim, will highlight the breakthrough broadband-enabled continuous point-on-wave platform developed by Gridmerics for delivering insights to mitigate EV charging grid reliability impacts. For more information about the panel, conference, and IEEE’s focus on “accelerating the grid to tomorrow,” see the full webpage here. Learn more about Gridmetrics.

April 29, 2024

CableLabs’ Phil McKinney and Mark Bridges Honored in 2024 Cablefax 100 List

Cablefax 100 celebrates the most influential executives whose leadership takes the media, cable and broadband industry to new heights. This year’s honorees include Phil McKinney, President and CEO, who pushes for innovation and investment that is felt inside and outside the industry. Mark Bridges, SVP & CTO, was recognized for driving industry alignment for a long-term strategy with a renewed focus on network evolution to transform the connectivity experience. Read their profiles and more by visiting the full Cablefax 100 list here.

April 22, 2024

CableLabs Distinguished Technologist to Give Keynote at CHISIC Design Workshop at IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference

CableLabs is pleased to announce that Jason Rupe, distinguished technologist, will be a keynote speaker for the upcoming Chiplets Solutions for Custom IC Design Workshop at the IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference, a premier conference devoted to IC development, hosted in Denver on April 25. Jason’s keynote (11:00 a.m. MST) will address the reliable use of Chiplets Solutions. If you’d like to learn more about the session, please see the event program here.

April 16, 2024

Join CableLabs at the Virtual SCTE Rocky Mountain Chapter Webinar: Insights Into Proactive Network Maintenance

Jason Rupe, Distinguished Technologist at CableLabs, will join a distinguished virtual panel on April 25 at 4:00 p.m. MT to discuss Proactive Network Maintenance (PNM) and enhancing network performance and reliability. Learn about AI-driven insights and innovative approaches to proactively identify and mitigate potential network issues, ensuring uninterrupted operations. Register here to gain practical insights and learn about the benefits for implementing PNM initiatives to minimize downtime, optimize performance and maximize user satisfaction.

April 8, 2024

Pennsylvania Broadband Summit 2024 to Explore AI and Automation

On April 10 and 11, 2024, the Pennsylvania Broadband Summit, a premier two-day educational event, will be hosted jointly by BCAP (Broadband Cable Association of Pennsylvania) and the Pennsylvania Cable and Telecommunications Foundation. The summit aims to provide valuable insights into federal and state policies, emerging technologies, and consumer issues within the broadband communications industry. Distinguished Technologist, VP, Security & Privacy Technologies at CableLabs, Brian Scriber, will deliver one of the highly anticipated presentations during the summit on April 10 at 9:15 a.m. ET titled Introduction to AI. Scriber's presentation will delve into the transformative potential of artificial intelligence (AI)

April 1, 2024

New PON Architectures, Fiber and HFC Network Options and More to Be Presented at BTR Summit 2024

Join the virtual BTR Summit 2024 on April 18 at 9:00 a.m. ET to hear Kevin Noll, Principal Architect at CableLabs, speak about new PON architecture models and things to consider in order to achieve cost-effective network deployments. This roundtable discussion includes a panel of experts who will look at upcoming 25G and 50G PON implementations, operational issues and other deployment considerations to serve an array of consumers and businesses. Also included is what it means for those implementing PON for greenfield and brownfield environments. At 11:00 a.m. ET, Dr, Curtis Knittle, Vice President of Wired Technologies, will join the All Fiber or

March 27, 2024

CableLabs Subsidiary, Gridmetrics, Touts Use of Synchrophasor Technology at Upcoming NASPI Show

Scott Caruso, VP of Strategic Ventures for CableLabs and President of CableLabs’ subsidiary, Gridmetrics, has been invited to speak at The North American Synchrophasor Initiative (NASPI) Work Group Meeting and Vendor Show in Salt Lake City, Utah, April 16 - 17, 2024. Scott will be discussing the Gridmetrics platform enabling wholistic, time synchronized, high fidelity visibility from distribution grid to transmission. Learn more about Gridmetrics' vision here.

March 20, 2024

UConn taps Gridmetrics data to boost community resilience in $4.4M US DOE-funded PROACTIVE project

Gridmetrics®, a subsidiary of CableLabs, announced its participation in PROACTIVE, a $4.4 million community resilience project within the Eversource Energy Center at the University of Connecticut. Funded as part of the U.S. Department of Energy’s $33 million Renewables Advancing Community Energy Resilience (RACER) program, PROACTIVE represents the first effort leveraging Gridmetrics' proprietary data to inform community resilience preparation and response. Gridmetrics uses existing broadband infrastructure to deliver actionable insights about the state of power in the last mile of the distribution grid, providing real-time, hyperlocal power outage notifications down to the 1 square kilometer level. PROACTIVE will harness the data

March 15, 2024

Dr. Curtis Knittle and Phil McKinney to Speak at Mid-America Cable Show

CableLabs is pleased to announce that Dr. Curtis Knittle, vice president of wired technologies, will lead a technical breakout session at the upcoming show hosted by the Mid-America Cable Telecommunications Association (MACTA) in Dallas, TX, on April 3-4. The breakout (2:00 p.m. CDT, April 4, 2024) will focus on the current state of DOCSIS 3.1 and DOCSIS 4.0 and what operators should consider when upgrading their current HFC plant versus building FTTH. Additionally, CableLabs president and CEO Phil McKinney will provide a virtual welcome address. McKinney’s remarks will include thoughts on the industry's current state and the role that AI and