Communications Technology this Month

Features

Expo '01: A Study in Contrasts
Despite some worries, optimism held on at Expo. Our coverage includes reports on panel discussions, technical workshops, SCTE news, awards and more.

• SCTE Board of Directors Election Outcome
• Cable Games 2001 Winners

Powering Through the Drop
Is your telephony system compliant with the National Electrical Code (NEC)? We show you how to maintain a safe system.

• Decreasing Shock Value

Video Compression 8: Modulation
Jim Farmer examines satellite, cable and terrestrial modulation techniques in the last article in his series on video compression.

• Modulation: Horses for Courses

Fiber's Silver Anniversary
Fiber optic technology revolutionized the industry. Here's a personal account of TelePrompTer's historic use of fiber on the 25th anniversary of the deployment, with a timeline on the cable's advances using fiber optics since then.

• An Editor's Recollection
• Timeline

Satellite Skirting Cable's Universe
Data terror from the skies? Not yet, as many data-over-satellite systems are focusing on niches outside the cable space.

• Distinct Niches For Now
• Data-Over-Satellite Providers

Building Service Assurance into Your NOC
A unified management system helps operators maintain networks that are delivering more services than ever before.

• Unity for Efficiency

Columns

Broadband
Ron Hranac's picks from Expo. And about those ribbons...

Telephony
Telephony Editor Justin Junkus gives his opinions on "killer apps," and wants to hear your thoughts, too.

SCTE Message
Marv Nelson explains the upcoming Broadband Knowledge Summit, a trainers' conference SCTE is initiating with NCTI.

Industry Insider
Industry veteran and entrepreneur Ted Hartson reflects on the forces slowing the delivery of digital television to the consumer, and cable's stance on the situation.

News & Opinion, Reference

Editor's Letter
Fiber's first industry demonstration.

Pulse

• Motorola saves space with BI upconverters
• C-COR.net combines network and workforce management through MobileForce Technologies acquisition
• Digital growth on the upswing
• A number of powerful international groups have devised a way to overcome incompatibilities between international systems through IPCablecom
• How do broadband companies leverage a more diverse workforce?
• CMTS companies hand out pink slips and search for new investors

Training
Electrons and electricity, part 5.

Vendor Connection
Links to vendor companies.

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