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January, 2006
NEFC Dinner Meeting
January 10, 2006
Wyndham Hotel, Westborough, MA

FIBER FOR NEXT GENERATION BROADCAST AND
COMMERCIAL SERVICES

Richard Cerny, president and CEO
Telecast Fiber Systems
FIBER IN TELEVISION BROADCAST PRODUCTION

It's more fun to work the Super Bowl than to sit in a data closet. That's the reasoning that got Telecast started, and now the company supplies most of the fiber optic systems for TV sports, news and entertainment production. We will discuss what makes fiber so important to mobile operations and venue infrastructures, as well as some of the challenges the industry faces in replacing all of its copper facilities.
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Sunil Frida, Solution Manager
Harmonic Inc.
COMMERCIAL SERVICES: THE GREAT NEXT FRONTIER FOR CABLE

With revenue projections for commercial services growing exponentially every year the importance of Business customers for cable operators cannot be underestimated. While voice over IP and Œall digital‚ are the new markets for cable operators à the one market that is set to take off in a very big way in US for cable operators is the Commercial Services market. 

Until now local telephone companies have been the incumbent providers of Managed Commercial Services. These services typically have ranged from connectivity at the very basic level to enterprise-based storage/voice and VPN‚s. The success of the commercial services business for cable operators hinges on their ability to leverage existing plant to deliver managed services at high speeds.

The delivery of FTTx solutions based on WDM or  PON-based will be instrumental in the next 3 to 5 years in developing the Access market landscape of Commercial Services. As abundant bandwidth begins to proliferate the market, Access technology and edge devices will hold the key to these markets. 
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