Technicolor's Marcin Godlewski Describes New Trends in Cable Services and CPE Technology

COLOGNE, Germany - June 5, 2019 - PRLog -- #ANGACOM2019 -- As the industry gathers in Cologne, Germany for the Angacom 2019 conference, cable operators around the world will discuss opportunities to deploy new revenue generating services based on a more open approach to core network infrastructures as the result of DOCSIS 3.1 deployments, more capable chipsets and more open software environments, asserts Marcin Godlewski, Director of Product Management at Technicolor Connected Home.

"In many ways, there has never been a more exciting time for cable operators that have rolled out DOCSIS 3.1. The technology has come just in time, driven by a general need for speed...and specifically by the imperative to keep up with developments in the fiber optic sector, where telco network service providers (NSPs) are setting consumers expectations for the delivery of multi-gigabit performance," says Godlewski.

DOCSIS 3.1 has allowed cable operators to optimize utilization of spectrum -- by taking advantage of technology that operates at 1 Ghz or above. This is making the coaxial cables more efficient, further enhancing the ability to deliver high-bandwidth services to the home over the existing infrastructure.

"Interestingly, DOCSIS 3.1 is the first broadband technology that truly enables the growing adoption across the industry of open software solutions -- which in the cable industry revolves around RDK-B. Technicolor has actually been one of the founding fathers of RDK-B. Our teams have donated a tremendous amount of intellectual property to this open initiative," says Godlewski.

A new generation of Systems-on-a-Chip (SoC) providers is also contributing to the transformation of cable infrastructure.

"New SoC technologies have significantly elevated the memory and processing performance that can be delivered by customer premises equipment (CPE) -- especially gateways," Godlewski points out.

Not only do these SoC innovations make CPE faster, they also allow operators to drive down costs, even as they make it possible to offer services that reduce customer churn and generate new revenue streams.

"Cable operators now have networks that are faster, more open, more intelligent, innovative and integrated than ever before. This is creating opportunities for the development of new subscriber engagement strategies for cable operators," he says.

Refocusing Strategies on CPE

As the implications of these converging trends begin to be understood by NSPs around the world, executives are refocusing on intelligent CPE as the central element of subscriber engagement. They are developing an application-based service delivery model.

"In terms of the levels of maturity around the world, those markets that have already adopted DOCSIS 3.1 are rapidly developing and deploying these new go-to-market models. Other NSPs have observed the progress of early DOCSIS 3.1 adopters, and are positioning themselves to be fast followers," explains Godlewski. "The good news today is that the next wave of DOCSIS 3.1 adopters will be able to leverage the foundational work that has been performed at both a technological and business model level to rapidly transform their operations."

The open nature of this next wave of technologies makes it possible to "lift and shift" technologies that have been proven in North America and Europe to emerging markets in a very rapid and cost-effective manner.

"However, just because new solutions can be deployed in a more rapid and cost-effective manner does not mean that the adoption and implementation of these technologies is easy. There is plenty of complexity that requires collaboration among NSPs, hardware makers, software developers and SoC providers," says Godlewski.

Technicolor has a long tradition as an integrator of innovation and established technologies. We have been at the center of the convergence of all these critical trends and are supporting the industry in two ways:

1. We are building a community of innovators through the Technicolor HERO Partnership program which allows us to pre-integrate the most compelling technologies into our CPE platforms; and
   
   
2. We are establishing "trusted advisor" relationships with our NSP clients, in which we not only provide the technologies they need, but leverage the depth and breadth of our global presence to help our clients make the best strategic, operational, financial and technological decisions.

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Editor's Note: To hear the full audio interview with Marcin Godlweski on how cable operators are harnessing DOCSIS 3.1, new SoC innovations, and open software solutions to pursue new subscriber engagement strategies visit:

https://bit.ly/2EkyCaY