Alan Breznick

As consumers fill up their homes with more and more smart, connected devices, broadband providers are responding by offering more and more smart home services. It is easy to see why. In a recent report, Omdia projects that smart home services will generate greater than $10.8bn for broadband providers globally by 2028, more than doubling the revenue haul for 2024.

Mobile will soon become the third key service offered by most cablecos, joining broadband and video. But many things remain unclear. Alan Breznick, Principal Analyst, Heavy Reading Following the lead of the four biggest US multiple system operators (MSOs), small and midsize cable operators are venturing into the mobile market. And for good reason.

As cable operators gear up for significant upgrades to their outside plant infrastructure to meet increased spectrum and bandwidth demands, the deployment of next-generation amplifiers (amps) and related equipment has become imperative. Consequently, tech vendors are rolling out next-gen amplifiers, nodes, node modules and related outside plant equipment for operators.