Light Reading's 'Optimizing & Monetizing WiFi' Breakfast Session Draws Nearly 200 Attendees

NEW YORK, Sept. 30, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Light Reading (www.lightreading.com), the market-leading online community for the global communications sector, today announced the successful wrap-up of the 'Optimizing & Monetizing WiFi' (http://www.lightreading.com/optimizingwifi2014) breakfast event that was co-located with SCTE's Cable-Tec Expo 2014 on September 23 in Denver. Targeted to cable professionals, the event brought together nearly 200 attendees.

"Our speakers tackled the wide variety of challenges that cable operators face in getting the most out of their wireless broadband networks, from the many different versions of WiFi technology to quality-of-experience issues to the lack of a proven business model for the service," says Alan Breznick, Cable Video Practice/Leader for Light Reading and host of the event. "We look forward to offering more answers to these difficult questions as the cable operators continue to move forward aggressively with their WiFi deployments."

The conference took an in-depth view at how cable operators across North America are expanding their WiFi reach to provide greater wireless coverage to deliver video, data and voice services.  Key industry trends discussed include:

• The growing adoption of 802.11ac technology.
• The increasing number of ways that WiFi can be implemented by different devices.
• The likelihood that WiFi voice calling will soon take off.
• Rising consumer expectations of WiFi signal quality.
• Moves to ensure seamless transfers between WiFi and cellular technologies.

Optimizing & Monetizing WiFi's panelists included:

• Roger Stafford, Principal Architect for Consumer Premise High Speed Data and Video Products, TWC
• Justin Colwell, VP, Access Network Technologies, CableLabs
• Manish Jindal, Vice President and CTO, Broadband and Media Accounts Customer Unit, Ericsson North America
• Patrick Kaiser, Director, Wireless Product Marketing, Huawei Technologies (U.S.A.)
• Vincent Pandolfi, Consulting Systems Engineer, Cisco Systems Inc.
• Jeffrey Valley, Senior Director of Consulting Engineering, Alcatel-Lucent IP Routing & Transport

The Future of Cable Business Services, December 2, 2014 in New York City
Light Reading will host 'The Future of Cable Business Services' conference (www.lightreading.com/FOCBS2014) on Tuesday, December 2, 2014 in New York City.  The eighth annual event brings Heavy Reading analysts, Light Reading editors and industry thought leaders together to address the hottest trends in the commercial services market, as well as the latest initiatives and strategies that cable operators are pursuing to lure new business customers. The conference will also look at cable's mounting efforts to expand beyond the small-business market to midsized and large enterprises, along with the various delivery technologies that MSOs are deploying to serve the commercial sector. 

Keynote speakers include: Phil Meeks, EVP & COO of Business Services, Time Warner Cable and Steve Rowley, SVP of Business Services, Cox Communications.  Other speakers are:  Alexandra Sewell, Executive Director of Emerging Markets, Comcast Business; Mike Tinghe, Executive Director of Data Services, Comcast Business; and Jeff Finkelstein, Executive Director of Network Architecture, Cox Communications.

To register to attend The Future of Cable Business Services, visit: http://tinyurl.com/FOCBSMF.

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About Light Reading

Light Reading (www.lightreading.com) combines its research-led online communities and targeted events portfolio to help those in the global communications industry make informed decisions. Lightreading.com is the ultimate source for telecom analysis for more than 350,000 subscribers each month, leading the media sector in terms of traffic, content, and reputation. Light Reading produces targeted communications events and focused one-day conferences each year for cable, mobile, and wireline executives across five continents.

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