Tellabs

SCTE Expo 2001: Tellabs & Ken Kraft

At the 2001 SCTE Cable-Tec Expo, I wandered the show floor in search of the new and interesting. In this segment, Ken Kraft, Director of Business Development for Tellabs Broadband, explains the company’s voice-over IP migration strategy and shares some of the changes he’s seen in telephony over the last eight years.

Video courtesy The Cable Channel.

1995 NCTA Show: Telephony on Cable – Stephen Pearse, Time Warner Communications

At the 1995 NCTA Show, I conducted a few of my first-ever video interviews. Ah, the one-camera shoot with turn-arounds, to re-ask the question of an empty chair! In this segment, Steven Pearse of Time Warner Communications outlines how to win against regional telephone companies, as well as the company’s involvement with Tellabs, and the eventual movement of telephone services into homes.

Video courtesy The Cable Channel.

1995 NCTA Show: Telephony on Cable, Part 4 – Jon Grimes, Tellabs

At the 1995 NCTA Show, I conducted a few of my first-ever video interviews. Ah, the one-camera shoot with turn-arounds, to re-ask the question of an empty chair! In this segment, I ask Tellabs’ Jon Grimes to expand on the ingress and noise challenges plaguing the reverse path. He wraps up by discussing when telephony will become a key business for cable operators. (Answer: Q4 ’95.)

1995 NCTA Show: Telephony on Cable, Part 3 – Jon Grimes, Tellabs

At the 1995 NCTA Show, I conducted a few of my first-ever video interviews. Ah, the one-camera shoot with turn-arounds, to re-ask the question of an empty chair! In this segment, Jon Grimes, then with Tellabs, discusses the technical challenges associated with breaking into this market.

Video courtesy The Cable Channel.