SCTE Broadband - Feb 2025


Editor's Letter
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SCTE Welcomes New Members
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SCTE Bursaries
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SCTE Benelux News - Festive Anniversary Dinner
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SCTE Balkans News - Letter from the Balkans
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SCTE Long Read - Consolidation and the UK Altnets
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SCTE Member Focus - Zelal Keskin
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Industry News - Witbe Partners with TAG Video Systems
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Industry News - FullFibre and Zzoomm merge to form one of UK's largest altnets
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Industry News - Openreach and Nokia test UK's first live 'hyper-fast' 50Gbps fibre broadband connection
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Industry News - Netceed at the FTTH Conference 2025 with workshop, presentation and live demos
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Industry News - Europe's full fibre frontrunners revealed by new Copper Switch Off Tracker
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Industry News - Deepseek Launch Causes Shockwaves on Wall St
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From the Industry - The Complete Guide to RF Wireless Cables
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From the Industry - Unplugged with Tim RIchards, CEO of Hoptroff
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From the Industry - Standards Update
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From the Industry - Why addressing data is crucial for seamless one touch switching
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From the Industry - ClimateEQ and SCTE empowering broadband professionals with carbon literacy training
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From the Industry - Finding more capacity in fibre
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From the Industry - How sub-nanosecond precision will soon shape our world
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From the Industry - The final fibre frontier
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From the Industry - The future of network quality: How the open edge is transforming content delivery for ISPS
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From the Industry - Borderless Performance and SCTE: Emotional Intelligence Training
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From the Industry - How (not) to run an industry stand/booth at a major exhibition
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From the Industry - The impact of broadband on rural communities
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From the Industry - Unplugged with Victoria D'Arcy, Advisor, Capital Growth Partners
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From the Industry - Why the exciting momentum behind PON networks needs continued industry collaboration
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From the Industry - Interview with Dean Checkley, Flomatik
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International Womens' Day 2025
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Technical - 100G beyond 10km
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Technical - Discovering the truth behind PON interoperability and compatibility
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Technical - Powering the Plant - HFC versus FTTH
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Technical - The disaggregation revolution unlocking the future of broadband networks
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Start up zone - ForSURE
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Start up zone - JET Connectivity
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Start up zone - Shre
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Industry Events - FTTH Conference 2025
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Industry Events - ANGA COM Show 2025
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Acronym Explainer
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Service Finder
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