Comcast, CommScope turned cable's wheels in 2023

Although fiber was the talk of the town in 2023 – with state and federal governments doling out funding to support fiber projects – the cable industry also underwent some changes. Comcast began DOCSIS 4.0 rollouts. In October, it unveiled a new line of symmetrical multi-gig service with speeds of up to 2 Gbps. Another interesting development this year was the “relatively speedy evolution” of extended DOCSIS 3.1. Cable operators can extend DOCSIS 3.1 to buy more time before they need to upgrade to an end-to-end DOCSIS 4.0 system. CommScope sold off its Home Networks division to Paris-based Vantiva. Created in 2020, Home Networks focuses on CPE like broadband gateways and set top boxes. CommScope previously had plans to spin off the unit to a standalone entity, but delayed that plan in 2022.