SCTE TechExpo25 product roundup

Amplifiers

ATX Networks highlights cable amplifier visibility
ATX Networks’ intelligent amplifier portfolio — including GigaXtend 1.8GHz Amplifiers, the GS7 Optical Node, and XS Series 2GHz Taps and Passives — gives cable MSOs a holistic view into how their critical components are performing. The company’s transponder-amplifier amplifiers are complemented by its GigaXtend® Orchestrator, a software application that provides technicians with the ability to manage and communicate with GigaXtend 1.8 GHz amplifiers and nodes. These amplifiers enable remote updates, real-time telemetry, and automated maintenance, reducing truck rolls and technician strain. With transponders embedded directly into the amplifier’s processor board, MSOs gain insights from the field — whether at the amp, node, or NOC.

Construction management

Render debuts new broadband site management tool
Render Networks has introduced new construction site management capabilities to bridge the gap between paper-based construction management. Traditional construction management has long relied on a patchwork of paper files, spreadsheets, and disconnected systems, with critical documentation scattered and hard to track. Render’s new site management capability removes these barriers by providing a complete end-to-end digital environment for network deployments. The vendor has also extended its geospatial platform to support sites constructed with engineered PDF work prints as well as GIS-based designs. By georegistering these designs in Render, teams can access details and capture digital as-builts against a map base, both in the office and in the field, using high-accuracy GNSS.

Fiber Terminals

Go!Foton serves up mid-size solution for its PEACOC® multiport mid-span terminal line
Go!Foton has added a new Mid-Size PEACOC Multiport Mid-Span Terminal (MMT) to its PEACOC broadband line to accommodate more network deployment scenarios. With a 12-port maximum, the mid-size unit rounds out Go!Foton's family of fiber terminals which already includes 4-port and 16-port models. Like its sister solutions, the new 12-port fiber terminal can be configured as a mid-span splice and drop closure and is suitable for WDM optical components, making it ideal for hybrid fiber coax (HFC), distributed access architectures (DAA), Metro Ethernet, and fiber to the home (FTTH) architectures. The MMT platform can be delivered fully customized to customer requirements, whether preloaded with connectorized drop cables, adapters, and splitters, or shipped empty.

DOCSIS 4.0

Vecima’s vCMTS powers DOCSIS 4.0
Vecima is giving cable MSOs a tool to continue along their DOCSIS 4.0 paths with its Entra vCMTS, including the EN9000 Generic Access Platform (GAP) and EN8800U node platforms. Entra vCMTS, part of the Entra Cloud platform, offers DOCSIS 4.0 scalability and throughput with an open, cloud-native design. In April 2025, Vecima announced that Cox Communications, the largest private broadband provider in the U.S., selected Entra vCMTS to modernize and enhance its DOCSIS network. Following on the momentum of Vecima’s DOCSIS 3.1-capable RPD solutions, the Dual Downstream Service Group DOCSIS 4.0 ERM422 allows for more than 20Gbps in a single RPD.

MDU broadband

Nokia/InCoax solution focuses on boosting speeds on existing MDU coax and copper
Nokia’s Gigabit Connect, together with the Altiplano access controller software, simplifies high-performance broadband delivery in MDUs with InCoax's MoCA Access 2.5 extension technology. The joint solution enables cable operators to reach more subscribers with gigabit speeds over existing coaxial networks. Targeting MSOs/cable operators, Gigabit Connect with MoCA Access works over coaxial cabling in both point-to-point and point-to-multipoint topologies with coexistence support for TV and DOCSIS. For CSPs and telcos, Gigabit Connect with G.fast works over both twisted pair and coaxial cabling in a point-to-point topology.

Optical Networking

ProLabs’ coherent transceivers accommodate long-distance applications
ProLabs spotlighted its portfolio of coherent transceiver solutions designed to accelerate the evolution of cable networks:

• 100G QSFP28 DCO: Offering digital coherent optics in the widely adopted QSFP28 form factor, these transceivers feature compatibility with both SFF-8636 and CMIS hosts and a broad range of transport systems, enabling seamless integration and deployment for cable operators.
• 400G EDFAMUX for 400G ZR+: Engineered to support the latest 400G ZR+ modules, the new 400G ZR+ transceiver supports high-capacity long-distance optical multiplexing.
• 400G Ultra Long Haul: ProLabs’ 400G Ultra Long Haul solutions expand the reach of high-speed optical connectivity beyond 2000KM. 
• 800G ZR+: ProLabs’ 800G ZR+ offerings deliver high capacity, ultra-long reach, and efficiency.

These transceivers are readily available from both the US and UK distribution centers. They can interoperate across diverse network infrastructures, freeing up critical resources while enabling expansion in AI-driven and traditional data center environments.

Testing

VIAVI launches all-in-one handheld broadband fiber testing tools
VIAVI has expanded its family of portable devices for last-mile fiber service turn-up and activation with two new all-in-one handheld testers for multi-gig power and service testing at data rates up to 10 Gbps. Verifying multi-gig throughput and learning new technologies may present challenges for technicians. By supporting validation and troubleshooting of fiber, Ethernet, Wi-Fi 7, and DOCSIS connections with speeds up to 10 Gbps in under one minute, the OneExpert Fiber and OneExpert HFC all-in-one handheld testers reduce learning time for technicians, helping speed up and simplify PON service deployment and maintenance. OneExpert Fiber (ONX-700) validates Ethernet, Fiber and WiFi 7 connections, and the OneExpert HFC (ONX-720/ONX-730) provides additional support for DOCSIS service delivery and is ideal for cable operators looking to upgrade their existing OneExpert CATV to support PON / FTTx.

PON Equipment

Vecima’s OLT offers EPON and 50G PON options
Vecima’s Entra SF-4X Remote Optical Line Terminal (OLT) offers cable operators and telcos a new 50G-PON migration solution, supporting 50G ITU PON and 10G-EPON on the same port. Broadband Service Providers (BSPs) can deploy 50G-PON when and as needed, while preserving their investment and continuing to scale today’s 10G PON subscribers into the next decade. Vecima also accommodates EPON and 10G PON with its Entra EXS1610 Platform, which supports 10G-EPON, XGS-PON, and Combo PON (XGS-PON & GPON). The platform uses Vecima’s Entra vPON Manager Provisioning and Telemetry Management for configuration, fault-monitoring, accounting, and analytics support for PON subscribers with a subscriber service-based, orchestration model. The Entra EXS1610 All-PON Shelf is an ITU PON platform, supported by vPON Manager. Vecima’s Open Network Ecosystem ONE™ enables operators to get support for third-party ONTs/ONUs and management systems, ensuring no single vendor lock-in to specific PON customer premises equipment while delivering investment protection.