WEBINAR

Maintaining a Sustainable Competitive Advantage in Converged Service Offerings

This roundtable discussion will leverage research results to uncover service providers’ plans for building networks that are robust enough to fulfill their business aspirations.
October 09, 2025
5:00 PM UTC

October 9, 2025

1:00 PM ET / 12:00 PM CT / 10:00 AM PT / 6:00 PM GMT

Duration: 1 hour

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Summary

Service providers, including multiple service operators (MSOs), know that offering customers converged services is essential to long-term business prosperity. An ideal scenario is to obtain and maintain a competitive advantage over rivals for converged-services business. The battle to obtain this business from customers is matched only by the race to roll out network enhancements, including all-fiber and DOCSIS 4.0 systems that enable delivery of these services on a large scale over the long term.    

This roundtable discussion will leverage research results to uncover service providers’ plans for building networks that are robust enough to fulfill their business aspirations.

Speakers

Barry Walton

Senior Broadband Solutions Advisor

Corning

Barry Walton brings 48 years of telecom expertise and is Senior Broadband Solutions Advisor at Corning Optical Communications. He joined Corning after a 37-year career at a Canadian telecom company, where he led Canada's first large-scale Fiber to the Home (FTTH) deployment, reaching over 1 million homes. Barry specializes in business case development, operations planning, and cost-effective network deployment. He focuses on innovative, labor-saving FTTH solutions for rural areas. A former board member of the North American FTTH Council and active in the Fiber Broadband Association, Barry is respected for his real-world experience and is recognized on LinkedIn as one of Corning’s #BroadbandGuys.

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