SCTE Canadian Summit 2012: Cable operators see gold in business services

By Alan Breznick

TORONTO – Delighted with their early business successes, major cable operators are stepping up their efforts to capture sizable chunks of the commercial telecom services market and recruit larger companies. Appearing at the SCTE Canadian Summit here earlier this week, top engineering executives of four leading Canadian and U.S. MSOs said they will keep pouring resources into business services initiatives in 2012, after experiencing strong growth over the last few years. In particular, they are investing more heavily in technologies, equipment, products and services for mid-sized and larger companies after making great headway with smaller firms. For example, Comcast has...