By Light Reading
Publication Date: 2026-03-03 16:00:00
Vyve, an independent cable operator that’s poised to be fully owned by Cable One in a few months, has teamed with Harmonic on a two-market virtualization project that will likely reach other markets and eventually pave a path to DOCSIS 4.0.
Vyve will initially virtualize its access networks in two markets in southern Texas – Corsicana and Stephensville – and effectively run both systems on the same core using “cOS,” Harmonic’s virtual cable modem termination system (vCMTS) that’s capable of supporting both hybrid fiber/coax (HFC) and fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) networks.
That migration, which is expected to get underway by this June or July, will mark Vyve’s first foray into virtualization and a move that will effectively unseat its legacy integrated CMTSs in those two markets. Vyve’s legacy DOCSIS network is largely underpinned by CMTSs from Aurora Networks, the supplier formerly known as CommScope. Those legacy CMTSs will be redistributed to other Vyve markets that might need additional DOCSIS capacity.
Initial deployment will support 2-Gig speeds on HFC
“As most operators are, we’re putting an eye toward the future,” Guy McCormick, Vyve’s senior VP of engineering, tells Light Reading. “It was absolutely the right time to pivot and to introduce a vCMTS partner in the relationship.”
Vyve, which ran a request for proposal (RFP) for this deployment, will be rolling out Harmonic’s vCMTS in those two Texas markets as…
