Behind a routine announcement there is sometimes a more significant message or shift of strategy and that is the case with Arris declaring general availability for the second round of its cable CCAP platform. Specifically this is the second generation of active modules for Arris’ platform for CCAP, its E6000 Converged Edge Router, which is itself significant given Arris is the world’s leading CCAP vendor. CCAP has a vital role to play for just about all MSOs in their IP migration by combining Edge QAM video distribution with CMTS DOCSIS modem function in a single device. Over time the video can then migrate to the CMTS to go all IP, but operators will do this at different times with varying…