Congrats to CableLabs! It’s another sign that collaboration truly pays off. CableLabs, the cable industry’s non-profit research and development consortium, announced this week that its awarded “qualification” status to DOCSIS 3.0. What does that mean for the customer? This opens the door to even faster Internet speeds and a broader variety of services that can be offered over cable’s broadband network.

According to CableLabs experts, DOCSIS 3.0 specifications enable “downstream data rates of 160 Mbps or higher and upstream data rates of 120 Mbps or higher.” In the CableLabs release, Cox President Pat Esser is quoted as saying, “This DOCSIS 3.0 specification is yet another example of how cable is continuing to advance the power of broadband. This technology ensures that our customers will have access to the fastest and most robust Internet service available and allows us to introduce a new generation of advanced service offerings to our customers.” Click here to read the full CableLabs announcement.