The 10 largest cable operators in the U.S. have deployed 9.8 million set-top boxes that use CableCards to provide security functions since the Federal Communications Commission’s so-called integrated set-top ban went into effect July 1, 2007.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MultichannelBreakingNews/~4/492519118" height="1" width="1"/