"home network" articles
Cox Communications is adding diagnostic capabilities into its data network that could lead to a managed services offering for some of its home networking customers.
In June, Cox started selling data gateways with DOCSIS 3.0 and 802.11n from Cisco and Netgear directly to its customers. While the nation's third-largest cable operator has a long history of selling home networking gear to its subscribers, the new gateways could lead to Cox dipping its toe into managed services for home...
From CED , Time Warner Cable's Whole House On Demand service recently became available in Lincoln, Nebraska and surrounding areas.
Whole House On Demand allows subscribers to watch purchased on demand programming on digital boxes throughout the home . If a customer purchases an on demand program on a TV in the family room, they can now also watch it on a TV in another room.
On September 23, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) took steps to free up vacant airwaves between TV channels - called “white spaces” - to unleash a host of new technologies, such as “super Wi-Fi.”
According to Fierce Cable , the spectrum will be most available in rural and suburban areas where there are fewer TV stations and more spectrum. Larger cities such as New York, Los Angeles and Chicago, with already crowded airwaves, are expected to feel less impact,...
Conax has launched a new conditional access solution - Conax Contego - that replaces the CAS5 system that launched in 2003. It is designed to support hybrid services and multi-device access.
The scalable platform offers advanced anti-piracy mechanisms, smart card and card-less security options, DVB, ISDB-T and OpenCable compliancy along with DRM control. It can support hybrid set-top boxes, CI Plus and CableCARD as well as multi-client, multi-room and home networking services.
On September 13,Synaptics announced that its capacitive TouchPad solution is featured in the Philips Dual remote control, that was introduced at IBC 2010 in Amsterdam.
To develop the remote remote, Philips Home Control combined a variety of leading-edge innovations including ZigBee® RF4CE technology (Radio Frequency for Consumer Electronics), a QWERTY keyboard, and Synaptics TouchPad solution. The 2-inch diagonal TouchPad recognizes gestures such as pointer navigation, flick, and...
The company that pioneered the concept of whole-home DVR has hung its hat with the Multimedia over Coax Alliance .
Marvell's acquisition of the intellectual property and assets of DS2 has rolled up the last of the big independent powerline networking chipset vendors. First, CopperGate acquired the HomePlug assets from Conexant (and then itself got purchased by Sigma Designs), and Atheros purchased Intellon. It's a trend that signifies the importance of well-integrated networking solutions that may leverage at least a couple of networking technologies, including Wi-Fi and "no-new-wires."...
After buying Bewan Systems SA in March , Pace is now strengthening its telco residential gateway portfolio by buying 2Wire Inc. for an estimated $475 million . This will provide Pace, with entry into the U.S. market, as 2Wire has supported AT&T's triple-play and IPTV deployments for ten years. This acquisition is a clear example of the importance of home networking and managed services to today's service provider community.
