CED articles from December 2003

CED archives from December 2003

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December 1, 2003... You're holding in your hands the broadband industry's s most complete and authoritative guide to companies that offer products and services to the industry. For well over a decade, (CED) magazine has published this Guide as an added value for...

A-Z listings.(Directory)(Illustration)
December 1, 2003... A-TEK Communications (925) 944-1511 (866) 650-DATA; (866) 650-3282 Fax: (925) 944-1468 E-mail: ...

Headend equipment.(Telecommunications equipment industry)(Directory)(Illustration)
December 1, 2003... Addressable controllers 34 Antenna anti-icing products 34 Antennas, broadcast (over-the-air) 34 Antennas, satellite 37 Antennas, wireless ...

Transmission and customer premise equipment.(Directory)(Illustration)
December 1, 2003... Transmission equipment Amplifiers, bridget 52 Amplifiers,distribution 55 Amplifiers, headend 50 Amplifiers, indoor ...

Fiber optics.(Directory)(Illustration)
December 1, 2003... Amplifiers 78 ATM transport equipment 78 Attenuators 78 Cable assemblies, harnesses, jumpers etc. 81 Connectors ...

Data, software and telecom.(Directory)(Illustration)
December 1, 2003... Data communication equipment Bridges 92 Cable modem termination systems 92 Ethernet gear 95 Gigabit Ethernet equipment 95 Multiplexers 96...

Network testing and used/refurbished equipment.(Directory)(Illustration)
December 1, 2003... Test equipment Automated FCC testing gear 106 Cable TV analyzers 106 Calibrators 109 Data test gear 109 Digital test gear ...

Construction and services.(Directory)(Illustration)
December 1, 2003... Construction equipment Anchors 120 Cable markers 120 Conduit and cable-in-conduit 120 Drop material 123...

The circle of (trade show) life.(in perspective)
December 15, 2003... We're about to embark on the final Western Show. It's hard to say if it will go out with a bang or a whimper, but judging from early visions of what the show floor will look like, I'm betting on the latter. Once a shining star in the cable...

Microsoft makes IP play.(Upfront: latest news and insight)(Brief Article)
December 15, 2003... Marking a development that could weave its way into cable's eventual plunge into an all-digital world, Microsoft TV has unveiled an IP-based television platform for both cable and telecommunication service providers. "We're trying to make...

TWC, Bright House OK Pace HD box.(Upfront: latest news and insight; Time Warner Cable)(Bright House Networks; high definition television)(Brief Article)
December 15, 2003... Pace Micro TechnoLogy Americas said two major MSOs-Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks-have approved the vendor's DC-550 HD set-top for system deployments. Both operators have aLready deployed Pace-built standard-definition...

Comcast gets a high-speed assist.(Upfront: latest news and insight)(Brief Article)
December 15, 2003... Comcast Corp. has deployed a software platform from SupportSoft Inc. that provides rear-time help for the MSO's high-speed data customers. The software. LiveAssist, is designed to boost call center productivity via a number of online...

ICTV jumps the pond.(Upfront: latest news and insight)(ICTV starts its services in europe)(Brief Article)
December 15, 2003... ICTV Inc. has established operations in Europe and appointed Rick Cluthe to run them as the region's managing director. ICTV, creator of HeadendWare, offers interactive cable services to thin- and thick-client digital set-tops via a...

Motorola, Movaz team on broadband transport.(Upfront: latest news and insight)(Brief Article)
December 15, 2003... Motorola Broadband will market and resell optical transport gear from Movaz Networks to its global customers. Financial terms were not disclosed. Under the deal, Motorola Broadband will incorporate Movaz's RAY-branded dense wave division...

Go2Broadband adds digital, HD support.(Upfront: latest news and insight)(Go2Broadband service locator)(Brief Article)
December 15, 2003... CableLabs has added digital video and high-definition television (HDTV) capabilities to its Go2Broadband (G2B) service locator. G2B, which had been used solely to help consumers determine whether cable modern service is available in their...

VOOM heads into orbit.(Upfront: latest news and insight)(DBS satellite service)(Brief Article)
December 15, 2003... VOOM, the ambitious DBS satellite service from Cablevision Systems Corp., got off the ground last month to go after what it believes to be an "underserved" HDTV audience. VOOM launched with 21 commercial-free HD channels in 1080i format,...

Badawiyeh wins 'Young Engineer' award.(Upfront: latest news and insight)(Telecommunications Engineers)(Brief Article)
December 15, 2003... Basil Badawiyeh, video systems engineer for Adelphia Communications, has been selected as the 2004 Young Engineer of the Year. Badawiyeh, 28, will receive the award on Jan. 14, 2004, during the Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers...

C-COR becomes a 'PON' shop.(Upfront: latest news and insight)(passive optical network)(Brief Article)
December 15, 2003... C-COR.net Corp. has inked an exclusive deal to market Alloptic Inc.'s PON (passive optical network) technology to cable operators based in the U.S. and in "certain other countries." C-COR will offer Alloptic's technology in conjunction with...

Entropic has eyes for the media center.(Upfront: latest news and insight)(Patrick Henry is named the president and CEO)(Brief Article)
December 15, 2003... Entropic Communications, a fabless semiconductor startup with big plans for the whole-home media center concept, closed on a new round of financing and appointed a new executive to run the show. Entropic named Patrick Henry to president and...

Bigband inserts new abilities.(Upfront: latest news and insight)(Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers)(Brief Article)
December 15, 2003... BigBand Networks has added three capabilities to its digital ad insertion gear: IP connectivity, high-definition video insertion and "ad zoning." The company made the additions to its Ad Splicing Gateway and flagship box, the BigBand BMR...

CableLabs adds DFAST to the 'Plug & Play' mix.(Upfront: latest news and insight)(Brief Article)
December 15, 2003... CableLabs is releasing a key security technology license for "Plug & Play," a recently FCC-adopted agreement aimed at ushering in cable ready, set top-free digital televisions. By releasing DFAST (Dynamic Feedback Arrangement Scrambling...

For nation's telcos, happy days aren't here again.(memory lane)(VoIP-over-cable)
December 15, 2003... In 1930, Guy Lombardo was singing "Little White Lies" on the radio, the Great Depression was socking Middle America, and the telephone business was about to suffer a serious decline. With the economy reeling, customers disconnected 292,000 Bell...

CED Broadband 50: spotlighting the best and brightest in broadband.(The Industry)(Cover Story)
December 15, 2003... Welcome to the third annual installment of the Broadband 50, CED's list of the companies, technologies, people and "categories" that have shaped, defined and influenced the broadband industry in 2003 or are well positioned to do just that in...

Setting sun.(Trade Shows - cable industry)
December 15, 2003... In 1967, a high-spirited group of cable operators, engineers, vendors and entrepreneurial-minded supporters gathered at Vacation Village near San Diego to discuss, debate and design a road map for the cable industry's future. Little did...

Solving a world of issues: in addition to rolling out advanced services, some of the industry's top technical minds are figuring out how to tie them all together.
December 15, 2003... With rebuilds completed or mostly completed, most MSOs have shotted their attention to the advanced broadband applications and services that will run on the platforms they've spent a good portion of their lives building. But in addition to the...

Fiber advances analog transport: a historical perspective on optical transmission over HFC.(hybrid fiber/coax)
December 15, 2003... Among the primary telecommunications network architectures in use today, modern cable TV designs provide unrivaled capability and capacity afforded by the hybrid fiber/coax (HFC) architecture. The underlying foundation of HFC networks is...

The 'Gee' of RG: Demystifying the coaxial cable labeling system.(Fiberline)(Radio Grade )
December 15, 2003... Surprisingly enough, most people in the cable industry do not know what the origin of RG is and what it stands for. So here it is, a little bit of trivial knowledge that some may find insightful. How did coaxial drop cable come to be...

Major inventions of a century ago.(Ciciora's corner)(100th anniversary of aviation)
December 15, 2003... This with be the last Western Show That s s multaneousty astonishing, and not surprising. Those of us who have made the trek west for decades will have a hard time thinking of this as the last one, Yet those of us who have been to the last...

A 'one size does not fit all' future.(guest commentary)(cable industry)
December 15, 2003... Fast forward to 2007. A cable subscriber comes home from work and ventures into the home entertainment room. The subscriber mashes on the remote and lights up his interactive TV system. How did his personal portfolio of stocks do today? What...

Cable TV/metro access.(New products: product reviews)(Brief Article)
December 15, 2003... FUZHOU FUJIAN, China-Koncent Communication Inc. has launched a new series of products intended for the cable TV/metro access market in which an extensive temperature range is required (-40 ~ 8 degrees C). These new components improve the...

High linearity/active mixer.(New products: product reviews)(Brief Article)
December 15, 2003... MILPITAS, Calif.-Linear Technology Corp. has announced the LT5522, a new high performance active downconverting mixer that operates with RF input tram 600 MHz to 2.7 GHz. The device's combination of performance, matched input characteristics,...

Homeplug networking.(New products: product reviews)
December 15, 2003... IRVINE, Calif.-SMC Networks has announced its newest family of products for home networking. The company's new line of HomePlug-compliant products give users everything they need to set up a brand new network or extend an existing one without...

Protection switch mux/demux.(Fiber Optics)(Brief Article)
December 15, 2003... SALEM, N.H.-Confluent Photonics has introduced a new DWDM multiplexer demultiplexer with an intergral restortion optical switch. The Protection Switch Mux/Demux (Model RAM-20-200-PS), is designed fro DWDM optical transport applications that...

VoIP and E911.(capital currents)(Voice-over-IP)(Emergency reporting systems )
December 15, 2003... Enhanced 911 (E911) requires the phone company to deliver the 911 caller's location. But if a Voice-over-IP (VoIP) subscriber calls 911, what location shows up on the public safety call taker's screen? For some flavors of VolE particularly...

North American VOD deployments.(video on demand)(Illustration)
December 15, 2003... Service operator Market Launch date Adelphia Bethel Park, Pa. April 2002 Cleveland/Euclid/ Sept. 2001 Willowick, Ohio ...