CED articles from March 2001

CED archives from March 2001

Whistling across the bow.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... There's a new battle for supremacy that's being waged, and even though it's aimed squarely at consumers' homes, it's going on without most people even being aware of the tussle. It's also not clear who's going to emerge victorious. The...

Pace integrates Sega into digital home gateway.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Pace Micro Technology -- The Americas revealed in January that it would be integrating the Sega games platform into its digital personal video recorder (PVR) home gateway (set-top boxes), providing consumers on-demand access to hundreds of...

TiVo partners with AOL.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... TiVo has expanded its existing strategic relationship with AOL to include an enhanced multimillion-dollar marketing and promotional campaign with AOL Time Warner. Under this agreement, TiVo will be promoted across AOL Time Warner online, print...

Hybrid introduces NLOS router.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Hybrid Networks has introduced the ThruWAVE WireLess Broadband Router. The router is single-carrier with multiple modulation schemes that enable fixed broadband wireless service providers to increase their customer capacity and coverage by...

Broadcom delivers first single-chip IP phone solution.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Broadcom Corp. has announced the BCM1100 Internet Protocol Phone Engine, the world's first single-chip solution for enabling Ethernet IP telephones. The BCM1100 will enable manufacturers to deliver IP phones with the features and price...

Tellabs buys Future Networks.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Tellabs will acquire Future Networks for $181 million in cash, enabling Tellabs to provide cable operators with a multi-services solution based on Internet Protocol Tellabs has more than 1.3 million lines deployed in North America, South...

Nortel announces new Web service strategy.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Nortel Networks is introducing new technology that allows telecommunications service providers and media and Internet content companies to provide new Web-based services to customers. Nortel representatives says its networking devices and...

Pioneer announces 1M set-tops sold.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Pioneer announced last month that 1 million Voyager digital set-tops have been sold since 1999. Pioneer's announcement complements its deployment of 1.3 million copies of ITV Passport. The latest version, the Voyager 3000 set-top, is...

WOW announces deals.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... WideOpenWest will use DemandVideo Corp.'s turnkey video-on-demand (VOD) solution to provide customers with immediate access to on-demand entertainment, under the terms of a recent agreement. WideOpenWest is building fiber optic broadband...

PowerTV to enable Internet e-mail printing via ITV.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... PowerTV has announced agreements with four computer printer manufacturers to capitalize on the escalating consumer demand for printing Internet e-mail via interactive TV. The agreement calls for PowerTV to develop the architecture, technical,...

Teaming up for better services.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... OPenTV and Mixed Signals Technologies (MST) are partnering to jointly market the combination of MST's interactive TV services and tools with OpenTV's enhanced TV platform. This partnership highlights the growing numbers of developers involved...

Qwest wins in Arizona.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Qwest Communications International announced Last month that it had been awarded a new $100 million agreement to construct and support high-speed local area broadband networks that will provide Internet access to Arizona's 228 public school...

SOHOware on guard.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... SOHOware previewed its new BroadGuard secure cable/DSL router in January. BroadGuard, which includes a 10/100 Mbps autosensing switch to boost performance, features one of the industry's most comprehensive Internet security solutions for...

Com21 sells modems to Comcast, enhances product support.(Comcast Online Communications)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Com21 has signed a volume purchase agreement with Comcast Online Communications, a division of Comcast Cable Communications. Comcast's agreement to purchase additional quantities of DOXport 1110 cable modems follows a previous fourth quarter...

Motorola & Microsoft: The light at the end of the tunnel.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Microsoft Corp. announced in January that it would be teaming with Motorola Inc.'s Broadband Communications Sector to offer Motorola's DCT-5000+ advanced set-top boxes to qualified developers through the new Microsoft TV Content Builder...

SCTE opens CCC.(Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers, Customer Care Center)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... With the launch of its newly-created Customer Care Center (CCC) in February, Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE) members can now take advantage of a staff fully dedicated to providing member services. The CCC is open Monday...

More bang for your buck.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... RCN Corp. has introduced its bundled communications service offerings to seven additional suburbs of Philadelphia: Sharon Hill, Glenolden, Collingdale, Norwood, Prospect Park, Ridley Park and Upper Darby. Residents in these seven Delaware...

DSL, digital set-tops serve up growth.(industry growth data)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2001... Telecommunications Reports International has reported high growth for both the DSL market and the online market as a whole. While DSL access was slow to take off, it ended the year with tremendous strength, according to fourth quarter 2000...

WorldGate announces new ITV product.(interactive television product)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
March 1, 2001... WorldGate unveiled in January product enhancements for its interactive television applications. The newest version of the WorldGate Interactive Service will be deployed during the first quarter of 2001, and includes two upgrades to WorldGate's...

Cox deploying Emperative ProvEn.(Cox Communications utilizes software)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Emperative announced Last month that Cox Communications is using its software as the foundation for automated activation of cable modem subscribers. Specifically, in its middle-America cable system, Cox has deployed Emerative's ProvEn...

FTTH STARTS MAKING HOUSE CALLS.(Fiber-to-the-home fiber optics)
March 1, 2001... CONSIDERED A PIPE DREAM JUST A FEW YEARS AGO, FIBER-TO-THE-HOME SUDDENLY HAS WHEELS, AND IT'S FINALLY MAKING DELIVERIES While scientists and commentators are marveling at the recent success in mapping the vast complexities of the human...

BLOWING AWAY THE BOTTLENECK.(1 gigabit ethernet development)
March 1, 2001... Will Gigabit Ethernet prove to be the secret weapon that unclogs the broadband pipe? An early contestant for the most hyped technology of 2001 is actually a network protocol that's been around for almost 30 years. The latest iteration of...

RISING TO THE NEXT LEVEL.(cable service providers)
March 1, 2001... Sophisticated scheduling required to deliver tiered services As operators continue to develop higher-margin services, the ability to provision and support multiple services becomes an increasingly critical priority. The DOCSIS 1.1 standard...

Catching the seventh wave.(fiber-to-the-home development)
March 1, 2001... Startup Wave7 Optics dives into fiber-to-the-home As last summer's blockbuster film, "The Perfect Storm," taught us, big waves aren't necessarily things you want to tangle with. But get on the good side of a killer wave, and you might...

The sky's no longer the limit.(in flight internet access)
March 1, 2001... Companies bring inflight connectivity to airline passengers Whether flying internationally or on a short trip, airline passengers face a unique challenge: staying confined in a small seat for hours. And although many people bring diversions...

Quenching his thirst.(Tony Werner)(Aurora Networks)
March 1, 2001... Werner enjoys entrepreneurial brew at Aurora Networks Tony Werner created quite a stir in cable's technical ranks in late 2000, when he exchanged the "T" in CTO for an "E," as the new CEO of startup opto-electronics firm Aurora Networks....

Video-on-demand comes of age.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Video-on-demand has been a dream for many in the cable industry for perhaps a decade. About 10 years ago, a combination of new technologies made it possible to think about the delivery of a high-quality video stream to an individual cable...

Do-it-yourself fiber optic networks.
March 1, 2001... Canadian research groups find new ways to cut costs If you're a research organization, and you must have reliable, high-speed data links between your locations, a fiber optic network is critical. End of story. However, most carriers...

LightWire's odyssey takes it to Dallas, Miami.(AT and T Corp.)
March 1, 2001... Despite rumors to the contrary, AT&T is still bullish on the approach LightWire's promise of an economical, extended use of fiber to "mini-nodes" in an architecture designed to reduce powering costs and eliminate in-line amplifiers is...

Video streaming equals bandwidth screaming.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... I'm kind of a sci-fi buff, not hardcore. but with more than a passing interest. Consequently, I took to James Cameron's "Dark Angel" television program right away. It has an intriguing future vision, ethical issues raised by genetic...

BUSINESS BRIEFS.(multiple topics)
March 1, 2001... Cox picks PCI gear AJAX, Ontario--Cox Communications Inc. has selected PCI Technologies Inc. as one of two exclusive RF signal management equipment suppliers for the next two years. During those two years, RF signal management equipment...

new products.(multiple companies)
March 1, 2001... VOD content management ATLANTA--Pathfire (formerly Video Networks Inc.) has introduced a video-on-demand digital content management solution for content providers and MSOs who need to manage and distribute VOD content to cable headends....

Interactive television--the sleeper.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... We all expected that the FCC's AOL-Time Warner decision would deal with cable modem open access and instant messaging, but interactive television (ITV) was the unexpected "sleeper" issue for the cable industry. Disney's contentions of...