Vecima Networks, a designer and manufacturer in the broadband cable and wireless network infrastructure market, has announced that in partnership with a leading chip manufacturer, the Company has entered into an agreement to design a next generation, extremely high density broadband cable transmitter for one of the world’s leading cable broadband access companies. Vecima and […]
Residential gateways are expected to become the new hub of the so-called digital living room when they take over from set-top boxes, with the vigorous gateway market projected to triple from 2012 to 2015, according to a report from information and analytics provider IHS. Shipments of residential gateways and thin client boxes that act as […]
Findings from ACG Research’s Q4 2011 worldwide and regional market size and share reports for the Service Provider Video Infrastructure (SPVI) market indicate that the SPVI market grew 5 per cent sequentially to reach $4 billion for the quarter, although down 3 per cent year to year. Regionally, EMEA and the Americas gained quarter-to-quarter; APAC […]
Following yesterday’s reports in US press that Cisco was looking to sell Scientific-Atlanta, the company has moved to confirm its commitment to set-top boxes, describing such comments as “erroneous” and “unsourced”. In a Service Provider blog, Corporate Communications head John Earnhardt drew attention to comments made earlier in the month by Cisco Chairman and CEO […]
Amino Communications, specialists in IPTV/OTT solutions, has selected Celeno Communications, a provider of semiconductors for multimedia Wi-Fi home networking applications, to provide a range of wireless products that complement Amino’s range of IPTV STBs. Celeno’s OptimizAIR technology will help Amino offer whole home Wi-Fi networking robust enough for HD IPTV distribution, multi-room DVR and OTT […]
Leading Japanese telco NTT DoCoMo has reached a basic agreement with five companies — Fujitsu Fujitsu Semiconductor, NEC Corporation, Panasonic Mobile Communications, and Samsung Electronics — to establish a fabless joint venture company by the end of March 2012 to develop and sell semiconductor products for mobile devices. The joint venture company, leveraging the six […]
Trilithic, a specialist in Broadband Instruments and Systems has named Mark Darragh, Product Manager for Trilithic’s Leakage Systems in the Broadband Instruments Group. In his new role, Darragh will be instrumental in further developing Trilithic’s popular leakage product portfolio to continue to propel the company’s continued industry leadership. Mr. Darragh joined Trilithic in July, 2007 […]
Digital TV technology specialist Pace has confirmed that Mike Pulli, currently President of Pace Americas, has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of the company and has joined the Board with immediate effect. He succeeds Neil Gaydon who, after 16 years with Pace plc, has decided to step down to take some time off and look […]
Market research firm Infonetics Research has released excerpts from its third quarter CMTS and Edge QAM Hardware and Subscribers market share and forecast report, which tracks cable broadband equipment and subscribers. “While the cable broadband equipment market experienced its normal seasonal slowness in the third quarter, the important data to note is the year-over-year growth: […]
Digital entertainment solutions provider Rovi and developer of products and services for broadband and broadcast operators Pace are combining respective strengths in applications and service platforms, and in hardware and middleware, jointly to develop an integrated hybrid Internet Protocol (IP) solution. The new solution, targeted to be available in the USA, Canada, and Latin America, […]