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Cisco ‘loves’ STBs

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 […]

February 21, 2012By Colin Mann

Amino selects Celeno Wi-Fi

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 […]

January 24, 2012

DoCoMo, 5 majors in semiconductor JV

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 […]

December 27, 2011By Colin Mann

Trilithic selects new product manager for Leakage Systems

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 […]

December 19, 2011

Gaydon out as Pace CEO

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 […]

December 14, 2011By Colin Mann

Broadband cable equipment market up 14%

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: […]

December 14, 2011

Integrated hybrid IP solution from Rovi and Pace

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, […]

December 2, 2011

UK homes set for hi-tech revolution

British homes could be transformed into hi-tech hubs with communication networks built into them, delivering everything from advanced entertainment services to health care by the end of the decade, a report by Intellect, the trade body for the technology industry, has predicted. The report, Connected Homes – a Reality, says that there could be a […]

December 1, 2011

Asheridge launches Trilithic Cal Centre

Asheridge Communications, a supplier of equipment to the European Cable industry, this month launches a Calibration and Repair centre for Trilithic Instruments. “With our increasing sales to the Europe-wide markets, we recognized the growing need for a repair and calibration service to give our customers a better user experience.  In addition when selling new meters, […]

December 1, 2011

Telefonica invests in Quantenna

Telefonica has signed a strategic partnership with Quantenna Communications, a specialist in ultra-reliable Wi-Fi networking for whole home entertainment. The partnership sees Telefonica making a strategic equity investment in Quantenna which gives it access to the latest Quantenna technology for the deployment of high performance video services to the home. Quantenna has the networking expertise […]

November 7, 2011