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SOHOware on guard
February 28, 2001 7:00 pm | by Staff | CommentsSOHOware 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 residential, telecommuting and small office/home office broadband connectivity applications, according to the company.
Qwest wins in Arizona
February 28, 2001 7:00 pm | by Staff | CommentsQwest 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 districts. Qwest will also manage every aspect of the project and provide a wide range of services, including network consulting, architecture design, maint...
Com21 sells modems to Comcast, enhances product support
February 28, 2001 7:00 pm | by Staff | CommentsCom21 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 2000 purchase of Com21's latest offering. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.
WOW announces deals
February 28, 2001 7:00 pm | by Staff | CommentsWideOpenWest 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 networks through several Western cities, offering residential customers competitive cable TV, VOD, high-speed Internet and low-cost telephone services.
Teaming up for better services
February 28, 2001 7:00 pm | by Staff | CommentsOpenTV 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 in the creation of interactive content for interactive television services that run on the OpenTV platform.
PowerTV to enable Internet e-mail printing via ITV
February 28, 2001 7:00 pm | by Staff | CommentsPowerTV 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 requirements and implementation plan to support printer hardware
Tellabs buys Future Networks
February 28, 2001 7:00 pm | by Staff | CommentsTellabs 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 America, Asia and Europe. The Cablespan system delivers voice, data and video to homes using a single connection to a cable network.
Pioneer announces 1M set-tops sold
February 28, 2001 7:00 pm | by Staff | CommentsPioneer 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 powered by Broadcom's "system-on-a-chip" single chip MPEG processor.
Nortel announces new Web service strategy
February 28, 2001 7:00 pm | by Staff | CommentsNortel 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 software will allow Internet service providers and 'Net content companies to offer new content-based services, such as the ability to download movies from th...
Broadcom delivers first single-chip IP phone solution
February 28, 2001 7:00 pm | by Staff | CommentsBroadcom 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 levels required for large-scale deployment of desktop IP telephony.
TiVo partners with AOL
February 28, 2001 7:00 pm | by Staff | CommentsTiVo has expanded its existing strategic relationship with AOL to include an enhanced multi-million-dollar marketing and promotional campaign with AOL Time Warner. Under this agreement, TiVo will be promoted across AOL Time Warner online, print and television media properties, which will focus on educating consumers about the popular TiVo personal television service.
PayForView.com streaming conferences
February 26, 2001 7:00 pm | by Karen Kessler-Tanaka | CommentsWeb-based entertainment and advertising company PayForView.com, is entering into B2B partnerships to stream professional conferences on its site using its streaming media and triggered content template. So while company budgets may be spared the T & E expenses of sending employees to conferences, there will still be a per-use or subscription fee charged for virtual attendance.
BroadJump trucks with Time Warner
February 26, 2001 7:00 pm | by Karen Kessler-Tanaka | CommentsBroadJump has inked another deal for its Virtual Truck self-provisioning technology. Time Warner plans to launch the Virtual Truck Qualifier in 17 of its markets. Time Warner will re-brand the technology as Road Runner System Qualifier. The technology can determine if potential subscribers have the necessary computing resources to support a broadband connection.
Scientific-Atlanta hosts iTV forum
February 26, 2001 7:00 pm | by Karen Kessler-Tanaka | CommentsScientific-Atlanta 's first consortium, the CreativEdge Developer's Conference, brought together 68 interactive TV developers to discuss iTV applications and how cable operators can maintain an advantage over DBS in offering new services. "The goal of this developer's conference is to accelerate the deployment of interactive TV services by giving developers the opportunity to collaborate with e...
Agere develops agile chip
February 26, 2001 7:00 pm | by Karen Kessler-Tanaka | CommentsAgere Systems has developed a low-power ringing subscriber line interface circuit (SLIC) chip that connects directly to Broadcom Corp.'s customer premise equipment (CPE) chips for VoIP solutions. The low-power SLIC chip provides the interface between a standard, in-home telephone set and other communications equipment, such as cable modems and residential or small-office and home-office (SOHO) ...
