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Sigma Systems, Terayon partner
March 31, 2001 7:00 pm | by Staff | CommentsSigma Systems Group will provide back-office automated provisioning for Terayon's cable modem termination systems and cable modems used by broadband service providers internationally. Sigma's Cable Broadband in a Box software supports flow-through service provisioning and activation for high-speed Internet, interactive TV services, video-on-demand and voice services.
Microtune granted cable modem tuner patent
March 31, 2001 7:00 pm | by Staff | CommentsMicrotune Inc. announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a patent for its cable modem single-conversion tuner. The patent, number 6,169,569, protects the fundamental architecture of Microtune's cable modem tuners that employ low-cost, low-power, single-conversion tuning methods. In addition, the patent encompasses any cable modem that uses such single-conversion cable modem...
LPGA drives toward FTTH
March 31, 2001 7:00 pm | by Staff | CommentsOptical Solutions Inc. and GateHouse Networks have announced that Optical Solutions' FiberPath optical fiber-to-the-home system for converged telephone, cable television and Internet services will be deployed in the LPGA planned residential community in Daytona Beach. The LPGA International community is being developed by Renar Homes.
Cox, Emperative work to eliminate cable modem truck rolls
March 31, 2001 7:00 pm | by Staff | CommentsCox Communications is using Emperative Inc.'s software as the foundation for rapid, automated activation of cable modem subscribers. Specifically, in its Middle America cable systems, Cox has deployed Emperative's ProvEn provisioning engine and Cable Modem Express, new software announced separately in February.
S-A, Metabyte to enhance personal TV on set-tops
March 31, 2001 7:00 pm | by Staff | CommentsScientific-Atlanta (S-A) announced it has licensed preference engine and intelligent storage management software developed by Metabyte Networks Inc. that, once ported, is expected to enable its Explorer digital interactive set-tops to recommend programming each subscriber wants to watch. S-A plans to embed Metabyte's MbTV software into its Explorer 8000 set-tops.
PowerTV, S-A, Videotron team for e-mail over TV
March 31, 2001 7:00 pm | by Staff | CommentsPowerTV, Scientific-Atlanta (S-A) and Videotron Communications announced a system-wide commercial deployment of e-mail over hybrid fiber/coax broadband interactive television. Videotron is offering PowerTV's SofaMAIL e-mail service via S-A's Explorer set-tops and digital network to all 1.6 million of its customers in Montreal and the Canadian province of Quebec.
Insight, DIVA partner for VOD deal
March 31, 2001 7:00 pm | by Staff | CommentsInsight Communications and DIVA have announced an agreement which further extends DIVA's VOD solution to Insight's remaining systems in Indiana, Illinois and Kentucky. As a result, DIVA will now be placed in front of a potential 930,000 Insight basic customers, including those already able to receive the product.
OCAP spec released for comment
March 31, 2001 7:00 pm | by Staff | CommentsCableLabs has released for comment the OpenCable Application Platform (OCAP), or middleware software, specification. This collection of specifications establishes a road map for companies from around the world to create applications for interactive services that operate over the broadband cable network.
3Com cuts 170 jobs
March 25, 2001 7:00 pm | by Anne Kerven | CommentsPrevious cost-cutting moves notwithstanding, 3Com Corp. just cut 170 jobs in its consumer broadband-modem operations. The network equipment manufacturer will save $18 million in the cuts, most of which are in its Rolling Meadows, Ill., plant. The cuts are the latest in 3Com's $250 million cost-reduction plan.
LSI to buy C-Cube for $878 M
March 25, 2001 7:00 pm | by Anne Kerven | CommentsLSI Logic Corp. agreed to merge with C-Cube Microsystems Inc. in an $878 million stock-for-stock exchange. Under the agreement, each outstanding share of C-Cube common stock will be exchanged for 0.79 of a share of LSI Logic common stock. The merger, expected to be completed by the end of June, combines the companies' complementary technologies for high-growth cable, satellite, terrestrial and ...
Unisphere: IPO whoa
March 25, 2001 7:00 pm | by Anne Kerven | CommentsIt's epidemic. Unisphere Networks Inc. put off its IPO, citing market conditions. The manufacturer of communications products for service providers, and a division of Siemens AG in Germany, follows a rash of other IPO postponements as the markets fluctuate. In 2001, Wall Street has seen 19 companies issue IPOs, down from 58 for the same period in 1999 and 112 in 2000, the Boston Herald reports.
Proxim/Netopia halt merger
March 25, 2001 7:00 pm | by Anne Kerven | CommentsProxim Inc., which took a hit in stock prices last week when Intel switched its standards preference from HomeRF to Wi-Fi or 802.11b, can add an aborted merger to the fallout. Proxim, a manufacturer of networking equipment, was to purchase Netopia Inc., a maker of broadband Internet equipment. The merger was valued at $223 million in January, but both companies saw stock values fall since then,...
PowerTV to supply ITV software
March 25, 2001 7:00 pm | by Anne Kerven | CommentsITV supplier PowerTV Inc. just got the license to provide its digital set-top software platform to 6 million cable TV set-top boxes in North America, or more than 50 percent of the subscribers in the 100 largest systems, the company says. The PowerTV Operating System, presently being deployed by Scientific-Atlanta in more than 140 cable systems, the company reports, includes a solution for the ...
Artesian picks Pace DSL4000
March 25, 2001 7:00 pm | by Anne Kerven | CommentsArtesian Direct picked Pace Micro Technology to provide the DSL4000 digital home gateway boxes for Artesian's Convenient Accessible Print Solution. The product will combine Pace's digital home gateway technology and the H-P print media, letting consumers print TV or PC content through the DSL4000 to the H-P printer, Artesian reports.
CED News Briefs
March 25, 2001 7:00 pm | by Anne Kerven | Comments• Malone has more than eye on Europe Now it's a European empire. Cable magnate John C. Malone's cable connections are taking him into the overseas market in what observers call a potential European repeat of his American cable performance. Malone is becoming a majority shareholder in United Global Communications, whose European operation, United Pan-Europe Communications, represents about...
