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Motorola rolls out three DCT-5000 models; outlines strategy
June 10, 2001 8:00 pm | by Anne Kerven | CommentsDays after AT&T Broadband phased down how it would use DCT-5000 technology, Motorola's Broadband Communications Sector rolled out three new versions and outlined its strategy for the line. The DCT-5100, DCT-5200 and DCT-52X0 are built on a common design platform, Motorola says. All three evolved from 1999's DCT5000, billed then as a set-top with a triple-tuner architecture and watch, talk a...
3Com halts cable/DSL modem line; revises Q4 look
June 7, 2001 8:00 pm | by Anne Kerven | CommentsNone of that euphemism stuff for 3Com. The company said in a statement that, "There is an industry-wide glut of consumer cable and DSL modems that has driven down prices and margins." As a result, 3Com is discontinuing its consumer cable and DSL modem product lines and refocusing on more profitable markets.
Philips/BarcoNet tout CA interoperability
June 7, 2001 8:00 pm | by Anne Kerven | CommentsPhilips Digital Networks and BarcoNet nudged a little closer to conditional access system interoperability with digital TV broadcast equipment when the two finished tests on their integrated products. Philips' CryptoWorks CA system was tested on BarcoNet's Krypton DVB Simulcrypt-compliant transport stream scrambler.
Juniper cuts up to 9% of workforce; revises Q2
June 7, 2001 8:00 pm | by Anne Kerven | CommentsJuniper Networks cites "a capacity absorption cycle" and difficult service provider and global carrier business for its revised second-quarter outlook. It also will lay off 8 percent to 9 percent of its workforce and take a one-time charge of up to $45 million. Juniper now expects revenue in the $200 million to $210 million range, down from the previously expected $300 million to $330 million.
S-A to release ITV platform; taps ScreamingMedia
June 6, 2001 8:00 pm | by Anne Kerven | CommentsNext week, Scientific-Atlanta Inc. will launch "InView," an ITV information application that works on the Explorer set-top platform. The first content will be provided by ScreamingMedia. The product is intended to provide a 24-hour, on-demand channel for interactive access to news, information and entertainment, S-A reports.
Broadcom lowers Q2 expectations; starts changes
June 6, 2001 8:00 pm | by Anne Kerven | CommentsBroadcom Corp. lowered its expectations for its second-quarter revenue by 32 percent to 35 percent from the first quarter, the company reported in an update. The company reported first-quarter net losses of $356.9 million, from net income of $38.6 million a year prior. Broadcom said last April it would review its business units and make reductions in some and invest in others.
Thomson makes a play for Alcatel's DSL unit
June 6, 2001 8:00 pm | by Anne Kerven | CommentsThomson Multimedia will acquire Alcatel SA's DSL modem business unit for $386.6 million, Alcatel reports. In the stock transaction, Thomson will buy the unit in exchange for 9.5 million new shares at $40.68 a share, or 48 euros per share. The deal will give Alcatel a 9.1 percent stake in Thomson. The companies expect definitive agreements by the end of June and a closed deal by the end of the y...
Traffic 'burstiness' doesn't reach Internet core
June 5, 2001 8:00 pm | by Anne Kerven | CommentsDon't be dissing their terms. If scientists confirm Internet edge "burstiness," then burstiness it is. A team of Bell Labs researchers say that the extreme swings in traffic at edges of the Internet smooth out at the core, and "point the way to more efficient system and network designs with better performance at lower cost," Bell reports.
BB Gateways/Navini team on wireless local loops
June 5, 2001 8:00 pm | by Anne Kerven | CommentsBroadBand Gateways Inc. will partner with Navini Networks on a network-to-premises wireless broadband local loop. The result is intended to be a consumer- self-installable, wireless broadband, residential gateway solution, Broadband Gateway says. The project will entail Navini's WLL transport and Broadband's next-generation premises gateway.
CableLabs makes key appointments
June 5, 2001 8:00 pm | by Anne Kerven | CommentsCableLabs appointed Paul Whitehead VP of strategic assessment. Whitehead will oversee assessments of new technologies, including technical, economic, public policy and strategic issues, CableLabs says. The organization also hired Bernd Lutz as director of the CableHome project and Perry O'Neil as director of the Cable Industry B2B Interface Program.
Former broadband exec jumps to Qwest
June 5, 2001 8:00 pm | by Anne Kerven | CommentsFormer AT&T Broadband CTO Tony Werner was appointed executive VP of strategic technology at Qwest, the telecom announced. Werner will oversee strategic technology planning and development for the 14 states where Qwest provides service, as well as other Qwest markets. Werner was CTO at AT&T Broadband and at TCI, its predecessor.
Excite OKs cable deadline; shuts overseas offices
June 5, 2001 8:00 pm | by Anne Kerven | CommentsExciteAtHome extended an exclusivity deadline with Comcast Corp. and Cox Communications; has shut down its media operations in Germany, France and Spain; and has appointed a new COO. The company said yesterday it's in talks with Comcast Corp. and Cox Communications Inc. to "explore a restructuring of its commercial relationships with these companies.
Software tests pre-prototype cable modems
June 5, 2001 8:00 pm | by Anne Kerven | CommentsHold off on that cable modem prototype. A new product from Opnet Technologies Inc. and CableLabs' Bandwidth Modeling and Management Vendor Forum is designed to let manufacturers test different product configurations and architectures before the prototype is built. The DOCSIS 1.1 model software also allows cable operators to create virtual representations of proposed cable modem networks when ev...
Liberate opens PopTV lab
June 4, 2001 8:00 pm | by Anne Kerven | CommentsWant to see how all those new, interactive applications will work on set-top boxes? Liberate Technologies just opened its PopTV Lab, designed to let the company's PopTV content and application partners develop, refine and test new ITV products. PopTV partners previously used Liberate's TV Emulator, a product that runs on a PC but gives them a look at what their content or application would look...
Lucent affirms Q3 guidance
June 4, 2001 8:00 pm | by Anne Kerven | CommentsLucent Technologies's third quarter will show modest sequential growth over its $5.915 billion, second-quarter numbers, Chair and CEO Henry Schacht said today at the Supercomm Show in Atlanta. Schacht reaffirmed the company's financial guidance in a meeting with financial analysts. "Our turnaround plan envisions quarter-to-quarter progress, and we continue on that path," he says.
