Reportlinker Adds The Cable Set Top Box Market: After a Record Year in 2008, Slightly Lower Demand in 2009 Nov 21, 2009
Forecast: Cable Set Top Boxes with Integrated Cable Modems, 2007-2013 (Units in Thousands). Table 29. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Rembrandt: We Agreed To Drop Patent Claims On Cable Modems Nov 17, 2009
the patent-licensing firm that had and sought millions of dollars in royalty payments ; claimed in a statement Monday that it withdrew its legal claims voluntarily, after reviewing the source code of the targeted cable modems and realizing the products do not actually violate its patent rights. A federal judge in Delaware last month brought by Rembrandt against Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Cox Communications, Charter Communications and Cablevision Systems, after the patent firm agreed to not seek... (Multichannel News)
DNS Problem Linked to DDoS Attacks Gets Worse Nov 14, 2009
Internet security experts say that misconfigured DSL and cable modems are worsening a well-known problem with the Internet's DNS (domain name system), making it easier for hackers to launch distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against their victims. According to research set to be released in the next few days, part of the problem is blamed on the growing number of consumer devices on the Internet that are configured to accept DNS queries from anywhere, what networking experts call an... (Yahoo News -- Technology)
Green: Creating Standards That Worked Nov 9, 2009
The creation of standards for the first DOCSIS-based high-speed cable modems and other subsequent technologies, such as PacketCable and digital phone, also transformed the economics of cable ... This was particularly a problem with the first cable modems, which cost over $400. (Multichannel News)
Feds Indict Cable-Modem Hacker Nov 4, 2009
Federal law-enforcement officials have accused a 26-year-old Oregon man -- known by the alias "DerEngel" in hacking circles -- of selling products designed to let users modify Motorola cable modems and tap into broadband networks without paying ... According to the indictment, from 2003 through 2009, Harris and TCNISO "developed and distributed hardware and software tools that allowed its customers to modify their cable modems so that they could disguise themselves as legitimate, paying... (Multichannel News)
IPTV and Bandwidth Oct 20, 2009
Reason #1: If you;re prepping for video over IP (meaning video over the path now used by cable modems), you might as well do advanced compression. The two move in lockstep. (Multichannel News)
Microtune Lays Off 10% Of Employees, Cuts Executive Pay Oct 17, 2009
Microtune, a supplier of digital tuners for cable modems and set-top boxes, will cut its work force by about 10% and reduce the base salary of top company managers by 5%, the Plano, Texas-based company said Friday. The company's customers in the cable sector include Arris, Cisco Systems, Motorola, Pace, ADB, Panasonic and Samsung. (Multichannel News)
Maximum Spectrum Sep 30, 2009
One of the reasons is that tapping into the spectrum requires new customer-side equipment, such as cable modems and set-top boxes that can tune up to 1 GHz. Still, he said: Our history has been that doing bandwidth expansions was the gift that keeps on giving. (Multichannel News)
Assessing Cable's IPTV Future Sep 26, 2009
Set-top box makers including Cisco Systems and Motorola have introduced hybrid QAM-IP devices that allow the blending IP video using embedded DOCSIS cable modems. "You need devices that are capable of delivering today's architecture but can migrate to tomorrow's architecture," said Murali Nemani, Cisco's director of service provider marketing for video. (Multichannel News)
Cover Story: Whos There? Sep 22, 2009
Comcast, which counts CBS as the only broadcast partner in its On Demand Online trial, wanted to deliver authenticated Web video services the same way it delivers programming to the TV: Over its own broadband network, to its own devices (cable modems) and via its own guides (Fancast, Comcast. net). (Multichannel News)
Updated: Comcast Hiking Cable-Modem Fee to $5 From $3 Monthly Nationwide Sep 17, 2009
Comcast this fall will increase the monthly lease fee for cable modems to $5 nationwide -- a 66% increase over the current $3 monthly fee -- which the operator said is necessary to offset the cost of rolling out next-generation services such as DOCSIS 3. 0. (Multichannel News)
If I buy a 3.0 modem, is it compatible with Comcast's... Sep 17, 2009
Comcast this fall will increase the monthly lease fee for cable modems to $5 nationwide -- a 66% increase over the current $3 monthly fee -- which the operator said is necessary to offset the cost of rolling out next-generation services such as DOCSIS 3 ... Here's a link to a list of cable modems approved for use with Comcast's high-speed Internet service ... I've updated the story with a more conservative estimate of the number of Comcast subscribers who lease cable modems, using a rough... (Multichannel News)
Will 4G Wireless Really Threaten Wires? Aug 14, 2009
Later this year in Boston and Seattle, Verizon () will test a wireless technology capable of delivering speeds that are comparable to those of basic cable modems and exceeding basic DSL. And the if this means consumers should dump their wirelines and welcome the fourth-generation wireless technology as a viable home broadband connection. Will 4G wireless services, be they from cellular carriers deploying LTE or from Clearwire deploying WiMAX, replace basic cable and DSL broadband, much like. (BusinessWeek)
CableLabs Innovation Showcase: The Other Demos Aug 13, 2009
The demo showed several cable modems connected to a CMTS through either none or very few RF splitters. (See. (Multichannel News)
Incognito Upgrades For DOCSIS 3.0 Aug 4, 2009
5 Provisions Next-Gen Cable Modems. Todd Spangler -- Multichannel News, 8/3/2009 5:07:09 PM EDT. (Multichannel News)
Cable-Modem Makers: Patent Firm Violated Antitrust Laws Aug 4, 2009
Last week a federal judge ruled that Cisco, Motorola and other cable-modem manufacturers may amend their lawsuits against to allege that the firm violated federal antitrust laws and engaged in unfair competition by bringing to market cable modems with the sole purpose of trying to establish a legal case against the MSOs. The cable-modem makers claimed they uncovered an ;illicit anticompetitive scheme; involving Rembrandt;s Remstream subidiary, according to legal news site (subscription... (Multichannel News)
Multichannel Newswire Jul 31, 2009
Motorola's Home and Networks Mobility segment, housing set-tops, cable modems and other service-provider equipment, had second-quarter sales of $2. 0 billion, down 27% from the year-ago period. (Multichannel News)
Siliconware Precision Industries Reports a 53.6% Quarter-over-Quarter Growth in Revenues Jul 29, 2009
Products include advanced leadframe and substrate packages, which are widely used in personal computers, communications, Internet appliances, cellular phones, digital cameras, cable modems, personal digital assistants and LCD monitors. SPIL supplies services and support to fabless design houses, integrated device manufacturers and wafer foundries globally. (PR Newswire)
Comcast Gears Up Home-Gateway Launch Jul 28, 2009
Thomson supplies other residential broadband products to Comcast, including cable modems, eMTAs and. Thomson said it is currently working on a second-generation DTA, which it said will be smaller than an iPhone-like device. (Multichannel News)
BridgeWave's Big Shortwave Bet Jul 19, 2009
They proposed building wireless cable modems that used a Pasternak-devised analog compression scheme. The gadget worked but wasn't cheap enough to displace existing modems. (Forbes -- Technology)
Airvana and VeriSign Team for Femtocell Network Authentication Jun 23, 2009
The use of certificates has already proven successful for similar technologies such as cable modems -- with VeriSign providing trusted solutions for that community. The collaboration between the two companies will provide an authentication solution for operators deploying Airvana HubBub femtocells. (PR Newswire)
TI's DOCSIS Guy Now Cable Europe Labs' CTO Jun 18, 2009
0 technology and the silicon his company sells to power next-gen cable modems. (See. (Multichannel News)
Hi-tech home Jun 16, 2009
"Most people don't think of Cisco as a consumer company but if you take all the devices we have installed in a consumer's home from set top boxes to cable modems and wireless routers it all adds up to 178 million over the years. "Our history shows that while we might not be well known in the home, we have a lot of experience there. And now we are moving to the front with the Flip camera," said Mr Wirt. Mr Wolf says the company's purchase of Pure Digital shows how serious it was about making a... (BBC News -- Technology)
RTX Releases DECT/CAT-iq 2.0 USB Dongle Jun 3, 2009
e., DSL and Cable Modems) - IP PBXs for SMB applications - Wired IP telephones - Set top boxes - PCs (i. e., soft phones like Skype). (PR Newswire)
Motorola Selling DOCSIS 3.0 Modems At Retail Jun 2, 2009
0 cable modems through Fry's Electronics stores across the U.S. ... "We're witnessing the greatest advancement in DOCSIS cable modems in more than 10 years, and Fry's Electronics is at the forefront of the retail DOCSIS 3.0 movement," said Alan Lefkof, corporate vice president and general manager of Motorola's broadband home gateways and software group. (Multichannel News)
Time Warner takes over cable TV in Racine Jun 2, 2009
Former TCI general manager Davis Driver, who has accepted a position with Time Warner as director of business operations and who will work out of a Milwaukee office, said Time Warner would accelerate cable-technology improvements, such as a cable modems, into the area. "Those are the types of things that we'll see here faster than if we would have stayed with AT&T," he said. (Racine Journal Times, WI)
Harmonic Touts Biggest Cable IPTV Deployment To Date May 27, 2009
0 cable modems, was initially offered to subscribers in the Seoul area and now is being expanding to other provinces. Harmonic's Direct-2-Edge solution encompasses its NSG 9000 universal edge QAMs, along with control software. (Multichannel News)
Over the top couch potato May 20, 2009
Multicast and unicast streams are delivered to off-the-shelf IP set-top boxes and PCs via low-cost cable modems. ANGA Cable Stand K17. (Multichannel News)
Inside Alaska business May 12, 2009
The company said its consumer local phone service grew as it added more lines, its cable TV grew as customers added higher-level service such as high-definition TV, its Internet revenue rose as more costumers got cable modems or upgraded their modem service, and its wireless revenue grew as it has added 33 percent more wireless lines from a year earlier. GCI sells the same services to business customers, accounting for 19 percent of its first-quarter revenue. (Anchorage Daily News)
Otelco Reports First Quarter 2009 Results May 6, 2009
(1) We define access line equivalents as voice access lines and data access lines (including cable modems, digital subscriber lines, and dedicated data access trunks). FINANCIAL DISCUSSION FOR FIRST QUARTER 2009. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Arris Expects Sales To Pick Up In Q2 Apr 30, 2009
26 million voice modems (embedded multimedia terminal adapters); 58,876 cable modems; 33,598 CMTS upstream ports; and 24,516 CMTS downstream ports. . (Multichannel News)
Sifos Technologies Transitions to PoE+ PowerSync™ Analyzer Family Apr 15, 2009
Sifos Technologies is the leader in PoE (Power Sourcing Equipment and Powered Devices) and DOCSIS (Cable Modems, Set-Top Boxes, Cable Modem Headends) test solutions. Contact: Paula Donovan Sifos Technologies, Inc. +1 978 640-4900 x117. (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
CableLabs Certifies First PacketCable 2.0 Embedded Devices Apr 14, 2009
0 cable modems -- two from Ambit, two from Cisco Systems, and one each from Netgear, SMC and Thomson -- as well as DOCSIS 2. 0 cable modems from Cisco and Motorola. (Multichannel News)
Cable Show 2009: TI Ships 1 Million DOCSIS 3.0 Chips Apr 1, 2009
He noted that the 1 million milestone for TI does not mean that many cable modems have been deployed or sold to MSOs ... 0 chips are in cable modems that have passed CableLabs certification. (Multichannel News)
Nasty New Worm Targets Home Routers, Cable Modems Mar 26, 2009
- A computer worm has been discovered that can infect 55 different home-based routers and DSL/cable modems including common brands like Linksys and Netgear. Believed to have originated in Australia and known as "psyb0t" or Bluepill, this is the first worm known to be able to infect residential routers and modems. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
Applied Broadband's Pipeline Collects IP Data Mar 23, 2009
Software Collects Metrics From Cable Modems, Set-Tops ... The company's Pipeline Universal Broadband IPDR Engine aggregates IPDR record streams from cable modems, enhanced multimedia terminal adapters and set-top boxes and then routes a single IPDR data stream to multiple operations support system (OSS) and business support system (BSS) applications. (Multichannel News)
Cisco to buy maker of Flip Video for $590M Mar 21, 2009
The company hasn't done much to create synergies between the products it already has in homes, like Linksys routers and Scientific-Atlanta cable modems and TV set-top boxes. NPD's Rubin believes Cisco will try to build wireless networking into the Flip, but doing that while keeping the camera easy to use will be a challenge, he said. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
Axia withdraws from Palo Alto 'fiber' project Mar 15, 2009
Cable modems and DSL are perfectly adequate for the basic home. I'm glad the city isn't committing funds for a system that residents wouldn't use. (Palo Alto Online, CA)
BEMA gets boost from BELD Mar 14, 2009
Markham emphasized that because this is a high-end system intended for mission-critical applications, it s more expensive than the run-of-the-mill Internet services like DSL, Cable Modems, or FiOS.. Customers on this service pay anywhere from $500 to $1,500 per month, although we have tiers that could cost as much as $3,000, depending upon their requirements, he said. (Braintree Forum, MA)
Are Stress Fractures Threatening the Internet? Feb 26, 2009
Are Stress Fractures Threatening the Internet. February 26, 2009 Hot topics. (CIO Information Network)
Amid LTE Buzz, WiMax Moves Forward Feb 20, 2009
Both LTE and WiMax's 4G technology promise much faster download speeds than current cellular networks and have the speed potential to be a replacement for fixed-line broadband such as DSL and cable modems. Like Wi-Fi, WiMax is based on an IEEE standard (802. (eWeek)
How to handle internet outages Feb 12, 2009
Many of us have routers or cable modems, mysterious boxes we don't know anything about other than th 00004000 e fact they have something to do with broadband. All we can do is restart our machines and if that doesn't do the trick, we end up calling our local computer guy, who usually advises us to wait for a few minutes - many internet outages resolve themselves, often without us even noticing there has been an outage. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Technology)
Bruce Perens: Combining GPL and Proprietary Software Feb 10, 2009
Most of the publicity over suits to enforce the GPL concerns embedded systems: set-top boxes, cable modems, the list goes on. The suits are caused by just one thing: engineers and their managers combining software from different sources, without going to their company's own lawyers for help in understanding the software licenses. (Datamation)
Pulling the plug on Wi-Fi bandits Feb 9, 2009
Cable modems sell at home electronics stores for around $80, and online for as low as $50. At that price, the modem will pay for itself in about two years. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Business)
Charter Hits Fast Lane Feb 8, 2009
The MSO has qualified three cable modems, from Motorola, Cisco and Ambit Microsystems. In conjunction with the Cisco modular CMTS, Charter will use two universal-edge QAM platforms, Harmonic's Narrowcast Services Gateway and Cisco's RF Gateway 10. (Multichannel News)
