CPE (Consumer Premises Equipment) News

Intel to Acquire Texas Instruments' Cable Modem Unit
Aug 16, 2010 – Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) has announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire Texas Instruments' (NYSE: TXN) cable modem product line. The purchase enhances Intel's focus on the cable industry and related CE market segments.
News categories: Intel Corp, Texas Instruments, Cable Modem, DOCSIS, Gateway, MandA, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

Wi-Fi-Enabled Devices to Exceed 1.9 Billion Units by 2014
Jul 29, 2010 – The quest for connectivity continues to drive CE manufacturers to enable their products with Wi-Fi. The next 5 years will see an increase in the number of Wi-Fi-enabled devices, from over 500 million in 2009 to nearly 2 billion in 2014, according to In-Stat.
News categories: In-Stat, Blu-ray, DVR, Gaming, Gateway, Home Server, Market Research, Peripherals / Accessories, Portable, Router, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Smart TV, Smartphone

Coship Selects Microtune TV Tuner for Cable HD STBs and Modems in China
May 25, 2010 – Microtune® (NASDAQ: TUNE) has announced that Coship (Shenzhen:002052) has designed its DVB-C cable set-top box and its high-speed cable modem using Microtune's MicroTuner™ MT2066 TV tuner chip.
News categories: Microtune, COSHIP, Cable Modem, Cable TV, China, Digital TV, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

Residential Gateways Outperform Cable, DSL and Broadband Routers
May 5, 2010 – Residential Gateways showed stronger growth in 4Q09 than other areas of the broadband CPE market, reports In-Stat, accounting for nearly 37% of the market. Revenues were $567 million and unit shipments were 9.05 million.
News categories: In-Stat, Broadband, Cable Modem, CPE, Gateway, Market Research, Router

Bell Labs achieves 300Mbps over just two traditional DSL lines
Apr 21, 2010 – Alcatel-Lucent (Paris and NYSE: ALU) has announced that its research arm, Bell Labs, has successfully demonstrated a technology that boosts the transmission speeds achievable over just two digital subscriber lines (DSL).
News categories: Alcatel-Lucent, Broadband, Content Distribution, CPE, Digital TV

Broadcom Announces DOCSIS® VoIP over Cable Portfolio to Support Network Convergence in China
Mar 22, 2010 – Broadcom (Nasdaq: BRCM) has introduced a customized DOCSIS® VoIP (voice over Internet protocol) product portfolio to support China's network convergence.
News categories: Broadcom, Cable Modem, Cable TV, CCBN, China, DOCSIS, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

Pace announces agreement to acquire Bewan Systems
Mar 2, 2010 – Pace (LSE:PIC) has announced that Pace France has signed a conditional agreement to acquire Bewan Systems SA, the Paris-based IP and cable gateways specialist. The consideration for the acquisition will not exceed €12.5 million.
News categories: Pace plc, Bewan Systems, Cable Modem, Cable TV, Gateway, IPTV, MandA, Router, Set Top Box

MaxLinear Enters Cable TV Market With Ultra Low Power Silicon Tuner Family
Aug 10, 2009 – MaxLinear has announced the MxL20xRF family of silicon tuners developed for the digital cable market. The family is aimed at set-top-boxes (STBs), digital video recorders (DVRs), cable modems, EMTAs, cable gateways and cable-enabled TVs.
News categories: MaxLinear, Cable Modem, Cable TV, Digital TV, ICs, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV

Iliad adds 146k subscribers in 1H09
Aug 4, 2009 – Over the 1st half-year 2009, Iliad (Paris: ILD) consolidated its position as the leading ADSL alternative operator. At 30 June 2009, Iliad's ADSL had a total of 4,371,000 subscribers, compared with 3,134,000 at 30 June 2008.
News categories: Iliad, DVR, France, Gateway, IPTV, Results, Router, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Subscribers