CPE (Consumer Premises Equipment) News

2Wire, Huawei, and Thomson Make Major Gains across Broadband CPE Market Share Segments
Jun 8, 2009 – 2Wire, Huawei and Thomson captured major market share gains in the 2008 broadband customer premise equipment (CPE) segments, according to In-Stat. The segments include cable and DSL modems, routers, Wi-Fi Aggregators, and residential gateways.
News categories: In-Stat, Broadband, Cable Modem, CPE, Gateway, Market Research, Router, Smart Home

Cable Modem Services Drive Growth for Cable TV Operators
May 19, 2009 – There are currently 124 million digital cable TV subscriber households around the world, reports In-Stat in its latest cable TV market research. Strong growth in cable modem services is complementing cable pay TV services.
News categories: In-Stat, Broadband, Cable Modem, Cable TV, Digital TV, DOCSIS, Market Research, Subscribers

Cisco Advances the Connected Life at Home at ANGA Cable 2009: Helping Service Providers Become Experience Providers
May 13, 2009 – At ANGA Cable 2009, Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) is demonstrating new technologies and solutions that help enable Internet Protocol (IP) networks to become the intelligent platform for a new generation of video and rich-media applications and services.
News categories: Cisco Systems, ANGA COM, Cable Modem, Cable TV, Content Distribution, DOCSIS, Fibre, IPTV, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Streaming

Iliad ends Q1 with 4.3 million subscribers
May 6, 2009 – Iliad Group (Paris: ILD) strengthened its position as the leading ADSL alternative operator in France. At 31 March, Free had a subscriber base of 3,531,000 subscribers with Alice having a subscriber base of 806,000.
News categories: iliad, Free, DVR, France, Gateway, IPTV, Results, Router, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Subscribers

Celeno Enables Cable HD IPTV Wireless Distribution throughout the Home
Apr 28, 2009 – Celeno Communications has announced that its CL1300 Wi-Fi chip is now interoperable with TI's (NYSE: TXN) Puma 5 family of DOCSIS 3.0® products. The joint technology enables MSOs to provide whole-home wireless HD home networking.
News categories: Celeno, Texas Instruments, Cable Modem, DOCSIS, Gateway, Semiconductor, Smart Home

Thomson sees strong growth in cable set-top box volumes
Apr 27, 2009 – Thomson (Paris: 18453, NYSE: TMS) has announced results for the quarter ending March 31, 2009. In comparison with a particularly weak 1Q 2008 there was a strong performance in access products in 1Q 2009.
News categories: Thomson, Cable Modem, Cable TV, CPE, DVR, Gateway, IPTV, Results, Router, Satellite, Set Top Box

Amino and SmartLabs make online video available to IPTV service providers
Mar 25, 2009 – Amino Communications (AIM: AMO) and SmartLabs have announced that at the IPTV World Forum they will showcase an integrated solution that will allow IPTV service providers to offer new popular over-the-top (OTT) internet video services for their subscribers.
News categories: Amino Communications, SmartLabs, CPE, Digital TV, IPTV, Media Player, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Streaming, Video Exchange

Entropic Communications Collaborates With Cavium Networks for MoCA-Enabled Home Networking Solutions
Mar 24, 2009 – Entropic Communications (Nasdaq:ENTR) and Cavium Networks (Nasdaq:CAVM) have announced a broad-based collaboration to provide best-in-class home networking solutions that utilize high-speed MoCA® home networks.
News categories: Entropic Communications, Cavium Networks, CPE, Semiconductor, Smart Home

Another Win For Entone With Hargray Communications Deployment
Mar 18, 2009 – Entone has announced that their family of IPTV customer premise equipment (CPE) with digital video recorder (DVR) capabilities has been chosen by Hargray Communications Group for its IPTV services.
News categories: Entone, Hargray Communications, CPE, DVR, IPTV, Set Top Box, USA