CPE (Consumer Premises Equipment) News

Healthy Growth in Global Home Networks but Potential Issue on Horizon
Aug 26, 2008 – Driven by the rising number of broadband subscribers, the desire to share bandwidth, residential gateway use by broadband providers, the worldwide installed base of home networks is expected to break the 200 million mark by the end of 2008.
News categories: In-Stat, Broadband, Cable Modem, CPE, Fibre, Gateway, Market Research, Smart Home

Motorola Announces Second-Quarter Financial Results
Jul 31, 2008 – Motorola (NYSE: MOT) has reported sales of $8.1 billion in the second quarter of 2008. Motorola had record sales of 4.9 million digital home entertainment products driven by continued strong demand for HD, HD/DVR and IPTV devices.
News categories: Motorola, Broadband, Cable Modem, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box

Microtune Surpasses 100 Million TV Tuner Chips Shipped
Jul 29, 2008 – Microtune (NASDAQ: TUNE) has announced that it has achieved a major corporate milestone with the shipment of more than 100 million silicon TV tuners.
News categories: Microtune, Cable Modem, Cable TV, Digital TV, Market Research, Peripherals / Accessories, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV

Microtune Announces Second Quarter 2008 Financial Results
Jul 28, 2008 – For Microtune (NASDAQ: TUNE), net revenue for the three months ended June 30, 2008 was $26.6 million, a 7% increase compared to net revenue of $24.8 million for the second quarter of 2007.
News categories: Microtune, Cable Modem, Cable TV, Digital TV, Results, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV

Ruckus Wireless Delivers First Carrier-Purposed 802.11n System, Enabling Picture-Perfect High Definition IPTV Without Cabling
Jul 28, 2008 – Ruckus Wireless has announced that Belgacom has selected its new MediaFlex™ 7000 series, an 802.11n system developed to distribute IPTV content throughout a subscriber's home without costly and time-consuming cable installation.
News categories: Ruckus Wireless, Belgacom, Belgium, Digital TV, IPTV, Router, Smart Home

Thomson: First Half 2008 Results
Jul 24, 2008 – In 2Q08 Thomson (Paris: 18453, NYSE:TMS) shipped 2.8 million satellite set-top boxes, 1.5 million cable set-top boxes and modems/eMTAs, and 2.9 million access products for telecom operators - making a total of 7.3 million in the quarter.
News categories: Thomson, Cable Modem, Cable TV, Digital TV, Gateway, IPTV, Middleware, Results, Satellite, Set Top Box

Infineon Announces World's First DSL CPE Solution Supporting Concurrent Erasure Decoding and Retransmission for High Quality IPTV
Jul 15, 2008 – Infineon Technologies (FSE/NYSE: IFX) has announced enhancements to its portfolio of ADSL2+ and VDSL2 solutions for customer premise equipment (CPE) that optimize support for such applications as IPTV.
News categories: Infineon, KTL Laboratories, BBWF, Broadband, CPE, IPTV, Semiconductor, Software

A+ Prepares for Danish Cable IPTV Launch in Ishøj using GoBackTV's CMTS Bypass Solution
May 28, 2008 – GoBackTV has announced that the A+ Group has begun taking subscription orders for Cable IPTV service in Ishøj, Denmark, in preparation for its commercial launch early next month.
News categories: GoBackTV, A+, ANGA COM, Cable Modem, Cable TV, Denmark, Digital TV, DOCSIS

EchoStar Develops Products and Services for Cable Industry
May 14, 2008 – EchoStar Technologies (NASDAQ:SATS) has announced its entry into the cable industry with the introduction of CableLabs Certified® DOCSIS® 2.0 SlingModem at CableNET® in New Orleans.
News categories: EchoStar, Sling Media, Cable Modem, Cable TV, Digital TV, DOCSIS, Placeshifting, Streaming, USA