Gateway (residential, home) News

AirTies collaborates with Intel to develop range of wireless home media gateway solutions
Nov 26, 2010 – AirTies has announced plans to deliver a range of Intel(NASDAQ: INTC)-based wireless home media gateway solutions for cable, satellite, and IPTV providers.
News categories: AirTies, Intel Corp, Digital TV, Gateway, Semiconductor, Smart Home

Over the Top (OTT) Video Is Slowly Making Its Way to Set-top Boxes
Nov 24, 2010 – According to ABI Research, MPEG-4 AVC (H.264) set-top box shipments surpassed MPEG-2-only set-top box shipments for the first time in 2010. Despite the support for advanced encoding, pay-TV operators worldwide have been slow to support interactive features.
News categories: ABI Research, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, Gateway, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Streaming, Terrestrial

SoftAtHome and Lantiq Bring Innovative and High Performance Home Gateways to Service Providers
Nov 23, 2010 – SoftAtHome and Lantiq have announced that they are collaborating to deliver a ChipSet Support Package (CSSP) that enables SoftAtHome Operating Platform (SOP) to rapidly be deployed on the latest generation of Lantiq SoCs.
News categories: SoftAtHome, Lantiq, Gateway, Middleware, Semiconductor, Smart Home

SFR launches 'neufbox EVOLUTION' home gateway and STB
Nov 16, 2010 – SFR (Paris:VIV), France's second-biggest telecom operator, has launched a new triple-play home gateway and personal video recorder combination supporting DSL and fibre for broadband and 3D and 1080p HD for TV viewing.
News categories: SFR, Broadband, Digital TV, DVR, Fibre, France, Gateway, IPTV, Metaverse, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart Home

MaxLinear Cuts Power and Size of Cable Gateways with New Dual-Channel Tuner and QAM Demod IC
Nov 4, 2010 – MaxLinear (NYSE: MXL) has announced the MxL251, a cable TV front end chip with dual tuners and dual QAM demodulators that cuts in half the number of tuners needed for multi-channel DOCSIS and cable video gateways.
News categories: MaxLinear, Cable TV, Digital TV, Gateway, ICs, Semiconductor, Set Top Box

Broadcom Announces Its Complete Hardware and Software GPON Residential Gateway Solution
Oct 27, 2010 – Broadcom (Nasdaq: BRCM) has announced the availability of its BCM6818 Gigabit Passive Optical Network (GPON)-based residential gateway system-on-a-chip (SoC) solution.
News categories: Broadcom, BBWF, Fibre, Gateway, ICs, Semiconductor, Smart Home

Marvell and Jungo Team-up to Introduce Residential Gateway Reference Platform
Oct 27, 2010 – Marvell (NASDAQ: MRVL) and Jungo have announced that the two companies have integrated Jungo's OpenRG™ residential gateway software and Marvell's AVANTA™ Application Gateway-on-a-Chip (GoC).
News categories: Marvell, Jungo, BBWF, Fibre, Gateway, Middleware, Semiconductor, Smart Home

Technicolor, the first company to deliver 100 million gateways worldwide
Oct 25, 2010 – Technicolor (Paris: TCH ; NYSE: TCH) has announced that it has achieved the major milestone of 100 million gateways delivered worldwide, out of 500 million broadband connections deployed in households and businesses globally.
News categories: Technicolor, CPE, Gateway, Market Research, Smart Home

Europe Leads 2Q10 Residential Gateway Unit Shipment Growth with Over 30% Increase
Oct 20, 2010 – Residential Gateway unit shipments were up 18.1% from the previous quarter and 37% from the same quarter last year. This surge was lead by Europe which posted more than a 30% increase in unit shipments, according to In-Stat.
News categories: In-Stat, Cable Modem, CPE, Gateway, Market Research, Router