Router News

HGI releases updated specification document to provide complete building blocks for home gateway
Jan 3, 2008 – The specifications document, in addition to the requirements of a basic broadband router, supports remote management and QoS of managed services, as well as additional mechanisms for IMS, UPnP, DLNA, SIP, wireless hotspot guest access, Connections Admission Control and Parental Control.
News categories: Home Gateway Initiative, Broadband, CES2025, Content Distribution, Gateway, Router, Smart Home

Networked Entertainment Device Shipments to Exceed Core Home Network Hardware by 2011
Oct 18, 2007 – Many broadband consumers in developed economies have already installed home network hardware to share the Internet among their PCs. However the large majority of consumers today have yet to connect a non-PC device to their network.
News categories: ABI Research, Digital TV, Gateway, Market Research, Router, Smart Home

VOLNÃ launches more entertaining TV
Jul 31, 2007 – VOLNÃ, one of the first Czech telecommunication operators, has begun commercial operation of new its service: VOLNÃ TV. It is digital TV via the telephone line.
News categories: Broadband, Czech Republic, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Router, Set Top Box

Hisense and Metalink 802.11n Multimedia Home Networking for China
Jul 9, 2007 – Hisense and Metalink (NASDAQ: MTLK) have announced their collaboration to offer innovative and cost-effective solutions for delivering high-definition (HD) multimedia over wireless home networks.
News categories: ATSC 3, China, Digital TV, DVR, Gateway, Router, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Streaming

IGRS and Metalink Wireless HDTV Platform for China TV Vendors
Jul 9, 2007 – IGRS, the Intelligent Grouping and Resource Sharing working group, and Metalink (NASDAQ: MTLK) have announced that they are working together to provide an advanced High Definition (HD) TV Decoder Platform for wireless home networks.
News categories: China, Digital TV, Gateway, IPTV, Router, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Smart TV, Streaming

BigBand Announces Six Digital Video Customers in China
Apr 1, 2007 – BigBand Networks has announced that six Chinese cable operators are deploying the company’s Broadband Multimedia Services Router (BMR®) to process and deliver digital video. More …
News categories: Cable TV, CCBN, China, Digital TV, Router