Alan Weinkrantz PR Web Log

CooperGate to Participate in Connections 2008 - The Digital Living Conference & Showcase

Client, CopperGate Communications will be exhibiting at Parks Associates' Connections 2008 - The Digital Living Conference & Showcase, June 24-26 - Santa Clara Convention Center.

Journalists, Analysts, Bloggers wanting to meet with CopperGate should contact Bage Anderson - bage at weinkrantz dot com.

CopperGate is at NXTComm08

Client, CopperGate Communications, the Everywire Home Networking Company™, is demonstrating its HomePlug AV and HomePNA technologies at the NXTcomm08 show being held June 16 through 19 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, NV.

CopperGate is showcasing its blazing fast HomePNA technology, the leading coax and phoneline solution for IPTV home networks.

NXTcomm will be the first public demonstration of CopperGate’s new HomePlug AV technology. The company is in booth number SL 4124 and will also discuss IPTV, home networking trends and the hot new emerging wired home networking standard, G.hn.

Meet with CopperGate at NXTCom08
Journalists, Bloggers, and Analysts wanting to meet with CopperGate at NXTCom08, should contact Bage Anderson -  bage at weinkrantz dot com for an appointment.

Going Global With CopperGate

With the help of the outstanding team of the San Antonio offices of BusinesWire, we're expanding client, CopperGate's sphere of global outreach into Asia and South America.

If you are going to issue news releases in other parts of the world and in other languages, here's a few helpful tips:

1.  Allow one full week to allow for the complete cycle of translation and possible editing.

2.  Ask your BusinessWire representative to help you select the right circuit.  China, for example, is a huge country.  You don't need to broadcast to the entire country of China.  You can buy selective news circuit.

3. If you are buying specific countries in certain regions of the world, look into buying regional circuits which can save you money.

4.  Make sure you localize each release with a local office, phone number and address. 

5.  Post your releases in each language on your web site.

 

Download this file to see CopperGate press releases in Chinese, Japanese, Taiwanese, and Portuguese.

Download coppergatelinks_1.doc

CopperGate Communications Achieves Five Million HomePNA Chipset Milestone; Announces Purchase of Conexant's HomePlug AV PowerLine Technology

Client, CopperGate Communications has made two significant announcements.

1.  The shipment of 5 million HomePNA chipsets worldwide – making the company the leader in IPTV services over coax and phone wires.  Press release here.

2.  The purchase of the HomePlug AV business from Conexant Systems, Inc. [NASDAQ - CNXT]. Press release here.

CopperGate is now the first semiconductor company with home networking technologies supporting all three wire types – coax, phone and power lines.

Related media coverage here.

The HomePNA Blog has a very helpful post here which talks about G.hn's "Secret Sauce."

Industry Analysts, Charles Wolf with ABI Research blogs about both announcements here.

Momentum for CopperGate continues.  Stay tuned for more!

Intel and TI Agree: G.hn Will Be the Next Standard For Home Networking

It’s great that Intel and TI have agreed that G.hn will be the next standard for home networking.

Yet, I’ve seen the coverage of HomeGrid and I believe the real story is lost in the noise – i.e. the fast pace and great progress of the G.hn standard in the ITU.

The ITU group creating this standard, which includes major telcos like AT&T and Verizon, manufacturers like Motorola and 2Wire, and home networking technology companies like client,  CopperGate and Intellon (not a client), has been meeting face to face monthly for many months and is on schedule to complete the draft by December 08.

Also, there is a bit of confusion about who is leading the charge. ITU is developing the g.hn standard, not HomeGrid.  HomeGrid is a special interest group (SIG) and only one of several SIGs in this space.  The jury is certainly still out on whether HomeGrid is the right companion SIG with the right rules and approach for G.hn. 

The good news is no matter what, everyone agrees that G.hn will soon deliver a universal home networking standard that supports all three wire types: coax, phone lines and power lines.

More on this can be found on http://homepnablog.typepad.com/ and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G.hn

HomePNA Product Availability Drives Deployment, Maturity of MultiMedia Home Networking Standard

HomePNA announced today that broader HomepPNA 3.1 product availability and telephone company deployments demonstrate how the open standard is maturing in the multimedia home marketplace.

With more than 17 HomePNA products on the market, nine large telcos -- as well as a number of smaller telcos -- have deployed HomePNA to deliver high-speed, triple-play services to subscribers.

Client, CopperGate Communications, is a key provider of HomePNA-based products.  Read Tom Keating's take on CopperGate's recent announcements from CES.

Download the press release here

Download advancing_hpna_12908.doc

Aliant Chooses CopperGate’s HomePNA 3.1 Multimedia Home Networking Chipset for New IPTV Services

Client, CopperGate Communications, the leading provider of home networking technology for triple play IPTV over existing coax and phone wires, today announced that Aliant has begun using CopperGate’s CopperStream HomePNA 3.1 chipset integrated into set-top boxes and other Ethernet-over-Coax products for deployment of its new IPTV service offering.

Aliant is the leading IPTV service provider in Atlantic Canada.

Download the press release below:

Download aliant_pr.doc

CopperGate Communications Gains Media Coverage at CES 2008

Client, CopperGate Communications gained  press attention at CES 2008 in media outlets like Reuters, Converge Network Digest and this feature story in Telecommunications Magazine.

While most of the media coverage at the show focused on end user products and electronic gadgets, one of the overall themes for the show was home networking, where CopperGate is an industry leader.

CopperGate News From CES 2008: Highest Speed Home Networking Solution over Coax and Phone Wires

Today at CES 2008, client, CopperGate Communications announced its CopperStream CG3210, the highest speed solution for networking entertainment data over existing coax and telephone wires.

The CG3210 is the latest of CopperGate’s HomePNA 3.1 compatible solutions and supports data rates of 320 Megabits per second enabling distribution of rich digital content in buildings and homes driven by emerging applications from satellite and telco service providers such as multi-room IPTV PVRs.

Download the press release here:

Download coppergate_announces_cg3210_pr_v5.doc

CopperGate Communications Exhibiting at CES

If you are a journalist, analyst or blogger covering home networking and IPTV, be sure to visit client, CopperGate Communications at CES 2008, January 7-10, 2008.

We will be in South 4 Booth# 35672MP.

CopperGate is the leading provider of standards-based home networking chipsets for the reliable networking and distribution of multimedia entertainment content throughout the home over coaxial cables and phone lines. CopperGate products, integrated into gateways, optical network terminals and set-top boxes, are key components enabling the deployment of IPTV services by major service providers.

To schedule a meeting, please contact Bage Anderson - bage@weinkrantz.com

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