Alan Weinkrantz PR Web Log

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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CopperGate Communications adds Chief Technical Officer to its Senior Management Team

Client, CopperGate Communications, today announced that Rami Verbin has joined the company as its Chief Technical Officer.

Verbin brings more than 23 years of experience in the broadband networking and telecommunications industries and will set CopperGate’s future technology direction and lead standards initiatives for the rapidly growing fabless semiconductor company.

Download the press release here.

Download coppergate_hires_cto_final_1107.doc

CopperGate Announces Low Cost Solution for Broadband Access in Multi-Dwelling Units (MDUs) for Cable Operators in China’s Rapidly Growing Market

Today at the International CATV Technology Conference (ICTC 2007), our client, CopperGate Communications, announced the availability of its latest reference design aimed at Chinese cable service provider requirements for high quality, low cost provisioning of triple play IP video, data and voice services over existing cable connections to apartments in MDUs.

The new CG3110MLHRD Ethernet over Coax (EoC) design, implemented in a low cost, small form factor, easy to install module, creates new revenue opportunities for cable service providers without the need to make significant investments in upgrading their infrastructure.

Read the news release in English here.

Download coppergate_announces_new_low_cost_mdu_reference_design_at_ictc_20071.doc

 

CopperGate Communications Opens Representative Office in China

Client, CopperGate Communications, a leading provider of chipset solutions that enables distribution of high-speed IP data throughout the home and to apartments in multi-dwelling units over existing wires, today announced that it has opened a representative office in China.

The office will provide local and prompt support for the rapidly growing demand for its CopperStreamTM chipset solution and the significant design activity in that region.  CopperGate’s chipsets are integrated into products shipping today from leading equipment manufacturers in the region.

Read the news release here:

Download cg_china_office_pr_final_3.doc