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!

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

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

CopperGate Ships over 2 Million HomePNA 3.1 Chipsets

Today at TelcoTV, our client, CopperGate Communications, the leading provider of home networking technology for triple play IPTV over existing home wiring, announced that it has shipped over 2 Million HomePNA 3.1 CopperStream chipsets to OEM customers worldwide.

The CopperStream chipset provides a complete HomePNA 3.1 home networking solution that operates over both coaxial cables and phone wires featuring guaranteed parameter-based quality of service (guaranteed QoS) to eliminate collisions between data streams and high user throughput to distribute multiple streams of high definition television (HDTV) as well standard definition television, VoIP and other multimedia data throughout the home. CopperStream chipsets are the first to comply with the ITU G.9954 home networking standard and feature powerful remote management and diagnostics capabilities.

Congratulations to our client.  This is a huge milestone, and it's great to work with a company that is helping to the revolutionize home networking, networked entertainment, and multi-dwelling unit (MDU) broadband access markets.

Read the press release here.

Download coppergate_ships_over_2_million_chips_1007.doc

 

Zhone Technologies Selects CopperGate HomePNA 3.1 for Intelligent FTTH Gateway Product

Today at NXTcomm, Zhone Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZHNE), a global provider of advanced communications equipment and a leader in VoIP, IPTV, and Ethernet services over copper or fiber access lines, and our client, CopperGate Communications, the leading provider of home networking technology for triple play IPTV over existing coax and phone wires, announced that Zhone has selected CopperGate’s CopperStream HomePNA 3.1 chipset for Zhone’s new zNID intelligent FTTH gateway.

See the news release below:

Download zhonecoppergate_pr_final.doc

5 Million Channels and Nothing’s On: Discovery and Discovery and Recommendation in an Internet Video World

According to Network2's Chris Brogan , television is no longer a single box.

It's no longer a single tuner.

It's a combination of everything your video service provider offers plus everything available via the Internet today.

Add to this various set-top box content offerings, like the Apple TV ( I just got one and it's way too cool), and you'll see that the battle isn't for your living room; it's for your attention.

Read his take in "KillerApp.com" on where to find, what he calls, "the good stuff," on Internet.  (Hint: it's on sites like Network2.tv)

Network 2 Party in NYC on Tuesday, May 15

network2.tv is hosting a Networking Party in NYC on May 15th from 6:30 to 8:30pm at Proof Bar & Lounge.

If you’re into Video and TV on the Internet, we’d love to have you stop by for a few beverages, snacks, and some chat: May 15th - 6:30 to 8:30 at Proof Bar & Lounge in NYC

Please RSVP if you can attend.