Alan Weinkrantz PR Web Log

Introducing "the walk-away consumer....." Telephony Magazine Covers My 3Screens Blog

From Telephony Magazine.....  In the face of this recession, Weinkrantz made a lifestyle change. He decided to become a “walk-away consumer”: someone who seeks the best possible price and walks away when he doesn’t get it. Weinkrantz admits the strategy didn’t work at Neiman Marcus, but it succeeded at his local BMW dealership — and it worked big time with AT&T.

Read all about it here.

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 Communications to Exhibit HomePlug AV for First Time at the NXTcomm08 Show

Client, CopperGate Communications, the Everywire Home Networking Company™, today announced it would exhibit HomePlug AV and HomePNA technologies at the NXTcomm08 show being held June 16 through 19 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, NV.

View the press release here.

Download the press release as a Word doc here:

Download CGatNXTComm08FINAL-EON.doc

CopperGate will showcase 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 will exhibit at 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.

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!

Tower Semiconductor Ramps-Up Production of Client, N-trig's Digitizer Chips

Tower Semiconductor, Ltd. (NASDAQ: TSEM; TASE: TSEM), an independent specialty wafer foundry, and client, N-trig, the provider of DuoSense(TM) technology, combining pen and zero-pressure touch for mobile computers into a single device, today announced ramp-up of production of N-trig's A-trig and D-trig - the newest digitizer chipset to be integrated in OEMs computer systems.

N-trig’s DuoSense digitizers are thinner and more integrated solution, providing the ultimate human interface experience.  Its zero-pressure touch enables the best touch and pen experience on the market and is based on capacitive touch instead of traditional resistive touch. It is the only digitizer currently available that fully enables all the capabilities of the latest mobile platforms. DuoSense digitizers are implemented using Tower’s Fab2 0.18-micron advanced process. Tower is the leading provider of the A-trig and D-trig products’ silicon wafers.

Download the press release here.

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 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