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December 20, 2001

1. Comcast Wins Bid for AT&T Broadband 2. Bankruptcy Court Approves New Affiliate Deals 3. GCI to Deploy Toshiba's DOCSIS 1.1 Modems in Alaska 4. Com21 Announces New International Customers 5. Blonder Tongue to Distribute TMT's MDU Data System 6. PentaCom to Deploy Motorola's CMTS in Moscow Region 7. Open Access Regulations Likely in The Netherlands 8. IE Introduces Out of the Box Auto Provisioning 9. Circuit City to Carry EarthLink's Broadband Services

December 04, 2001

1. @Home Cuts Off AT&T and Charter, Other MSOs Still Talking 2. TI Introduces 802.11 Residential Gateway Platform 3. S-A Introduces DOCSIS Embedded MTA 4. Com21 & TII Enter Co-Marketing Deal 5. GCI to Deploy Cadant's CMTS in Alaska 6. ISG to Use LSI Logic's Tuner for DOCSIS Modules 7. PBC Introduces MPLS Open Access Solution 8. Jupiter to Deploy Arris' Cornerstone in Japan 9. China Broadband Reports 1,900 Subs in Shekou 10. Terayon Introduces DOCSIS MTA 11. DAQTron Introduces DOCSIS Testing System 12. Advent Introduces Dedicated CM Solution for SMEs

December 03, 2001

1. @Home Threatens to Shut Down Service 2. Broadcom Introduces CMTS MAC Chip 3. Arris to Acquire Cadant 4. STMicroelectronics Introduces QAM Demod 5. Sigma Introduces Service Assurance; Deal with Cogeco 6. Core Teams with P-Cube for QoS Management 7. JacobsRimmell Introduces Provisioning Solution 8. Alopa & Tellabs Enter Co-Marketing Deal 9. Cox to Deploy ADC's Provisioning; Riverstone's Routers 10. EarthLink and AOL Launch over TW in LA & NYC

November 27, 2001

1. Conexant Shipping Newest Cable Modem Chip 2. ChanneLogics Introduces CMTS Bandwidth Module 3. Infonetics Releases Quarterly Study on Hardware 4. In-Stat Releases Quarterly Study on Network Devices 5. Com21 Ships One Million ATM-Based Cable Modems

November 20, 2001

1. ARS Tracking Broadband Market 2. Terayon Introduces DOCSIS 1.1 Headends with Advanced PHY 3. Big Pipe to Provide 3rd Party Cable ISP Services 4. Core Integrates Mentis Solution to Support Legacy Billing

November 16, 2001

1. Access Market Stabilizing 2. Juniper Acquires PBC 3. S-A Acquires BarcoNet 4. Aastra Acquires Ericsson's Cable Modem Business 5. InfoSpace Acquires Excite Portal from @Home 6. AOL & EarthLink Launch in Hawaii & Kansas City 7. Core Introduces System Enhancements; New Distributor 8. Cadant Introduces Availability of C4 CMTS 9. Analog Devices Introduces Mixed Signal Front End 10. Hanaro Ends October with 922,655 Cable Modem Subs

November 09, 2001

1. More EarthLink & AOL Launches over TW; Trial over Cox 2. Cox to Deploy ADC's CMTS in Multiple Markets 3. SiGe Semiconductor Introduces Downstream DOCSIS Tuners 4. Acterna Introduces Cable Modem Installation Meter 5. HighSpeed Surfing Introduces Modular Cable Modem 6. Regional Cablesystems to Deploy Samsung Modems 7. Motorola's USB Driver for Modem Earns Microsoft Logo 8. Yankee Group Releases Cable Modem Provisioning Study 9. Strategis Group Releases Broadband Usage Study 10. Charter Ends September with 507,700 Cable Modem Subs 11. Adelphia Ends September with 315,104 Cable Modem Subs 12. NTL Ends September with 79,200 Cable Modem Subs

October 31, 2001

1. @Home Provisioning More; AT&T Bid Opposition Grows 2. EarthLink & AOL Launch in Even More TW Markets 3. AT&T Broadband Appoints New Management Team 4. Dorado Introduces Sub Mgmt & Provisioning Solution 5. Terayon Introduces Imedia Semiconductor Business 6. Brooks Bay & Sunshine Deploying Terayon in B.C. 7. Com21 Appoints New President & CEO 8. Best Buy to Resell EarthLink & Road Runner Services 9. Cox Deploying Motorola's CMTS/Routers in Las Vegas 10. Correlant Using Ashley Laurent with Modem Chip 11. Adelphia Deploying Valley's Cable Modem Router 12. Cogeco Ends August with 107,938 Data Subs 13. Comcast Ends Q'3 with 792,700 Data Subs

October 22, 2001

1. @Home Now Provisioning for Some MSOs 2. AOL & EarthLink Introduced in More AOL/TW Markets 3. Court Orders Southwestern Bell to Cease Ad Campaign 4. Jupiter Releases Two Broadband Market Studies 5. Com21 Introduces New ATM-Based Cable Modem 6. Axelero to Deploy Cisco's CMTS 7. Acterna Introduces Loop Verification Meter 8. Core Introduces Provisioning & Mgmt for Smaller Systems 9. Best Buy to Market Comcast's @Home Service 10. Rogers Adds 43,900 @Home Subs in Q'3 11. Shaw Adds 98,000 @Home Subs in Q'3

October 12, 2001

1. @Home Stops Taking Orders; Creditors Aim to Stop AT&T Buy 2. AOL & EarthLink Launch Services over Multiple TW Systems 3. U.S. Supreme Court Hears Pole Attachment Case 4. WINfirst Introduces Services in North Sacramento

October 1, 2001

1.Fallen: @Home Files Bankruptcy; Charter Bails Out HSA 2.CableLabs Certifies First 1.1 Modems; Qualifies 2 CMTS' 3.AOL & EarthLink Launched Over TW in Columbus & Syracuse 4.S-A to Exclusively Distribute PBC's CMTS in North America 5.Sunflower Deploys Cadant's CMTS in Lawrence, Kansas 6.Stratecast Releases MSO Market Report

September 24, 2001

1.ADC Introduces CMTS for Smaller Networks 2.Eumitcom Cable Modem Receives Euro-DOCSIS Certification 3.Motive to Market Emperative & Mentis' Technologies 4.SMC Networks Introduces Cable Modem 5.Charter Teams with MSN for Content 6.Callahan to Use Nortel to Upgrade German Network 7.@Home Sells its Stake in Australian Venture to Optus 8.LSI Logic Introduces Tuner/Receiver Chip 9.Microtune Introduces Single Chip Tuner

September 13, 2001

1.CableLabs Begins Development of DOCSIS with Advanced PHY 2.Yankee Group Releases Cable Modem Market Report 3.Horowitz Releases Study of Bundled Services Market

September 12, 2001

1.Tellabs Sues Riverstone over CMTS' Inability to Support VoIP 2.Charter Sues Southwestern Bell for False Advertising 3.Essent Kabelcom Acquires @Home's Stake in @Home Benelux 4.DataQuest Releases Access Market Study 5.BarcoNet [Industree] Drops Cable Modem Line 6.CableModems.Com For Sale 7.Korea Thrunet Ends August with 1,133,318 Subs 8.Malone Claims AOL has bid on AT&T Broadband 9.Shaw Reports 610,358 @Home Subs

August 28, 2001

Financial Woes Put @Home at Risk of Shutting Down Narad Introduces Gigabit Ethernet over Coax Gateway to Resell @Home in Comcast Markets Adelphia to Use Level 3 for Backbone Capacity Seren to Use Core for Sub Mgmt & Provisioning Arris to Use Ceon for Sub Mgmt & Provisioning Cahners In-Stat Releases Network Quarterlies DataQuest Releases Study of Asia/Pacific Market Frost & Sullivan Releases Cable Modem Market Report Infonetics Releases 2 Hardware Networking Studies Hanaro Telecom Ends June with 763,528 Subs UPC Ends June with 477,400 Chello Subs MediaCom Ends Q'2 with 21,000 Cable Modem Subs

July 27, 2001

AT&T Entertaining Other Offers CableLabs Releases Interim Specs for Home Networking Aurora Cable to Deploy Terayon's DOCSIS System China Broadband Signs MOU with Fujian Province Self Servis Deploys RiverDelta's CMTS in Czech Republic Hanaro Makes Offer to Acquire Dreamline Court Rejects Open Access Regulations in Henrico County Western Integrated Approved to Overbuild in L.A. HSA Reports 176,000 Subs Com21 Reports 187,000 Modems Shipped in Q'2 @Home Ends June with 3.67 Million Subs Time Warner Reports 1.4 Million Road Runner Subs NTL Reports 52,000 Cable Modem Subs Shaw Reports 508,932 Subs + Scheduled Installs Rogers Reports 378,700 @Home Subs In-Stat Releases Study on Broadband Use By Telecommuters

July 14, 2001

Comcast Makes Hostile Bid for AT&T Broadband Pacific Broadband's CMTS Receives DOCSIS Qualification Dauphin Acquires Suncoast Automation

July 05, 2001

CableLabs Certifies 17 Modems in Latest Wave IDC Releases Cable Modem Market Study Gartner Reports Slow Market Growth in Japan China Broadband to Offer Data in Chongqing, China AT&T and @Home Introduce New SLA for Customers Comcast Sells 4 Million Shares of @Home Com21 Releases New Management Tools for ComUNITY MetroCast Cablevision to Use Core for Provisioning Alopa Introduces Provisioning Solution for Small Ops

June 17, 2001 (Parts 1, 2, and 3)

China Broadband to Offer Data in Shanghai AOL to be Offered over Cox System in El Dorado, Arkansas Rogers Providing Computer Troubleshooting Software to Subs Cox & AT&T Raise Service Rates CableLabs Announces New Hires/Appointments Cox and Comcast Negotiating Affiliation Renewals with @Home Emperative and Mentis Partner to Offer Software Package Strategic Analysts Releases Broadband Market Study UPC Ends March with 432,500 Chello Subs IE and ChanneLogics Team to Provide Broadband OSS Pace Reports IB of 1 Million DOCSIS/EuroDOCSIS Gateways In-Stat Releases Broadband Market Study TI Introduces DOCSIS 1.1 Ready Reference Design Xrosstech to Use RSA for Security More Vendors Partnering with Provisioning Software Suppliers Big Seven Stats for New Services Motorola Ships 5 Million Cable Modems Toshiba Reports 373,000 Modems Shipped in Q'1 Com21 Providing Consumer Software to Modem Users AT&T to Provide @Home with Network Consulting & Support AOL TW Refusing DSL Ads Broadcom Introduces New Cable Modem & CMTS Chips Jungo Introduces Cable Modem Reference Design Armstrong Cable Deploying RiverDelta's Router Coresma to OEM Software and Silicon Zarlink Introduces RF Tuners Based on IBM's SiGe Com21 Spins Off Telephony Division

June 12, 2001

Telewest to Deploy Scientific-Atlanta's Set-Tops & Cable Modems 3eTechnologies Introduces Wireless Cable Modem 3Com To Discontinue Line of Cable/DSL Modems OPNET & CableLabs Introduce DOCSIS Modeling Software Shaw Signs-Up 500,000th @Home Subscriber Cox Raises Cable Modem Service Rates Circuit City To Market Charter's Products and Services

June 08, 2001

Statistical Research Releases Broadband Usage Study Kinetic Strategies Releases Broadband Market Data RiverDelta's CMTS Receives EuroDOCSIS Qualification Motorola Using Microtune's Technology for Cable Modems Korea Thrunet Reports One Million Subs Microtune & STMicroelectronics to Co-Develop Cable Access Tech Louis Borrelli Jr Named as AOL's Sr VP for Broadband

May 25, 2001

Infonetics Releases Study on Broadband Hardware ABI Releases Report on U.S. Cable Telecom Market Core Adds Features to Network Management Solution Nielsen Reports NYC as Leader in Broadband Penetration GigaMedia, Hanaro, and Adelphia Report Subs

May 13, 2001

HSA Reaches Open Access Agreement With AOL Time Warner Electrabel to Deploy Motorola/Interactive Gear for Internet Access DAQTron Introduces Cable Modem Manufacturing Test System Thomson Multimedia to Integrate RSA's Encryption Technology tComLabs Selects InterWorking Labs' Solution For DOCSIS Testing Mediacom Reports 15,600 Subs NTL Reports 26,300 Subs

May 07, 2001

CableLabs Launches CableB2B Specification Initiative Insight to Deploy RiverDelta's Gear For Tiered Services TR's Online Census Indicates Dip in Number of Online Users Adelphia Deploys BroadJump's Installers/Qualifiers Charter Ends Q'1 With 343,300 Cable Modem Subs NCTA Changes Name

April 30, 2001

Juno Reaches Open Access Agreement With AOL Time Warner EarthLink to Trial Open Access With Cox Rogers Launches Corporate Internet Service Packages In Ontario Redden's Teams With Regional to Launch Service in Ontario Emperative and Jones Team for Customer Care/Provisioning Solution AT&T Broadband Launches @Home in Chicago C-Cube Submits Cable Modem for DOCSIS Certification

April 23, 2001

Coresma to Integrate RSA's Encryption Technology Conexant & Motorola Team to Develop Silicon Solutions High Speed Access to Focus on Two-Way Cable Markets West Creek Contracts With U.S. OnLine For MDU Services RCN Launches Bundled Services in Massachusetts Jungo Software Secures $7 Million in Second Round

April 17, 2001

Samsung Teams With Conexant to Develop Cable Modem Arris Interactive Receives DOCSIS Qualification Gables Residential Contracts With U.S. OnLine For MDU Services Cogeco Cable Reports 93,067 Subs Rogers Reports 346,800 Subs

April 09, 2001

Thomson Reports Shipments of 1 Million Cable Modems RiverDelta Adds Distributed Policy Routing with MPLS to CMTS S-A Invests $5 Million in Pacific Broadband Communications UNH Conducting DOCSIS Interoperability Tests Com21 Shuts Down Wireless Business Unit

March 30, 2001

CableLabs Certifies 23 Modems, Qualifies 5 Headends GigaMedia Cuts Staff & Shifts Strategy After Disappointing Q'4 EarthLink and AOL Services to be Offered Over TW in H'2 Shaw Places Order for 250,000 Terayon Cable Modems HSA Building Kabel NRW's IP Infrastructure Korea Thrunet to Offer Services over Powercomm's Systems Riverstone's CMTS Receives EuroDOCSIS Qualification Horowitz Hosts Broadband Urban Markets Forum in NYC

March 20, 2001

Harris Releases Quarterly Broadband Market Study China Broadband to Offer Data over Changsa Guang Da EC Reports 7.8% Cable Modem Penetration in EU Homes Korea ThruNet Reports 846,533 Subs Cox To Use Emperative for Provisioning Sige and Panasonic to Co-Develop Single Chip Tuner

March 14, 2001

Verecomm Introduces DOCSIS Testing Software D-Link Receives EuroDOCSIS Cert with Silicon Tuner Isle of Wright Cable to Deploy RiverDelta's Headend CEI Networks Introduces Data Services in State College Insight Ends Year with 51,800 Data Subs U.S. Online to Offer Data to Austin, Texas MDU

March 07, 2001

NetworkIP Offering Data over WEHCO's Systems Infonetics Releases Quarterly Broadband Market Study InterTECH Using Core Provisioning and Mgmt System Kinetic Strategies Releases Market Stats and Projections Terayon Introduces 2nd Generation CMTS Microtune Receives Patent for Single-Conversion Tuner Mediacom Ends Year with 12,000 Cable Modem Subs

February 20, 2001

AT&T to Sell Bandwidth on @Home's Network Pulse Introduces Low-Pass Filters Ericsson to Use SofaWare's Security Software TW to Use AP Engines Solution for Open Access 3Com Reports 1.2 Million DOCSIS Modems Shipped Cablevision Ends Year with 238,511 Cable Modem Subs Rogers Ends Year with 312,300 @Home subs Charter Ends Year with 252,400 Cable Modem Subs Korea Thrunet Reports 798,899 Subs Terayon to Use Sigma's OSS Solution for CMTS

February 15, 2001

Strategis Releases Broadband Usage Study TR Releases ISP Market Study Globo Cabo Reports 28,000 Subs in Brazil Cox Ends Year with 481,947 @Home Subs Singapore Cable Vision to Use IE's Sub Mgmt Software Conexant Introduces Chip Supporting DOCSIS & ITV Comcast Teams with Bank in MD to Promote @Home Galaxy Offering Data over Regional in Alexandria, Ontario Essent Kabelcom to Deploy Com21 System in the Netherlands

January 31, 2001

Microtune Sues Broadcom over Patent Infringement Claim Parks Releases Study on Residential Gateway Market Tality Introduces DOCSIS 1.1 Protocol Stack and Testing Suite Tellabs Buys Future Networks for $181 Million GCI Introduces Cable Modem Service in Valdez Shaw Reports More than 300,000 @Home Subs

January 26, 2001

U.S. Supreme Court to Rule on Shared Wire & Pole Regulations Senate Considers Tax Credit Bill for Rural Broadband Providers Harris Interactive Study Profiles Broadband Users HSA Reports 100,000 Subs Gateway Stores to Sell @Home Service Korea Thrunet Ends Year with 760,822 Subs Strategis Releases Broadband Market Report Comcast Places Volume Order for Com21 Modems Motorola to Use Incognito's Technology for DHCP Solution Corrections: to Cox & Comcast Sell Stake in @Home to AT&T

January 16, 2001

Cox & Comcast Sell Stake in @Home to AT&T @Home Solutions to Offer Data over Mediacom's Systems Terayon's Stock Impacted by Lower Revenues in Q'4 HSA Increases HHP by 334,000 Videotron Reports 141,000 Cable Modem Subs in Quebec C-Cor & HSA Team to Deliver Customer Support Services Thomson to Use Entrust for Modem Security FCC Completes Annual Study on Broadband Marketplace Cox Ceases Payment of Franchise Fees for Data Time Warner to Deploy Ericsson's Modems Korea Thrunet Acquires License to Offer Intl Connectivity Rogers Ends Year with 312,000 @Home Subs FCC Approves AOL-TW Merger with Open Access Conditions Cahners In-Stat Releases Study on MDU Marketplace Cogeco Ends November with 81,364 Data Subs CableLabs Appoints VeriSign as Root CA for DOCSIS 1.1

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