Broadband Bob Report 1996 Archives

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DECEMBER 25, 1996

More MSOs Launch Internet Access Services Philips to Distribute NetGame's Cable Modem LANcity's Founder, Rouzbeh Yassini Resigns

DECEMBER 19, 1996

Trials/Commitments Motorola Picked by More Operators Hewlitt Packard Modem Chosen by Four Japanese Operators LANcity to Deploy Modems in Phoenix Hybrid Announces Trial Locations Partnerships Terayon Signs Deals with Digital and Sumitomo LANcity and Racal Team Up HP's Internet Delivery System to be Interoperable with Com21 Nokia to Distribute HP modems in Europe Sharp Will Manufacture Hybrid Modems on OEM Basis General Instrument Makes Equity Investment in Telegate Content @Home Announces More Content Development Partners InterMedia to Use @Home Service Com21 Creates Partnership with Community Network Road Runner Will Offer AOL @Home and Pathfinder to Use Internet Shopping Network Modem Development Lucent and LSI Introduce QAM Demodulators Stanford Telecom Announces New Burst Receiver RAD Data Introduces Single Chip Ethernet Bridge New Players Announce Modem Specifications NEC Announces Specs for CM1500 Cable Modem GAD Line Releases Specifications for TRC 7001 Cable Modem One Way Cable Modems General Instrument Grabs Several Commitments From Cable Operators TCA To Use Scientific Atlanta's DataXcellerator Modem Hayes Enters Cable Modem Market New Media Announces World's Fastest Cable Modem System Upgrades Bandai Introduces First Internet Television Device Using a Cable Modem System Upgrades Time Warner to Upgrade Manhattan System to 862 MHz

DECEMBER 10, 1996

Motorola to Offer Vendors Free Cross Licensing Comcast Launches @Home Service in Baltimore Nortel, Com21 and Arris Create Partnership LANcity Cuts Costs on Data Comm Equipment Nortel to Build HFC Network in Chile Com21 Chooses Wind River System's Software HP Enhances HP CaLan Cable TV Analyzer Time Warner to Use Books That Work for Road Runner Content IBM Announces Some Cable Modem Specifications

NOVEMBER 27, 1996

CableLabs and CCTA Announce Line Up for CableNet '96 Com21 Announces Two New Trial Locations NBTel Launches Cable Modem Service Telecom Finland Launches Cable Modem Service Phasecom Announces Availability of Speed Demon Cable Modem Harmonic Lightwaves Introduces Return Path Receiver and Element Management System GTE to Launch Cable Modem Service and MainStreet in Clearwater, Florida C-Cor to Provide Charter with RF and Optical Equipment @Home Chooses NY Times, USA Today and Wired as Media Content Providers CSI and Advanced Modular Solutions Announce Partnership

NOVEMBER 18, 1996

First Pacific Networks is Back in the Game AM Communications Announces SIMS Product Rogers Wave Expanding to London Coherent to Provide Motorola with Echo Cancellers Scientific Atlanta Introduces Space Saving Modulators Rogers Will Launch Digital Video Using 256 QAM

NOVEMBER 11, 1996

Cable Telephony Plans Edging Forward in US, Japan and Israel TCI Halts System Upgrades Antec to Aquire TSX LANcity Discloses Bulk of Trial Locations Joint Board Rejects "E" Plan

NOVEMBER 4, 1996

Cable Telephony Services Taking Off in UK Scientific Atlanta Introduces One Way Cable Modem GI and Rogers Test 256 QAM over HFC Com21 Partners with Philips to Distribute Modems MFS and Cable & Wireless to Build Underwater Cable Network Motorola Announces Market Status

OCTOBER 28, 1996

Motorola Apparently Rebounding Well NEC Announces New Cable Modem Broadband Technologies Announces New SDV Program Finnish Cable Operator Chooses Zenith's Modem West End System Adds New Products to WestBound System Maspro Supplying Time Warner with Taps Jones Intercable Using Kiosks to Help Market Internet Service TCI Expands to Sunnyvale Ortel Announces New Source Laser Belden to Purchase Intech Cable

OCTOBER 21, 1996

C-Cor Announces Integration Services and Deal with LANcity Nynex CableComm in UK Chooses Motorola's CyberSURFR Modem 3Com Aims to Aquire Onstream Jupiter Plans Cable Telephony Service in Japan West End Systems Announces Taiwanese Distributors Jupiter Study Predicts Slow Growth of Cable Modem Market Nynex Chooses GI for Upgrading Network Equipment TCI HITS Launched @Home Ahead of Schedule

OCTOBER 14, 1996

Notes From HFC '96 Workshop Toshiba Gets Nod for Second Time Warner System CableLabs Solicited Comments on Status Monitoring Specifications Phasecom Announces Availability of Cable Modem Japanese Operators Commit to Hewlett Packard's Cable Modem Continental Cablevision Extends Contact with BBN Planet University of California at San Diego Using Zenith Cable Modems

OCTOBER 7, 1996

Internal Cable Modems Hit Market Cable Industry Agrees on Key Elements of Digital System Specifications Telstra Launches Service in Australia Internet over Cable Data Network Working Group Formed Century Communications, Citizens Telecom and PBN Launch Trial Terayon Announces Functional Transceiver Chip

SEPTEMBER 30, 1996

MCNS Pushing Forward Towards Standards Uniphase Introduces 1550nm CATV Transmitter for HFC Networks Continental Cablevision Services are Rolling VLSI Introduces Silicon Solution for STBs and Cable Modem

SEPTEMBER 23, 1996

Integrators Overlooking Need to Provide Local Content Solutions More Commercial Deployments Due Before Year's End GTE System to Launch Cable Modem Trial

SEPTEMBER 16, 1996

MSOs Launch Internet Access Services How to Build Your Own @Home Network Trivoli System to Supply @Home What's Up Down Under Design Circuits Receives Huge Order From LANcity IRE Encryption Technology is Awarded Patent Stanford Telecom Announces Availability of Evaluation and Testing Kits Motorola Announces Sales Tally

SEPTEMBER 11, 1996

Cable Modem Industry Beginning to Prove Itself Bay Networks Aquires LANcity Broadcom Introduces Fourth Generation Chip Sets National Semiconductor Announces 16/64 QAM Demod Chip US West Announces Cable Modem Services in Oklahoma Time Warner Offering Road Runner Service in Akron/Canton, Ohio @Home Finally Reaching Homes BTG Aspiring to be a Big Player with Small Town Systems

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