Largest Exhibit to Date; CableNET '98
Focuses on Service Delivery Via
Interoperable Modems, Digital Set Tops and Internet Phones
September 22, 1998
LOUISVILLE, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE) via
NewsEdge Corporation -- Nearly 60
companies have signed up to participate in
CableNET(R) '98 -- making this year's
technology showcase the largest ever.
Co-sponsored by Cable Television
Laboratories, Inc. (CableLabs(R)), and the
California Cable Television Association
(CCTA), CableNET(R) '98 will be part of the
CCTA's Western Show in Anaheim, California,
December 1-4, 1998.
In its sixth year, CableNET(R) is continuing to
grow as the educational section of The
Western Show exhibit floor, demonstrating
the power of the cable industry's hybrid fiber
coaxial systems, as well as expanding
telecommunications and entertainment
applications. This year's theme, Plug and
Play, will be demonstrated through
interoperable modems, digital set tops, and
Internet phones.
"Never before has there been a
demonstration of such powerful companies in
the telecommunications marketplace working
together in an integrated exhibit like this
year's CableNET(R)," said Dr. Richard R.
Green, president and CEO of CableLabs. "Not
only are these companies working with us on
the overall CableNET(R), but many are
interoperating amongst themselves within the
demonstration."
CableLabs, on behalf of the cable television
industry, is pursuing interoperability
aggressively in its high-level
projects--DOCSIS, OpenCable(tm), and
PacketCable(tm). This interoperability will
enable the cable industry to choose
equipment from a variety of suppliers building
similar products. It will also provide cable
customers with the economic benefits of
price competition and product innovation, as
well as the opportunity to purchase
interoperable products at retail stores in the
near future.
DOCSIS is aimed at attaining interoperable
high-speed cable modems; OpenCable(tm) is
seeking to advance interoperable digital
set-top boxes; and PacketCable(tm) is
focusing on interoperable Internet
Protocol-based services that will be
distributed over cable's hybrid fiber/coax
systems. One of the initial services on which
PacketCable(tm) is concentrating is IP
telephony, which uses the Internet or other
packet networks, for delivery of telephone
calls at competitive prices.
"I continue to be amazed at what we're able
to accomplish every year at CableNET(R),"
said Spencer Kaitz, President of CCTA, "and I
continue to be enthused by the wide array of
new cable technologies and enhanced
services that consumers are about to
receive. This year's theme, Plug and Play,
pretty well sets the vision for the technology
that's now upon us."
CableLabs manages these interoperability
projects on behalf of its members, who are
cable television system operators based on
the continents of North and South America.
These interoperability projects are
undertaken as a collective effort of
CableLabs, its members and participating
vendors -- many of whom will be featured at
CableNET(R) '98. Because of its key position
in these projects, CableLabs serves as a
focal point for the integration of the cable,
computer, consumer electronics, and
broadcast industries.
The CCTA, which produces The Western
Show each year, is the nation's largest state
cable association with over 370 member
companies providing services to more than
6.2 million cable television households in
California.
The CableNET(R) '98 exhibit will cover about
8,000 square feet, where approximately 90
pedestals will be showcasing and
demonstrating the interoperable service
delivery options of the 60 companies
participating in this year's event. Following is
a brief description of what those companies
will be exhibiting:
3Com will demonstrate IP telephony, video
conferencing, and web-based data
applications integrated with an end-to-end
DOCSIS cable modem system. A joint
demonstration with MCK Communications will
feature a private branch exchange (PBX)
extension for home office applications.
8x8, Inc. will display its Via-IP Broadband
Voice and Videophone with an integrated
DOCSIS cable modem. The Via-IP product will
demonstrate PacketCable(tm) participation,
and TV-quality video communications for
home and business.
Arepa will demonstrate a
software-on-demand system for broadband
HFC and DSL high-speed Internet networks.
Northern Telecom (who recently acquired
Bay Networks) plans video-conferencing
demonstrations for remote learning, Internet
Protocol (IP) telephony, electronic
commerce, and a virtual private network
which enables wireless/cordless computing.
All these demonstrations use Nortel's DOCSIS
modems.
Bellcore will exhibit technology that allows
cable operators to offer telephone service,
including a voice-over-cable IP network.
Broadcom will demonstrate DOCSIS cable
modems and a headend system with
advanced quality-of-service (QoS) features.
CableData will use a WebTV device to display
software that shows the power of integrating
Internet and video. The seamless merging of
data and video allows delivery of interactive
services using today's technology.
Cisco Systems plans to demonstrate
voice-over-IP, fax-over-IP, and
video-conferencing which will be available to
small office/home office customers.
Com21 intends to show voice-over-IP and
real-time audio and video content, delivered
from sites on the Web, using DOCSIS cable
modems.
Daewoo Electronics Co., Ltd., will use
DOCSIS cable modems to access the
Internet over the CableNET(R) hybrid
fiber/coax network.
DIVA Systems Corporation will demonstrate a
complete video-on-demand service offering a
continuously available selection of movies, an
interactive navigator and digital broadcast
programming-on-demand through a General
Instrument DCT series digital set-top box.
e-Net, Inc. plans to display voice-over-IP
services.
Equator Technologies, Inc. will demonstrate
a media processor targeted at an
OpenCable(tm) set-top box.
Ericsson will demonstrate voice over
IP-based telephone services.
General Instrument intends to demonstrate
high-speed Web access using its DOCSIS
cable modem, as well as an end-to-end
high-definition television system, using the
industry's 64-quadrature amplitude
modulation (QAM) format.
Hayes Microcomputer Products, Inc. plans to
use its DOCSIS cable modem for high-speed
Internet access and video streaming.
Hybrid Networks and Ascend Communications
will demonstrate IP telephony using a
DOCSIS cable modem.
ICTV Inc. will exhibit an interactive service,
which provides high-speed Internet access,
e-mail, games, and other CD-ROM content to
cable-connected TVs.
Intel will demonstrate software for managing
cable modems built into personal computers,
as well as a video telephone system that
uses a standards-based cable modem.
Intertainer, Inc. intends to demonstrate an
entertainment-on-demand system.
Libit Signal Processing will demonstrate its
DOCSIS standard-based cable modem design,
a DOCSIS cable modem with voice-over-IP
capabilities, the Libit burst receiver, and an
OpenCable(tm) digital set-top box using
Libit's three-way physical layer circuit board.
Lucent Technologies plans to demonstrate
how IP telephony applications (such as
voice, audio conferencing, video
conferencing, and data collaboration) can be
provided to homes and businesses over a
DOCSIS cable modem using either an analog
phone with a Packet Phone Adapter or a
personal computer.
MatchLogic Inc. will demonstrate a system
for measuring and modeling viewer activity
and behavior using software in a set-top box
to collect viewer activity data.
MCK Communications, Inc., will demonstrate
how telecommuters may be provided with
remote voice access to their companies'
telephone systems using DOCSIS modem
technology from 3Com.
MediaOne Labs will demonstrate the
exchange of video e-mail between
cable-connected television sets.
Mediatrix Telecom, Inc., will exhibit a phone
adapter which connects to a DOCSIS modem
and translates telephone numbers into IP
addresses.
MoreCom, 3Com, C-Cube/DiviCom, Pioneer
and Zenith will demonstrate the seamless
delivery of digital TV and Internet access,
Internet video-on-demand, and Enhanced TV
over an end-to-end platform. The
demonstration will integrate client server
software (MoreCom), digital video equipment,
and integrated circuits (C-Cube/DiviCom),
digital set-top boxes (Pioneer, Zenith), and
DOCSIS cable modems (3Com).
Motorola Inc., Multimedia Group intends to
demonstrate cable modem interoperability
between its headend device and DOCSIS
cable modems from a number of other
companies, IP multicast across the various
DOCSIS cable modems, and IP telephony
technology.
Network Computer, Inc., will display its DTV
Navigator Internet platform running on a
Scientific-Atlanta Explorer 2000 digital
set-top box.
NetSpeak Corporation plans to demonstrate
PacketCable interoperability.
Panamsat will exhibit a satellite alternative to
Internet access.
Phasecom Inc. intends to demonstrate
interoperable internal and external DOCSIS
cable modems.
Philips will demonstrate its Streamcutter
product, which is being developed to conform
to the expected SMPTE specification for
splicing MPEG-2 bit streams in digital ad and
local program insertion applications.
Pioneer Electronic Corporation expects to
display its Voyager digital set-top box and an
interactive program guide. It also plans to
demonstrate an IEEE 1394 interface between
its digital set top and a plasma display
television.
Samsung will demonstrate high-speed
Internet access and real-time audio video
content delivery using its DOCSIS cable
modem, InfoRanger(tm).
Scientific-Atlanta plans to demonstrate
multiple applications running over its Explorer
2000 digital set-top box, including a
high-definition television demonstration
running over an IEEE 1394 interface.
SeaChange International intends to
demonstrate a video-on-demand system that
includes a digital set-top application, video
server, and software that offers VCR-like
functions for the home as well as for hotels.
ShareWave, Inc., will demonstrate
high-bandwidth distribution of multimedia
content delivered to the home via cable
modem, and wirelessly shared with other
digital appliances within the home.
Source Media/Interactive Channel plans to
demonstrate its interactive television system
including Internet access and a server-based
interactive EPG using General Instrument's
DCT 1000 set-top terminal.
Spyglass, Inc., will display a streaming video
web browser that has been integrated into a
Motorola digital set-top box.
TeraLogic Inc. will demonstrate its Puma
software development platform for deploying
video and graphics-rich interactive
applications on enhanced analog or digital TV
platforms.
Thomson Consumer Electronics will provide
an interactive entertainment demonstration
involving high-speed data delivery and a
normal television viewing experience.
Torrent Networking Technologies will
demonstrate the quality-of-service (QoS)
capabilities of its gigabit router.
Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc.,
intends to demonstrate DOCSIS modems and
headend equipment providing high-speed
Internet connectivity and voice-over-IP.
VideoServer will demonstrate audio
conferencing and telephone calls made using
cable modems over the Internet.
Vienna Systems Corporation intends to
demonstrate IP telephony over a cable
system.
VocalTec Communications Ltd. will
demonstrate the VocalTec Ensemble
Architecture (VEA), a complete scalable,
reliable end-to-end solution for global IP
telephony services for cable networks.
Wipro Limited plans to exhibit a Web-based
cable network management system that will
manage DOCSIS-compliant headends and
cable modems.
Zenith Electronics Corporation will
demonstrate its interoperable DOCSIS cable
modem system, which is designed to offer
cable operators flexibility, scalability, and
functionality. It also will demonstrate a cable
industry solution for delivering high definition
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