Syndicate
) December 15, 2008 --
CopperGate
Communications, the Everywire Home Networking Company™, has
announced full support for G.hn, the next generation home entertainment
network standard, which was just approved by the International
Telecommunication Union (ITU) in Geneva, Switzerland on December 12,
2008.
G.hn is going to be a life-changing technology
CopperGate is 100 percent committed to G.hn
G.hn represents the first global standard to support all three wire
types that already exist in consumers’ homes: phone lines, coax cables
and AC power lines. The new standard (Recommendation ITU-T G.9960) is
designed to deliver up to 20 times the throughput of existing wireless
technologies and more than three times the performance of existing wire
solutions. On December 12, the G.hn working group consented on a
“foundation specification” that will allow silicon manufacturers to
begin designing solutions. Ratification of the final specification is
expected in September, 2009.
“G.hn is going to be a life-changing technology,” said Malcolm Johnson,
director of ITU’s Telecommunication Standardization Bureau in Geneva.
“With G.hn, every wire in every home around the world can become a home
entertainment network. This will enable seamless communication between
computers, HDTVs, and telephones over existing wires. This exciting new
technology will also foster tremendous innovations such as energy
efficient smart appliances, home automation, and telemedicine devices.”
“G.hn provides the next-generation standard for networking over
customer-owned wiring. It is destined to become the first universal
standard for home networking,” said Steve Rago, principal analyst at
market researcher iSuppli. In his recently released report, Home
Networking Technology’s Killer Connection, Rago projects G.hn nodes
will grow at a CAGR of 257% between 2010 and 2013.
“CopperGate has long been an advocate of G.hn. With its foundation in
both coax and power-line home networking technologies, CopperGate is a
key player in this space,” indicated Rago.
“CopperGate is 100 percent committed to G.hn,” emphasized Gabi Hilevitz,
CEO of CopperGate Communications. “We’ve been involved in the G.hn
working group from the beginning and we intend to leverage our nearly 10
years of experience in each wire type to become the leader in G.hn
chipsets. Our exclusive know-how well positions CopperGate for G.hn’s
inevitable success.”
About CopperGate
CopperGate Communications is the only company whose standards-based
chipsets enable carrier-class distribution of broadband digital content
over all three types of existing wires in the home: coax, phone, and
power. The company sells its technology to OEMs who build solutions for
multimedia home networking and multi-dwelling unit (MDU) broadband
access markets. CopperGate’s chips are used in set-top boxes,
residential gateways, optical network terminators and Ethernet bridges
deployed by four of the top five telcos in North America who are
deploying IPTV. Founded in 2000, CopperGate is headquartered in Tel
Aviv, Israel with offices in the United States, Taiwan, Korea, China,
and Japan. Please visit http://www.copper-gate.com
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