John Burke heads up Motorola’s digital video solutions business and has his own take on what’s coming next in the video biz. I had a chance to sit down with him just before the holidays, and here is some of what we discussed. Happy New Year! Table Stakes in 2008 I asked John what offerings [...]
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Don’t get used to OpenCable. The name, that is. While I’m still stuck on calling the standard OCAP, Mike Robuck at CED reports that the name is likely to change again. With a possible launch at CES, CableLabs appears poised to introduce Tru2way as the new moniker for the Open Cable Application Platform. Name change [...]
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Last week’s conversation with Geoff Roman was good for more than the requisite prognostications that fill up blogs and news stories this time of year. The discussion also included the most succinct overview of Motorola’s acquisition strategy that I’ve heard yet. I’m referring specifically to the acquisitions made in the last 24 months by the [...]
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This is one of those news items that may get overlooked, but shouldn’t. Motorola announced two new customers in Korea today (press release did not go over the US wire) who are deploying channel-bonding technology for delivering broadband speeds to subscribers of 100Mbps. Both the cable modem termination systems (CMTSs) and the cable modems are [...]
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As I mentioned last week, there are changes ahead for this blog including more commentary from Motorola executives and experts on a variety of topics. To kick off these executive visits I sat down recently with Geoff Roman, a Motorola corporate vice president, to hear his thoughts on 2007, 2008 and beyond. Geoff Roman on: [...]
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