Posted on April 22, 2008 by Mari Silbey
Timed to coincide with a Motorola customer event in San Diego this week, Motorola announced today the availability of its new line of VDSL2 gateways. We saw a sample gateway back at CES, but three versions of the product have now been officially released into the wild. The line of gateways is called the Motorola [...]
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Posted on March 29, 2008 by Mari Silbey
The latest out of IMS Research shows that nearly 8.4 million IP set-tops shipped worldwide in 2007, and the research firm predicts IPTV households to grow 52.2% annually through 2012. Primary markets include Asia (China and South Korea) and Europe. However, AT&T is on target to hit one million IPTV households by the [...]
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Posted on February 2, 2008 by Mari Silbey
I’m afraid I can’t add anything to the public discussion about what happens next with Motorola’s mobile devices business. Even if I knew anything I wouldn’t be able to comment, but in this case my knowledge is non-existent anyway.
On the other hand, I can give an update on the Motorola Home and Networks Mobility [...]
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Posted on January 16, 2008 by Mari Silbey
As I’m still wrapping up coverage of the products and demos from CES, here’s a quick look at Motorola’s VDSL2+ gateway. Per my earlier conversation with Alan Lefkof, it looks like this will be a big year for upgrades from ADSL to VDSL. The gateway shown here (Motorola Netopia 7000 series) can [...]
Filed under: CES 2008, IP, IPTV, Internet, Networks, VoIP | 2 Comments »
Posted on January 8, 2008 by Mari Silbey
A quick note about the Motorola KreaTV software I referenced yesterday. I spoke recently to Motorola’s Doug Means, general manager for the IP Video Solutions business, and discovered that the KreaTV software has actually been deployed now in North America. Previously it had only been seen abroad, but Motorola announced availability here back [...]
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Posted on January 8, 2008 by Mari Silbey
There’s more video and commentary to come, but to wrap up today I thought I’d plug in a few photos from the Motorola booth for anyone who’s not at this gargantuan show we call CES.
This is a photo of the cordless IP phone that goes with the SBV5422 announced last week. See screenshots further [...]
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Posted on December 26, 2007 by Mari Silbey
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 [...]
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Posted on December 19, 2007 by Mari Silbey
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 [...]
Filed under: Cable, DVR, Fiber, IPTV, Internet, Mobile device, TV, Video | 11 Comments »
Posted on December 11, 2007 by Mari Silbey
Now that the Consumer Electronics Show mania has begun (27 days and counting…), it’s worth a brief look back to eleven months ago and CES 2007: The Headlines, The Celebrities, The (Motorola) Products.
The Headlines… Nearly a Year Later
It’s All About the TV/PC – Dan Costa at PC Magazine wrote about bridging the gap from [...]
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Posted on December 3, 2007 by Mari Silbey
Usually network operators use QAM set-tops or IP set-tops, but Verizon proved that a little of both isn’t a bad thing either. Today, Motorola announced that Telia Stofa too is deploying hybrid set-tops from Motorola. (Telia Stofa is a business unit of Telia Sonera in Denmark.) Like Verizon, Telia Stofa will use [...]
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