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HDR's importance to the broadband and home network industries is that the sparkling video quality of HDR will prompt tens of millions to buy an HDR-capable TV and the only [...]

This may be one of the most important stories in the history of G.hn, the technology that was conceived as for 'home networks' but has become a building-area-network (BAN) technology [...]

This may be one of the most important stories in the history of G.hn, the technology that was conceived as for 'home networks' but has become a building-area-network (BAN) technology [...]

A new Bell Labs study about future demand for wireless broadband is a must read for anyone involved in broadband and home networking, both service providers and equipment makers. Many [...]

- Sudden, Sharp Surge in Demand Started This Year - Mostly (74%) for OTT & Live Streaming - 7.5 Exabytes Needed by 2020 But 2.5 Exabytes of Capacity Missing A [...]

- Wi-Fi, MoCA, G.hn, WiGig Bluetooth & Zigbee This appeared in Faultline. A presentation from Arris last week at TV Connect threw some light on the G.hn based broadband extenders [...]

--Mainland China & Taiwan 'Harmonize' on G.hn as Their Wireline Home Network Technology --Chinese Backers Include China Telecom, China Mobile, Huawei, ZTE and Xingtera Mainland China and Taiwan have 'harmonized [...]

--New LTE Residential Gateways Show the Way --Will Wireline Broadband and Wireline Home Networking Still Be Needed? Significance: We have been reporting frequently about how and why it seems certain [...]

We first reported on MoCA over 12 years ago, in January 2004 when we explained what it is and why so many large outfits were backing it--and then again in [...]

The powerline home networks HomePlug and G.hn (HomeGrid) are much improved these days, according to Peter Vandenengel, president of Netperian, which does customer premise equipment testing and consulting. He said [...]

The powerline home networks HomePlug and G.hn (HomeGrid) are much improved these days, according to Peter Vandenengel, president of Netperian, which does customer premise equipment testing and consulting. He said [...]

Could every company eventually have its own OTT service? Or, even individuals? And, if that happens, what would the implications for the broadband and home network industries? Most mid-size and [...]

Could every company eventually have its own OTT service? Or, even individuals? And, if that happens, what would the implications for the broadband and home network industries? Most mid-size and [...]

The cybersecurity battle is currently shifting from businesses to homes because homes have an increasing number of Internet-connected devices that don't have the security protection that office networks have. Consequently [...]

This appeared in Faultline. Two weeks ago Faultline got an email almost as soon as its edition came out with an article about a G.hn retail product for the US. [...]

Here's bad news for the wireline broadband and home network industries. Americans are moving surprisingly rapidly away from wireline broadband to wireless mobile broadband services, according to the US Census [...]

Home networking that uses MoCA over the home's coax network has become--and remains--the number one choice for pay TV services to deliver flicker-free HD videos (and 4K in the case [...]

Home networking that uses MoCA over the home's coax network has become--and remains--the number one choice for pay TV services to deliver flicker-free HD videos (and 4K in the case [...]

It is amazing how many industry people and articles are now talking about how homes' Wi-Fi networks have started being slowed by the increasing number of devices that are connected. [...]

- One Chip, One Network Technology - Up to 1 Gbps Over Coax, Somewhat Less Over Power and Phone Lines - Intel's Theall Leaves HomePlug to Head Up HomeGrid Looking […]

--The Importance of Powerline Networking in China & Taiwan? Its Size China, the world's most populous country, has begun what will be the world's largest deployment of wireline home networking--defined [...]

--Bulks Up in 11ac & HomePlug Consumers are ordering faster broadband speeds to handle the multiple streams of video and data that are coming into the home but those streams [...]

After several years of corporate turmoil, French set top box vendor Technicolor is moving into home network software with the launch of Qeo, pitched at the emerging smart home and [...]

--Expect a Slew of AV2 Products at CES! --Advanced AV2 with MIMO & Beamforming Comes Later With the upcoming AV2 version, HomePlug seems to have re-established its technological advantage over [...]

Ghn gets a victory. But the P1905 war isn't over. The IEEE last week ruled against the vote to overturn G.hn's inclusion in the first version of the P1905 standard [...]

- 10 Gbps at Birth and Ready to Take on HDMI, G.hn and MOCA - The Same Ethernet Cable as at the Office While MoCA and G.hn are slugging it [...]

- Themes from NXTcomm08 Like fish that soar out of the water there were several trends that became visible at the telcos' NXTcomm08 telecom trade show held in Vegas this […]

- Wireless and Wired (Coax, Phone, Powerline) - Whole Home or Personal Area Network - HD Capable, Even Wirelessly The home network technology that gets overlooked in most reports and […]

- Entropic Increases MoCA Chipset Speed to 180 Mbps - Guaranteed Bandwidth for Entertainment Video Sony this week said it would soon start putting an Internet connection in some of […]

The following appeared in Wireless Watch. For the complete copy, e-mail paperboy@riderresearch.com * Pace of UWB Regulation Quickens with EU, Japan and Korea on board * Dominant WiMedia Vendors Playing […]

Pay-TV services and consumers are moving toward a 'whole-home DVR' model in which a central media server stores the home's digital media content and serves it up on-demand to TV- […]

A single line of cables connecting everything in the home's entertainment center instead of a mess of wires and cords. A single remote control that works with the high-definition TV, […]

MoCA appears to be poised to win the home networking battle, certainly for any installation that involves the transmission of content from the major movie and TV studios. Wi-Fi and […]

First, the news. The Multimedia Over Coax Alliance (MoCA) announced the results of its field tests at the NCTA show this week. The tests showed that its networking technology can […]

The decline in demand for home networks is necessitating a strategic shift by vendors of such gear, according to The Diffusion Group (TDG). The research shop finds that what it […]

The global market for WLAN gear will grow at an amazing compound annual growth rate of more than 14% between 2016 and 2020, according to analysts at Technavio. WLAN, wireless [...]

Why is it that broadband services and makers of broadband and home network gear cannot communicate to consumers that the latest products and services are needed to receive buffer-free streaming? [...]

Why is it that broadband services and makers of broadband and home network gear cannot communicate to consumers that the latest products and services are needed to receive buffer-free streaming? [...]

Powerline-based home networking technology is used for more than, well, networking the home. It is also be used for networking the helping electric vehicle charging stations (EVCS) that are spreading [...]

The HomeGrid Forum is exhibiting at CES Asia 2016 for first time--with four different demonstrations that show G.hn powerline capabilities for 4K TVs, Wi-Fi and G.hn powerline extenders. HomeGrid members [...]

Like a giant rocket slowly taking off for outer space, the maladies of the homes' networks are slowly beginning to accelerate. Here's another survey that indicates viewers of OTT services [...]

Like a giant rocket slowly taking off for outer space, the maladies of the homes' networks are slowly beginning to accelerate. Here's another survey that indicates viewers of OTT services [...]

Report after report over the last year or so has shown how poorly most home networks are functioning--including a new report this week from IneoQuest that showed OTT viewers get [...]

The market for residential Wi-Fi must look like a school of hungry fish to makers and marketers of home network gear and services. Now it's Comcast that is showing interest [...]

--Telefonica to Host the First with AT&T & 5 Chipmakers --Were 4 'Private' Ones Already Held in China? --'The Finish Line Is in Sight' The HomeGrid Forum announced, finally, a [...]

John Egan, acting president of the HomeGrid Forum (G.hn) and manager of strategic marketing and standards at chipmaker Marvell, will present the Forum's plans for bringing G.hn products to market [...]

--Beats Other Powerline Technologies in MDUs --Solves Neighboring Network Problem --G.hn Chips by Year-End, Equipment Next Summer --Major CE Makers to Announce for G.hn Soon After what he called a [...]

In-Stat said research shows that the P1905 effort to 'unify' HomePlug, MoCA, Wi-Fi and Ethernet will help the sales growth of HomePlug and MoCA devices. Vahid Dejwakh, In-Stat analyst, expects [...]

When a company like Turkish STB maker Airties, which is one of the first to offer Wi-Fi for HD video, starts talking about powerline, you can be sure that it [...]

Michael Weissman, VP of corporate marketing for Sigma Designs, told Faultline there are 10 million devices being sold per year with its HPNA chips. He said the company is planning [...]