BEST DATA TO PROVIDE COX CABLE MODEMS.Byline: Chris Sieroty Staff Writer CHATSWORTH - Best Data Products Inc. said Thursday that it has signed an agreement with Cox Communications Cox Communications is a privately owned subsidiary of Cox Enterprises providing digital cable television and telecommunications services in the United States. It is the third-largest[2] cable television provider in the United States, serving more than 6. to provide the cable company with DOCSIS (Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification) A cable modem standard from the CableLabs research consortium (www.cablelabs.com), which provides equipment certification for interoperability. cable modems to be installed nationwide. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. ``We are very pleased to be working with Cox Communications,'' said Bruce Zaman, president and chief executive officer of Best Data. ``We hope in the future to develop new products that will allow us to expand our broadband business.'' The Chatsworth-based company is working with other multiple service operators, including Media One, to provide modems that will allow them to deliver high-speed Internet See broadband. access. ``We have begun filling the order and should complete the shipments by the second quarter of next year,'' said Maggie Curran, Internet marketing See Internet advertising. and public relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most manager at Best Data. ``This is the first order in a continuing relationship with Cox Communications.'' Besides offering high-speed Internet access, the DOCSIS 1.1-based modem also enables cable operators and service providers to deliver video services and telephone applications to home offices and residential users. ``With the standardization of the DOCSIS platform in cable communications, Best Data provides another solid resource that Cox, along with other MSOs, can utilize for DOCSIS certified modems,'' said Dick Wallace, vice president of materials management for Atlanta-based Cox Communications, in a statement. ``We look forward to working with Best Data, now and in the future, on the successful deployment of cable modems to our subscriber base,'' Wallace said. Founded in 1984, Best Data is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. that manufactures data communications products including analog modems, home networking products, 2D/3D graphics boards, sound cards and digital music players. Cox Communications serves about 6.2 million customers nationwide, making it the nation's fifth-largest cable television company. Shares of Cox gained $1.563, or 4.2 percent, on Thursday to close at $38.50 on volume of 671,600 shares on the New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. . |
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