Comcast selects Motorola to provide CyberSURFR cable modems for first six launches.ARLINGTON HEIGHTS Arlington Heights, village (1990 pop. 75,460), Cook county, NE Ill., a residential suburb of Chicago; founded 1836, inc. 1887. Its manufactures include machinery, drugs and medical equipment, and metal fabrication. Arlington Park racetrack is there. , Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 17, 1997-- Motorola, Inc., Multimedia Group today announced that it has been selected by Comcast Corporation as the cable modem cable modem Modem used to convert analog data signals to digital form and vise versa, for transmission or receipt over cable television lines, especially for connecting to the Internet. vendor for six of Comcast's @Home high speed Internet access See how to access the Internet. service launches. All six deployments are expected to occur by the end of second quarter. In the next few months, Comcast plans to launch @Home using Motorola's CyberSURFR cable modems in the greater Philadelphia area of Pennsylvania, greater Detroit area of Michigan, northern New Jersey and Orange County, Calif. Launches have already taken place in Sarasota, Fla., and Baltimore, Md. "Building relationships with industry leaders like Comcast helps to strengthen our leadership in the broadband community," said Dick Day, corporate vice president, Motorola Multimedia Markets Division. "We're confident that our CyberSURFR cable modem will deliver the performance and quality that Comcast @Home requires for its launches." Motorola recently announced upgraded features to the CyberSURFR cable modem system that will simplify the installation process for the upcoming launches. The new features include Auto Provisioning, which allows operators to install modems without having to manually enter information in the headend, and Internet Protocol See Internet and TCP/IP. (networking) Internet Protocol - (IP) The network layer for the TCP/IP protocol suite widely used on Ethernet networks, defined in STD 5, RFC 791. IP is a connectionless, best-effort packet switching protocol. Filtering, which allows cable operators to offer a new range of services such as premium content and telecommuting telecommuting, an arrangement by which people work at home using a computer and telephone, transmitting work material to a business office by means of a modem and telephone lines; it is also known as telework. by assigning user specific access profiles. "Motorola's CyberSURFR cable modem is performing well for us in Baltimore and Sarasota which makes us comfortable selecting Motorola for our next four launch markets," said Roger Keating, Vice President Online Services of Comcast Cable. The CyberSURFR cable modem is part of Motorola's CableComm family of products. The CyberSURFR cable modem connects subscriber personal computers to the hybrid fiber coax (networking) Hybrid Fiber Coax - (HFC) A kind of physical connection used in networks for audio, video, and data. DVB (Digital Video Broadcast) is used in Europe and DOCSIS is used in N America. (HFC 1. (networking) HFC - Hybrid Fiber Coax. 2. (hardware) HFC - hydrofluorocarbon. ) system via a 10Base-T 802.3 local area network connection specifically designed for on-line services, Internet access, telecommuting and other emerging services for home and business PC users. The modem offers throughput speeds of up to 10 Mbps in the downstream path and upstream data of up to 768 Kbps. The Motorola Cable Router See broadband router. is installed in the network headend, where it interfaces with the HFC distribution network to local or remote IP networks. Comcast is principally engaged in the development, management and operation of wired telecommunications including cable television and telephone services; wireless telecommunications including cellular, personal communication services (communications) Personal Communication Services - (PCS) Telecommunications services that bundle voice communications, numeric and text messaging, voice-mail and various other features into one device, service contract and bill. PCS are carried over cellular links, most often digital. and direct-to-home satellite television; and content through principal ownership of QVC QVC Quality Value Convenience QVC Question Valid Command , the world's premier electronic retailer, and through majority ownership of Comcast-Spectator and other programming investments. The company's consolidated and affiliated operations serve over 10 million customers worldwide. Comcast Class A and Class A Special S Common Stock are traded on the NASDAQ Stock Market Nasdaq stock market The first electronic stock market listing over 5000 companies. The Nasdaq stock market comprises two separate markets, namely the Nasdaq National Market, which trades large, active securities and the Nasdaq Smallcap Market that trades emerging growth companies. under the symbols CMCSA and CMCSK, respectively. Motorola's Multimedia Group, a unit of the Messaging, Information & Media Sector, develops, manufactures and markets systems for the convergence of voice, data and video communications services over advanced broadband multimedia platforms. Motorola is one of the world's leading providers of wireless communications, semiconductors, and advanced electronic systems and services. Major equipment businesses include cellular telephone, two-way radio, paging and data communications, personal communications, automotive, defense and space electronics and computers, Motorola semiconductors, power communication devices, computers and millions of other products. Motorola's 1996 sales were $28 billion. CyberSURFR(TM) is a trademark of Motorola, Inc. For further information about the Motorola Multimedia Group and Motorola, Inc. please visit the company's Web site at http://www.mot.com/multimedia . For further information about Comcast please visit the company Web site at http://www.comcastonline.com . CONTACT: Motorola Multimedia Group Doug Robertson, 847/632-6634 or Edelman PR Worldwide Mark Shadle/Heather Lindemann, 312/240-3000 or Comcast Corporation Nikki Pope, 610/538-2030 |
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