Toshiba Unveils Newest Wireless 802.11g Cable Modem Gateway Product.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers The Western Show 2003 ANAHEIM, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 3, 2003 Toshiba's Digital Solutions Division Introduces New 802.11g-Enabled Modem to MSOs and Cable Operators at the Western Show in Anaheim, California “Anaheim” redirects here. For Annaheim, see Annaheim, Saskatchewan. Anaheim is a city in Orange County, California, located 28 miles southeast of Los Angeles. Toshiba Digital Solutions Division today introduced its 802.11g-enabled PCX (1) A bitmapped graphics file format that handles monochrome, 2-bit, 4-bit, 8-bit and 24-bit color and uses RLE to achieve compression ratios of approximately 1.1:1 to 1.5:1. Images with large blocks of solid colors compress best under the RLE method. See PC Paintbrush. 4500 Wireless 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. Gateway at The Western Show in Anaheim, Calif. The PCX4500 is the newest product in a line of all-in-one cable modem, wireless router and firewall units manufactured by Toshiba. The PCX4500 Wireless Cable Modem Gateway is Toshiba DSD's first home networking solution to contain an 802.11g wireless router. The PCX4500 is CableHome 1.1-based and 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. 2.0-based and includes Internet security technology from Jungo Software Technologies. The unit also includes a 10/100 port and Texas Instrument's TurboDOXTM Bandwidth Acceleration Software for speeds up to 20 times faster than non-TurboDOXTM cable modems. "MSOs and cable operators will now have the CPE (Customer Premises Equipment) Communications equipment that resides on the customer's premises. CPE - Customer Premises Equipment (customer premise equipment) needed to capitalize on the wide-open home networking market and expand revenue streams," said Yasuyuki Shimizu, vice president of engineering. "The PCX4500 contains everything the cable broadband subscriber wants today: the speed and range of 802.11g, the fastest speeds and capabilities available in a cable modem and the security of a Jungo OpenRG(TM) RG-Firewall(TM). We expect to see significant sales of this unit to service providers and to subscribers through the retail channel." The PCX4500 will be available for sale to MSOs and cable operators in the first quarter of 2004. The units will have an MSRP MSRP Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price MSRP Message Session Relay Protocol MSRP Multi-Species Recovery Plan (US Fish & Wildlife Service) MSRP Member of the Society for Radiological Protection (UK) of $129. About Toshiba America Information Systems Toshiba America Information Systems, Digital Solutions Division, is a market leader for cable modem sales in North America. The division markets a range of broadband access and networking products, including the PCX DOCSIS Cable Modem, which offers the highest performance in cable data modem technology in the industry. Utilizing the same 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. interface as cable television, the DOCSIS modem provides residential and small business users with a faster, more powerful two-way interface to the Internet. Toshiba cable modems are currently sold directly to consumers through e-commerce and nationwide retail outlets, and to multiple system operators (MSOs) including Time-Warner, Cox Communications, Comcast and others. Toshiba America Information Systems is headquartered in Irvine, Calif. and is an independent operating company operating company A business that engages in transactions with outsiders. owned by Toshiba America Inc., a subsidiary of the $50 billion Toshiba Corp., the eighth largest computer and electronics company in the world. More information can be found on the Web at internet.toshiba.com. |
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