ZyXEL Bolsters Cable Gateway Product Line, Forges into Residential Market.SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden -- ZyXEL Prestige 974SW is the All-in-One Broadband Solution for MSOs to Deploy Residential Service with New CableHome 1.1 Standard ZyXEL Communications, a leading provider of broadband access See broadband and wireless broadband. solutions, today unveils its new line of residential cable products at the 2005 National Cable and Telecommunications Association (NCTA NCTA National Cable & Telecommunications Association (fka National Cable Television Association) NCTA National Cable Television Association (now the National Cable & Telecommunications Association) ) Show. Expanding upon its complete line of commercial cable products, ZyXEL will feature its new Prestige 974SW residential cable gateway that integrates a cable modem, router, switch, and Wireless Access Point (WPA WPA: see Work Projects Administration. WPA in full Works Progress Administration later (1939–43) Work Projects Administration U.S. work program for the unemployed. ) all in one box. ZyXEL's Prestige 974SW provides users with a constant connection to a secure network with the convenience and flexibility of wireless Internet access all in one. The Prestige family of residential products also includes Prestige 971R, a cable modem with integrated router, as well as Prestige 971M, a standard cable modem. The newly introduced ZyXEL Prestige 974SW is CableHome(R) 1.1 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. 2.0/1.1(R) certified and is customizable enabling Multiple Service Operators (MSOs) to provide additional value-added services. The integrated access device An IAD is a customer premises device that provides access to wide area networks and the Internet. Specifically, it aggregates multiple channels of information including voice and data across a single shared access link to a carrier or service provider PoP (Point of Presence). has a built-in 802.11g/11b Access Point with 54Mbps fast wireless connectivity. The Prestige 974SW implements all CableHome 1.1 features including remote configuration through SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) A widely used network monitoring and control protocol. Data are passed from SNMP agents, which are hardware and/or software processes reporting activity in each network device (hub, router, bridge, etc. and HTTP HTTP in full HyperText Transfer Protocol Standard application-level protocol used for exchanging files on the World Wide Web. HTTP runs on top of the TCP/IP protocol. to simplify system deployment and advanced security and encryption. The Prestige 974SW provides safe Internet surfing with parental control including URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. filtering, and keyword filtering. It also features Quality of Service (QoS) and Application Discovery on the home network. "To build customer loyalty, MSOs want the highest quality of products with a capacity for value-added services to provide their home networking market with the best service and technology innovations available," said Munira Brooks, vice president of sales, marketing and business development at ZyXEL. "Today our commercial cable products are among the industry's most popular and now with our Prestige 974SW we will enable MSOs to offer their residential customers a total solution for home networking and at the same time, it's customizable to include additional services in the future." ZyXEL, already well established in the commercial cable market with a number of major cable service operator customers including Time Warner and Charter among others, will also be displaying its Prestige 964 Commercial Cable Series at NCTA. The top-selling P-964S cable gateway with integrated modem and 5-port 10/100Mbps auto MDI/MDIX Ethernet switch will be displayed at the show. ZyXEL is also showing its P-964APR APR See: Annual Percentage Rate , a wireless cable gateway with integrated modem, fast 802.11g Access Point, and a 4-port 10/100Mbps auto MDI/MDIX Ethernet switch. It enables end users to have a total broadband access solution with complete wired and wireless network. Along with the Prestige line of residential and commercial cable offerings, ZyXEL is showcasing end-to-end solutions for businesses, the hospitality industry and residential complexes at the NCTA show. Featured at the show are several products from their Security, Managed Switches, VoIP, Broadband Gateway, and Wireless product lines. Availability The Prestige 971 series and Prestige 974SW will be available in the second quarter of 2005. About ZyXEL Communications ZyXEL Communications Inc., with U.S. headquarters in Anaheim, Calif., is one of the world's foremost suppliers of broadband networking and Internet connectivity/routing products. ZyXEL is focused on developing xDSL, cable access, broadband-sharing, wireless and security solutions for a large target audience including telcos, cable operators, ISPs, small-to-medium sized businesses, SOHO Soho (sōhō`, sə–), district of Westminster, London, England, known for its continental restaurants. Once a fashionable quarter, it became popular among writers and artists in the 19th cent. and institutional MxU (multi-tenant unit/multi-dwelling unit) markets. Some of ZyXEL's largest customers include: Sprint, Time Warner, Charter, Earthlink, Chunghwa Telecom, Deutsche Telekom, France Telecom, Telefonica Brazil, Telia, Verizon, and many others. For more information on ZyXEL Communications and its broadband solutions, visit the company's Web site at http://www.us.zyxel.com. |
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