CopperGate Joins HomeGrid Forum's Board of Directors

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2009-07-29 11:46

텔아비브--(뉴스와이어)--CopperGate Communications, Inc., the Everywire Home Networking Company™, announced that the company has been elected to the Board of Directors of HomeGrid Forum, the non-profit trade group promoting the United Nations‘ International Telecommunication Union’s (ITU-T) G.hn standardization efforts.

Company executive Michael Weissman, Vice President, North American Marketing, will represent CopperGate on the Board. CopperGate is one of the leading proponents of G.hn and is active in the G.hn work group that helped ratify the foundation standard in December 2008. CopperGate is considered one of the leaders in G.hn.

Executive Quotes:

“CopperGate is a leader in wired home networking chipsets and is expected to be one of the first companies to deliver G.hn chipsets,” said Matthew Theall, Chairman/President, HomeGrid Forum. “They will be an outstanding evangelist for G.hn and we are very pleased to have them on our Board of Directors.”

“CopperGate has been involved in the G.hn working group since its inception. Their decision to join our Board of Directors is a resounding vote of support for HomeGrid and for this key standard in wired home networking,” said Matthew Theall, president of HomeGrid Forum.

“G.hn is the industry's best hope for a unified wireline standard,” said Michael Weissman, Vice President Marketing, North America for CopperGate and HomeGrid Forum board member. “It delivers the best performance over each medium: powerlines, coaxial cable and phone lines, and can be integrated into a low-cost chipset that is backed by a global standards organization. We look forward to working with our Board partners to ensure the industry finally delivers the unified, integrated global standard solution that service providers and consumers are craving.”

“HomeGrid has played a pivotal role in creating industry adoption of this exciting new standard. We are proud to join the organization and work alongside these global leaders as a Board member to ensure the success of this important technology,” said Michael Weissman, Vice President Marketing, North America for CopperGate and HomeGrid Forum board member.

“G.hn is well-positioned to emerge as the leading standard for powerline and phoneline networking. Telcos tend to favor ITU specs, and G.hn has the support of AT&T and BT,” said Joseph Byrne, Senior Analyst at the Linley Group.

Highlights / Key Facts:

- G.hn is the working name for the ITU-T recommendation G.9960. This new home networking standard is designed to enable the connected home. It is the only proposed home networking standard proposing a unified solution for delivering Internet Protocol (IP) traffic across AC powerlines, coax cables and phone lines. The new standard is the only one proposing performance improvements up to three times the existing standards available today.

- G.hn will enable consumer electronic devices such as TVs, set-top boxes, video download equipment, media storage solutions and gaming devices to connect with personal computers and home networking equipment such as routers, wireless access points, Internet gateways, Optical Terminal Networks (ONTs) and iNIDs.

- Together with the DLNA, G.hn will be able to finally enable consumer devices and computing devices to physically communicate together in a seamless fashion.

- The purpose of HomeGrid Forum is to work within ITU G.hn to promote the next-generation of home networking using in-home wiring (coaxial cable, phone line and powerline); to create and maintain a compliance program that enables an ecosystem of interoperable products based on the ITU-T G.hn specification; and to encourage and promote the adoption and widespread utilization of the HomeGrid Brand.

- The HomeGrid board now consists of: Chairman & President, Matthew Theall, Intel; Travis Misterek, Best Buy; Bob Bissell, BT; Imran Hajimusa; Infineon Technologies, Michael Stelts; Panasonic Corporation; Venkat Uppuluri, Sigma Designs and Michael Weissman, CopperGate Communications.

- Michael Weissman, Vice President, North American Marketing, CopperGate, brings over 20 years of high technology management experience to the board. Previously, Michael was CEO of a venture-backed start-up; advised over 50 leading technology companies including Adobe, Amazon,Apple, Intel and Qualcomm; and managed a $680 million business unit for Canon. Michael is co-author of the Amazon business bestseller The Paradox of Excellence which appeared in Harvard Business Review and Fast Company magazine. He holds a B.S. in BA from Babson College and an MBA from UC Irvine.

Links / URLs to Learn More:
CopperGate Communications - http://www.copper-gate.com
HomeGrid Forum - http://www.homegridforum.org
Wikipedia.org - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G.hn

About HomeGrid Forum
HomeGrid Forum is a global, non-profit trade group promoting the International Telecommunication Union's G.hn standardization efforts for next-generation home networking. HomeGrid Forum promotes adoption of G.hn through technical and marketing efforts, addresses certification and interoperability of G.hn-compliant products, and cooperates with complementary industry alliances. To learn more about becoming a HomeGrid member, please visit www.HomeGridForum.org/join.

About CopperGate
CopperGate Communications is the only company whose standards-based chipsets enable carrier-class distribution of broadband digital content over all three types of existing wires in the home: coax, phone, and power. The company sells its technology to OEMs who build solutions for multimedia home networking and multi-dwelling unit (MDU) broadband access markets. CopperGate's chips are used in set-top boxes, residential gateways, optical network terminators and Ethernet bridges. CopperGate is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel with offices in the United States, Taiwan, Korea, China, and Japan. Please visit: http://www.copper-gate.com.

CopperGate and CopperGate Communications, the Everywire Home Networking Company and the CopperGate Emblems are trademarks or registered trademarks of CopperGate in the U.S.A. and other countries. All other trademarks mentioned herein are believed to be trademarks of their respective owners.

CopperGate 개요
CopperGate Communications는 가정의 기존 3대 배선인 동축, 전화선 및 전원선 모두에서 광대역 디지털 콘텐츠를 통신업체 수준으로 전송할 수 있는, 표준 기반 칩셋을 보유하고 있는 유일한 기업이다. 동사는 자사의 기술을 멀티미디어 홈 네트워킹 및 멀티 드웰링 유닛(MDU) 광대역 액세스 시장을 위해 솔루션을 구축하는 OEM 기업들에게 판매하고 있다. CopperGate의 칩은 셋탑 박스, 레지던셜 게이트웨이, 옵티컬 네트워크 터미네이터 그리고 이더넷 브리지에 사용된다. CopperGate는 이스라엘 텔아비브에 본사가 있으며, 미국, 타이완, 한국, 중국 그리고 일본에 지사가 있다. 동사 웹사이트: http://www.copper-gate.com에서 자세한 내용을 확인할 수 있다.

HomeGrid Forum: http://www.homegridforum.org
G.hn: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G.hn

웹사이트: http://www.copper-gate.com