Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Entropic congratulates MoCA for ratification of MoCA 2.0 standard

SAN DIEGO, USA: Entropic Communications Inc., a leading provider of silicon and software solutions to enable connected home entertainment, has congratulated MoCA on the ratification of the highly anticipated MoCA 2.0 standard.

With the announcement of the new specification, vendors involved in connected home entertainment implementations can be assured of future-proofing prior MoCA investments, while meeting insatiable consumer demands for greater reliability and increased bandwidth, which are required for the delivery of high-speed, high definition (HD) video, multimedia and data services throughout the home.

"We applaud the Multimedia over Coax Alliance for their work on this vital standard that offers service providers a path to realizing future requirements for higher bandwidth services and home networking architectures," said Tom Lookabaugh, CTO, Entropic Communications.

"This is an important milestone in connected home entertainment, as major service providers worldwide are beginning to bring to market compelling new services, such as multi-room DVR, broadband extension and PC-to-TV connectivity, that will provide consumers with more robust, satisfying whole-home networking experiences. Additionally, as service providers look to the future for deploying a gateway-client architecture, the evolution of the standard to MoCA 2.0 will be a necessity."

As a founding member and original architect of the MoCA standard, Entropic is proud to be part of the industry standards body which is establishing and delivering higher reliability and performance benchmarks, as compared to other connectivity options available for the distribution of whole-home video and other multimedia entertainment over coaxial cable.

Ratification of the MoCA 2.0 specification ensures service providers and original equipment manufacturers can capitalize on their MoCA investments through backward compatibility with current MoCA 1.1/1.0 products. The new specification ensures consumers can enjoy the benefits of what MoCA delivers - including support for multiple streams of HD video, at speeds greater than 400 Mbps net throughput with a 500 Mbps Turbo mode for point-to-point applications. Furthermore, with MoCA 2.0, users will gain an unparalleled experience via parameterized quality of service (PQoS) across all three pay TV segments - cable, satellite, and IPTV.

Having shipped more than 30 million MoCA 1.1/1.0 chipsets, Entropic's field-proven MoCA silicon is integrated into products deployed by DIRECTV, Verizon FiOS, Cox Communications, Time Warner Cable, and Rogers Cable.

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