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September 2008 – HGI MEMBER BASE CONTINUES TO GROW
The Home Gateway Initiative Group, after nearly
four years, boasts over 60 members.
New members in 2008 include:
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Broadcom, a major technology
innovator and global leader in semiconductors for wired and
wireless communications
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the
DSP Group, a
fabless semiconductor company that develops and sells a wide
portfolio multimedia, short-range communication and VoIP
applications in Consumer Electronics and Telecommunications
markets
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Entropic Communications, a
leading fabless semiconductor company that designs, develops
and markets system solutions that enable connected home
entertainment.
More new members to be announced shortly.
SERVICE
PROVIDERS AND THE CONNECTED HOME SUMMIT,
San Jose, 26 -27 August 2008 – The HGI will be attending
CABA’s Connected Home Council Summit, hosted by Cisco
Systems.
At
Service providers and the Connected Home Summit, Duncan
Bees, newly appointed Chief Technology Officer for the
Group, will be presenting the HGI’s perspective on the
‘Standards and Connected Home Initiatives’.
The Summit, in partnership
with the TM Forum, is designed to disseminate, identify and
provide scenarios of exploration for end-to-end solutions in
the ‘Connected Home’ space.
CONNECTIONS EUROPEAN SUMMIT SERIES, Berlin, 29 August 2008 –
The HGI will be attending Park Associate’s event dedicated
to the discussion and analysis of new business models for
emerging services, applications and advanced digital
technologies.
At CONNECTIONS Europe,
Klaus Milczewsky from
Deutsche Telekom, will be representing the HGI on the panel
focussing on residential gateways as service enablers.
This panel will cover the role of customer premise equipment
in delivering enhanced bundled services and home
connectivity applications. Topics of discussion will include
the evolution of the residential gateway in terms of new
features and functionality (from converged voice to media
management to storage and home controls), home networking
requirements from the service provider community, and device
manageability.
CONNECTIONS US, Santa Clara, June 2008 - The HGI will be
attending the premier digital living conference, hosted by
Parks Associates in partnership with the Consumer
Electronics Association.
At CONNECTIONS US, Milan
Erbes will be speaking on the SOLUTIONS FOR BROADBAND
PROVIDERS panel on Thursday, June 26 at 2:15pm. The
value-added services and features that will differentiate
broadband service offerings and increase customer loyalty
will be a centre stage topic during the panel.
Frank den Hartog Chair of the Remote Device Management Group
from the HGI and Senior Scientist at TNO, will also be
speaking during the TM Forum Device Management Summit, which
will take place on Tuesday June 24. Mr. den Hartog will
describe the HGI’s outlook on remote management and
diagnostics of home gateways and home network infrastructure
devices.May 2008 – The HGI makes three new documents available to the Broadband
arena: Parental control, Remote Access and Performance
Metrics. The HGI has recognized the need to have a
number of ‘guideline’ documents that give additional
background to the requirements specified by the HGI
Residential Profile. These documents are
designed to help service providers better understand
requirements when designing a Home Gateway in line with HGI
recommendations.
The documents are now available to download from the
website:
http://www.homegatewayinitiative.org/publis/index.html
May 2008. Renaming of the HGI document
to the “Home Gateway Technical Requirements:
Residential Profile”.
The revised title change is now not only a precise
reflection of the document’s objectives, but also allows for
a more precise cross reference of it in other HGI documents.
http://www.homegateway.org/publis/HGI_V1.01_Residential.pdf
Brian Dolby, from
Casefile TV, interviews Paolo Pastorino, Chief Technology
Officer of the HGI, at the IPTV World Forum (14 March 2008)
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http://www.satellite-evolution.com/TV/hgi.html.
Paolo explains how the Home
Gateway Initiative was formed and its continual work on
requirements and specifications, which create a clearer role
for both members and operators on the delivery of services.
Running parallel to IPTV World Forum, was the Connected Home
event, where Paolo discussed the challenges faced by
operators and emphasized the strong need for a reliable
eco-system all of actors in the Broadband Home arena.
CONNECTIONS EUROPE, Nice,
May 2008 (event postponed) -The HGI will be attending the
inaugural European Summit ran by Parks Associates.
The summit will focus on business
strategies and keys to success for service providers,
consumer electronics and home networking vendors, and
digital media.
Paolo Pastorino will be taking part in the panel sessions
for “Adding Value to Access Services: Connectivity, Content,
and the Customer” and “Connected Home and Device Management:
A Holistic Perspective”.
http://parksassociates.com/events/europe/2008/may19/
Florence will be hosting
the 13th HGI meeting from the 27th to the 30th May.
http://www.homegateway.org/meetings/TP_13_Florence/13_index.html
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