Kabel Deutschland GmbH, Germany's largest MSO with 8.7 million subs, has selectedCisco Systems Inc.'s CRS-3 routers for its next-gen IP core network. KDG already offers downstream speeds of 100Mbit/s via its Docsis 3.0 platform, but predicts that the coming CR-3-powered 100-Gig core network will get the MSO on the way to providing 1Gbit/s Internet connections to customers.
Arris Group Inc. has sold offElectronic Connector Corp. (ECCO) to Eclipse Embedded Technologies for an undisclosed sum. ECCO, a Chicago-based unit that's tended to take a backseat to Arris's flagship cable gear, makes "niche" electronic connectors and accessories for OEMs and distributors. ECCO was founded in 1963.
The regulatory odds appear to be stacked against Boxee as it fights a proposed FCC rule that would let cable operators encrypt the basic tier in all-digital systems. Boxee only earmarks about $50,000 for lobbying, versus the $30.6 million that Comcast, News Corp. and Walt Disney Co. collectively spent last year, reports Bloomberg. (See Boxee, Cable Spar Over Video Encryption .)
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