NEWARK, Calif. -- CopperGate Communications, the leading provider of home networking technology for triple play IPTV over existing coax and phone wires, today announced that Aliant has begun using CopperGate’s CopperStream HomePNA 3.1 chipset integrated into set-top boxes and other Ethernet-over-Coax products for deployment of its new IPTV service offering. Aliant is the leading IPTV service provider in Atlantic Canada.

“HomePNA allows us to use the existing wires in our customers’ homes to reduce installation times for Aliant TV’s growing customer base without compromising performance,” said Gary Lund, Aliant’s Chief Technical Officer. “We are pleased that there are now off-the-shelf products available to Aliant that incorporate the HomePNA 3.1 standard to simplify the in-home experience for our end user customers.”

CopperGate Communications Inc.