1998
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CTO panel at Winter Conference. -
US West Media Group CEO Chuck Lillis keynotes Winter Conference. -
CableLabs modem incubator lab. -
Dick Leghorn honored at CableLabs 10th anniversary event. -
CEO panel at SCTE discussing CableLabs 10th.
Voice
March 1998: International Telecommunications Union (ITU) approves DOCSIS modem standard.
October 1998: Royalty-free pool established for intellectual property rights used in the PacketCable interface specification. 3Com, 8x8, Bellcore, Broadcom, Cisco Systems, Com21, LANcity, Motorola, Netspeak, Transnexus, VideoServer, and VocalTec are the first vendors to join. By entering the pool, each company contributes a non-exclusive license for IP it contributed that is essential to PacketCable, and it simultaneously receives a license from the pool for the IP of all other signatories.
Video
May 1998: OpenCable specification first released to the vendor community for peer review. The spec included the use of IEEE 1394 ("fire wire") to connect between set-tops and consumer electronics, and to support multiple HDTV formats.
July 1998: The first OpenCable vendor conference is held at the Westin Hotel in downtown Denver. Intent is to facilitate information sharing and collaboration amongst all in the food chain of digital video devices - including makers of component electronics, test equipment, TVs, and set-top boxes.
Data
March 1998: The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) approves the DOCSIS cable modem standard. Specifically, the ITU's Study Group 9, which oversees cable television matters, dubbed it as J.112.
July 1998: Royalty-free pool established for intellectual property rights used in the DOCSIS cable modem specification. 3Com, Bay Networks, Broadcom, and General Instrument are the first vendors to join. By entering the pool, each company contributes a non-exclusive license for IP it contributed that is essential to DOCSIS, and it simultaneously receives a license from the pool for the IP of all other signatories.
March 1998: DOCSIS adopted as an international standard (number J112-B) by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU).
July 1998: CableLabs implements its first royalty-free intellectual property pool around DOCSIS technologies. A royalty-free IPR (intellectual property rights) pool is created for PacketCable in October 1998.
March 1998: International Telecommunications Union (ITU) approves DOCSIS modem standard.
October 1998: Royalty-free pool established for intellectual property rights used in the PacketCable interface specification. 3Com, 8x8, Bellcore, Broadcom, Cisco Systems, Com21, LANcity, Motorola, Netspeak, Transnexus, VideoServer, and VocalTec are the first vendors to join. By entering the pool, each company contributes a non-exclusive license for IP it contributed that is essential to PacketCable, and it simultaneously receives a license from the pool for the IP of all other signatories.
Video
May 1998: OpenCable specification first released to the vendor community for peer review. The spec included the use of IEEE 1394 ("fire wire") to connect between set-tops and consumer electronics, and to support multiple HDTV formats.
| Digital Video Subscriber Count - U.S. | |
| 1999 | 4.9 mil. |
| 2000 | 8.3 mil |
July 1998: The first OpenCable vendor conference is held at the Westin Hotel in downtown Denver. Intent is to facilitate information sharing and collaboration amongst all in the food chain of digital video devices - including makers of component electronics, test equipment, TVs, and set-top boxes.
Data
March 1998: The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) approves the DOCSIS cable modem standard. Specifically, the ITU's Study Group 9, which oversees cable television matters, dubbed it as J.112.
July 1998: Royalty-free pool established for intellectual property rights used in the DOCSIS cable modem specification. 3Com, Bay Networks, Broadcom, and General Instrument are the first vendors to join. By entering the pool, each company contributes a non-exclusive license for IP it contributed that is essential to DOCSIS, and it simultaneously receives a license from the pool for the IP of all other signatories.
March 1998: DOCSIS adopted as an international standard (number J112-B) by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU).
July 1998: CableLabs implements its first royalty-free intellectual property pool around DOCSIS technologies. A royalty-free IPR (intellectual property rights) pool is created for PacketCable in October 1998.
| High Speed Internet Service Subscribers - U.S. | |
| 1999 | 1.3 mil. |
| 2000 | 3.3 mil. |