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2007

Voice
April 2007: CableLabs® launches the PacketCable™ 2.0 Applications Lab, with the successful installation of an Ericsson IMS (Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem) core network, Cedar Point Voice Application Server, and SIP voice user endpoints.

July 2007: Signaling progress in its advanced Internet Protocol initiative, CableLabs® has issued a Request for Information (RFI) to solicit responses from vendors regarding their PacketCable™ 2.0 product roadmaps. The RFI also seeks information regarding any IMS-based applications these suppliers are developing for the cable industry.

April 2008: CableLabs completes second round of Residential SIP Telephony interoperability testing in the PacketCable Applications Lab, as the industry prepares for the first PacketCable 2.0 certification waves.

Video
January 2007: An OCAP-based and two-way digital television made by LG Electronics passes CableLabs certification.

January 2007: More than a dozen manufacturers displayed two-way "plug-and-play" TVs, set-top boxes and other cable-ready devices at the 2007 Consumer Electronics Show. This marked a significant milestone in the cable industry's efforts to bring interactive digital TV services to consumers that will not require the use of a leased set-top box.

June 2007: Intel Corporation and CableLabs announced the two companies signed an OpenCable Platform Agreement that will include support for the OpenCable Platform in future Intel consumer electronic (CE) system-on-a-chip (SoC) products. Incorporating support for OpenCable allows digital televisions, set-top boxes, digital media recorders and other networked consumer electronics devices to run standard applications and services delivered by cable operators, consumer electronics companies, program networks, and other software developers.

August 2007: Working in cooperation with Paramount Pictures Corporation, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc., The Walt Disney Company and Warner Bros. Technical Operations, CableLabs and the Digital Transmission Licensing Administrator (DTLA), LLC, announced CableLabs' approval of the DTCP-IP technology for protection of cable content on UDCPs using Internet Protocol for unidirectional and bidirectional digital cable products.

November 2007: CableLabs announced that, along with TiVo, Motorola, Scientific-Atlanta, BigBand Networks and C-COR, it has developed a new solution that extends the functionality of certain UDCPs that use CableCARDs™ to access switched digital services previously unavailable to such devices.

Data
April 2007: In order to accelerate availability of qualified DOCSIS 3.0 headend equipment, CableLabs establishes a three-tiered program for qualification of DOCSIS 3.0 cable modem termination systems (CMTS) consisting of Bronze, Silver, and Full. DOCSIS 3.0 modems have one level of certification that is representative of compliance with the full DOCSIS 3.0 specification.

July 2007: ITU Study Group 9 recommends DOCSIS 3.0 for international standardization.

December 2007: First DOCSIS 3.0 gear is certified. Specifically, Casa Systems received a silver qualification, while Arris and Cisco received bronze qualifications, for their CMTS gear.

2007: Go2Broadband(SM) re-Launched Cable Mover Hotline Reporting. Enabled Phase 2 of Sales Automation.