| CableLabs® and 14 Modem Suppliers To Co-Host Cable Modem Celebration |
| CableLabs® will co-host a party at the Western Show
celebrating the availability of cable modems for retail sale and the high-speed Internet
access they will enable in the broadband millennium. Fourteen modem and cable modem headend equipment manufacturers, including 3Com, Nortel, Askey, Broadcom, Cisco, Com21, Conexant, Ericsson, Motorola, Samsung, Terayon, RCA, and Toshiba will co-sponsor the event. "Reaching the Speed of the 21st Century – A Celebration" The event, to be held at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel in downtown Los Angeles on Wednesday, December 15, 1999, will present The Brian Setzer Orchestra as the headliner;Los Lobos, a popular Latin-based band, will be the opening act. Tickets, which will be distributed by the co-sponsors, will be necessary to enter the party. The event will be held in the California Ballroom; doors will open at 9:00 p.m. The theme for the party is "Reaching the Speed of the 21st Century – A Celebration" and is a tribute to all of the suppliers who have made cable modems possible and helped to make that high-speed capability available to consumers everywhere. It also builds the foundation for the migration of the cable industry to a telecommunications industry. Chuck Klein Productions is producing the party. "Cable modem makers and headend manufacturers are working together in this activity to celebrate a new era and business opportunity. This celebration is a way to thank the cable industry for its commitment to an interoperable, retail-available, high-speed Internet access business that will enable the broadband millennium," said Rouzbeh Yassini, executive consultant to CableLabs and its CableLabs® Certified™ cable modem initiative. |