Celeno's Wi-Fi Silicon Implemented for Deutsche Telekom's IPTV
Celeno Communications’ 802.11n silicon is being used to power Deutsche Telekom’s Speedport W 102 Bridge, which is used to distribute the company’s “Entertain” IPTV service wirelessly throughout the home. The Bridge can distribute the Entertain IPTV service on multiple set-top boxes (STBs) wirelessly, and to share multi-room digital video recorder (DVR) content wirelessly.
In addition, Celeno announced that iiNet, Australia’s second largest DSL broadband provider, has selected Celeno-enabled Wi-Fi Ethernet bridges to support wireless delivery of its fast-growing IPTV services, including Video on Demand (VoD) and other interactive video applications. http://www.celeno.com
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