Westell Technologies Inc., a provider of broadband access products, gateways and conferencing services, at TelcoTV said it has joined two leading associations dedicated to the advancement of video and digital entertainment throughout the home: the Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA) and the Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions’ (ATIS) IPTV Interoperability Forum (IIF).
MoCA develops and promotes specifications for the transport of digital entertainment and information content over existing in-home coaxial cable. A MoCA network can transport video, voice and data at speeds of up to 270mbps. Westell joins digital entertainment service providers – cable, satellite, and telecom – as well as networking equipment and consumer electronics manufacturers and retailers as a MoCA member.
ATIS formed the IIF in June 2005 to develop standards and related technical and operational activities surrounding telco video service. The IIF’s initially is focusing on creating reference architecture for IPTV, content delivery, digital rights management and interoperability standards.
