Netopia Inc. came out with a flurry of product and services news this week related to VoIP, IPTV, xDSL and management of these technologies and applications.
To support the deployment of VoIP services, the company recently came out with an analog terminal adapter (ATA) and is planning to introduce next year a new series of wireless integrated access devices (WIADs). The ATA lets subscribers use their existing analog telephones and fax machines to access VoIP services through the Ethernet port of any DSL broadband-connected CPE, without having to upgrade or replace the current CPE. Netopia said its ATA is unique in that it includes support for remote management and auto-configuration capabilities.
The WIADs, meanwhile, will come in ADSL2+ and VDSL2 models and will support WT-104 and TR-069. A single box can be deployed and auto-configured to deliver not only connectivity, but also voice services and IPTV.
In other news from Netopia this week, the company announced software enhancements to its 2200, 3300, and MiAVO families of xDSL gateways that provide for automated provisioning and configuration; support for TR-101, enabling the gateways to manage multiple services from different providers simultaneously; support for IGMPv3, which assures QoS for multiple video streams to different TVs in the home; support for wireless multimedia protocol, or WMM, which provides QoS, so voice, video and data can coexist peacefully over the wireless network; and support for TR-111, which allows Tr-069-based consumer devices in the home, like set-top boxes and gaming systems, that are connected to the gateway, to be remotely configured and managed.
Netopia has also come out with Release 8.7 software, which pertains to business-grade applications, for its 3300 and 4000 families of routers. Support for IGMPv3 and WMM are added with this release. The company also introduced several new hardware products at Broadband World Forum Europe in Paris this week, including its VDSL2 MiAVo platform, optimized for triple-play services like IPTV, and a new 3-D Reach Extreme high-powered wireless gateway. Netopia’s MiAVo Gateways support both VDSL2 and Bonded ADSL2+.
And there’s also a new version of its Netopia Broadband Server (NBBS). Version 3.1, developed to industry standards including the DSL Forum’s TR-069 specification for the remote management of triple-play customer premises equipment, enables automated provisioning, remote management, and support for IP-based CPE including broadband gateways, VoIP phones, and set-top boxes. Support for the DSL Forum’s TR-104 and WT-135 protocols has been added to accommodate VoIP and IPTV service management. In addition, performance and error events generated by NBBS can now be passed to an HP Openview client for forwarding to a system-wide monitoring console or network management system.
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