CopperGate Joins HomeGrid Forum's Board of Directors
(Thomson Reuters ONE) - TEL AVIV, ISRAEL and NEWARK, CA--(Marketwire - July 27, 2009) -CopperGate Communications, Inc., the Everywire Home NetworkingCompany(TM), today announced that the company has been elected to theBoard of Directors of HomeGrid Forum, the non-profit trade grouppromoting the United Nations' International Telecommunication Union's(ITU-T) G.hn standardization efforts.Company executive Michael Weissman, Vice President, North AmericanMarketing, will represent CopperGate on the Board. CopperGate is oneof the leading proponents of G.hn and is active in the G.hn workgroup that helped ratify the foundation standard in December 2008.CopperGate is considered one of the leaders in G.hn.Executive Quotes:"CopperGate is a leader in wired home networking chipsets and isexpected to be one of the first companies to deliver G.hn chipsets,"said Matthew Theall, Chairman/President, HomeGrid Forum. "They willbe an outstanding evangelist for G.hn and we are very pleased to havethem on our Board of Directors.""CopperGate has been involved in the G.hn working group since itsinception. Their decision to join our Board of Directors is aresounding vote of support for HomeGrid and for this key standard inwired home networking," said Matthew Theall, president of HomeGridForum."G.hn is the industry's best hope for a unified wireline standard,"said Michael Weissman, Vice President Marketing, North America forCopperGate and HomeGrid Forum board member. "It delivers the bestperformance over each medium: powerlines, coaxial cable and phonelines, and can be integrated into a low-cost chipset that is backedby a global standards organization. We look forward to working withour Board partners to ensure the industry finally delivers theunified, integrated global standard solution that service providersand consumers are craving.""HomeGrid has played a pivotal role in creating industry adoption ofthis exciting new standard. We are proud to join the organization andwork alongside these global leaders as a Board member to ensure thesuccess of this important technology," said Michael Weissman, VicePresident Marketing, North America for CopperGate and HomeGrid Forumboard member."G.hn is well-positioned to emerge as the leading standard forpowerline and phoneline networking. Telcos tend to favor ITU specs,and G.hn has the support of AT&T and BT," said Joseph Byrne, SeniorAnalyst at the Linley Group.Highlights / Key Facts:-- G.hn is the working name for the ITU-T recommendation G.9960. This new home networking standard is designed to enable the connected home. It is the only proposed home networking standard proposing a unified solution for delivering Internet Protocol (IP) traffic across AC powerlines, coax cables and phone lines. The new standard is the only one proposing performance improvements up to three times the existing standards available today.-- G.hn will enable consumer electronic devices such as TVs, set-top boxes, video download equipment, media storage solutions and gaming devices to connect with personal computers and home networking equipment such as routers, wireless access points, Internet gateways, Optical Terminal Networks (ONTs) and iNIDs.-- Together with the DLNA, G.hn will be able to finally enable consumer devices and computing devices to physically communicate together in a seamless fashion.-- The purpose of HomeGrid Forum is to work within ITU G.hn to promote the next-generation of home networking using in-home wiring (coaxial cable, phone line and powerline); to create and maintain a compliance program that enables an ecosystem of interoperable products based on the ITU-T G.hn specification; and to encourage and promote the adoption and widespread utilization of the HomeGrid Brand.-- The HomeGrid board now consists of: Chairman & President, Matthew Theall, Intel; Travis Misterek, Best Buy; Bob Bissell, BT; Imran Hajimusa; Infineon Technologies, Michael Stelts; Panasonic Corporation; Venkat Uppuluri, Sigma Designs and Michael Weissman, CopperGate Communications.-- Michael Weissman, Vice President, North American Marketing, CopperGate, brings over 20 years of high technology management experience to the board. Previously, Michael was CEO of a venture-backed start-up; advised over 50 leading technology companies including Adobe, Amazon, Apple, Intel and Qualcomm; and managed a $680 million business unit for Canon. Michael is co-author of the Amazon business bestseller The Paradox of Excellence which appeared in Harvard Business Review and Fast Company magazine. He holds a B.S. in BA from Babson College and an MBA from UC Irvine.Links / URLs to Learn More:CopperGate Communications - http://www.copper-gate.comHomeGrid Forum - http://www.homegridforum.orgWikipedia.org - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G.hnTags / Keywords:CopperGate, home networking, wired home networking, power linecommunications, PLC, home entertainment networks, IPTV, triple-play,HomeGrid Forum, G.hnAbout HomeGrid ForumHomeGrid Forum is a global, non-profit trade group promoting theInternational Telecommunication Union's G.hn standardization effortsfor next-generation home networking. HomeGrid Forum promotes adoptionof G.hn through technical and marketing efforts, addressescertification and interoperability of G.hn-compliant products, andcooperates with complementary industry alliances. To learn more aboutbecoming a HomeGrid member, please visit www.HomeGridForum.org/join.About CopperGateCopperGate Communications is the only company whose standards-basedchipsets enable carrier-class distribution of broadband digitalcontent over all three types of existing wires in the home: coax,phone, and power. The company sells its technology to OEMs who buildsolutions for multimedia home networking and multi-dwelling unit(MDU) broadband access markets. CopperGate's chips are used inset-top boxes, residential gateways, optical network terminators andEthernet bridges. CopperGate is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israelwith offices in the United States, Taiwan, Korea, China, and Japan.Please visit: http://www.copper-gate.com.CopperGate and CopperGate Communications, the Everywire HomeNetworking Company and the CopperGate Emblems are trademarks orregistered trademarks of CopperGate in the U.S.A. and othercountries. All other trademarks mentioned herein are believed to betrademarks of their respective owners.For Information:CopperGate CommunicationsMichael Weissman510.656.8500Michael_w(at)copper-gate.comRainier CommunicationsKaren Quatromoni508-475-0025 x150kquatromoni(at)rainierco.comThis announcement was originally distributed by Hugin. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
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