Liberty Global joins HomeGrid Forum as support grows for G.hn standard
October 02 2018 - 6:07AM
News highlights:
HomeGrid Forum today announced that leading international TV and
broadband company, Liberty Global has become the latest member of
the Alliance, alongside other industry leading service providers
including AT&T, BT, CenturyLink, China Telecom and Verizon.
Liberty Global has previously partnered with
HomeGrid Forum Member Comtrend and Board Member MaxLinear to deploy
a Wi-Fi extender solution that leverages G.hn technology. The G.hn
standard provides a reliable wired backhaul for Wi-Fi extenders and
delivers improved Wi-Fi speeds in rooms far away from the
residential gateway. The Wi-Fi extender solutions have been
deployed in a number of Liberty Global subsidiaries since 2015
including Telenet in Belgium and Virgin Media in the UK.
With operations in 11 European countries,
Liberty Global invests in the infrastructure and digital platforms
to deliver market-leading products through next-generation,
fibre-based networks that connect more than 22 million customers
subscribing to 46 million TV, broadband Internet and telephone
services. Liberty Global displayed their "Connect" Ecosystem
complete portfolio, including G.hn powered Connect Wi-Fi Boosters
at the company’s Annual Tech Summit in Amsterdam on September
19th.
“Industry collaboration is an important
component within the Alliance and Liberty Global are true
innovators in investing in and enabling seamless home-networking
technology,” said Dr. Len Dauphinee, HomeGrid Forum President.
“Liberty Global is a major provider of home networking and we are
delighted to welcome them to HomeGrid Forum as we continue to move
towards a smart connectivity future.”
“Liberty Global is delighted to be working with
HomeGrid Forum and supporting the progress of G.hn technology,”
said Peter Joyce, Director of Connectivity CPE Architecture at
Liberty Global. “We look forward to working closely with HomeGrid
Forum and improving the future of home networking for our
customers.”
For more information on HomeGrid Forum, please
visit the website: http://www.homegridforum.org/
For more information please contact Mike Shields on +44 (0) 1636
704 888 or by email at pr@homegridforum.org.
About HomeGrid Forum
HomeGrid Forum (HGF) is an industry alliance that brings
together the world’s best in technology innovators, silicon
vendors, system manufacturers, and service providers to promote
G.hn, a globally recognized gigabit home networking technology
based on ITU-T standards. G.hn is the most reliable and versatile
wireless home network backbone available today. Our members promote
the global adoption of G.hn, a single unified, multi-sourced
networking technology – over coax, copper pairs, powerline, and
plastic optical fiber. HomeGrid Forum provides G.hn silicon and
system certification through a strict compliance and
interoperability testing program. For more information on HomeGrid
Forum, please visit our website at www.homegridforum.org.
Follow us on @homegrid_forum
About Liberty Global
Liberty Global is the world’s largest international TV and
broadband company, with operations in more than 30 countries across
Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean. We invest in the
infrastructure that empowers our customers to make the most of the
digital revolution. Our scale and commitment to innovation enables
us to develop market-leading products delivered through
next-generation networks that connect our 29 million customers who
subscribe to over 59 million television, broadband internet and
telephony services. We also serve 11 million mobile subscribers and
offer WiFi service across seven million access points. Liberty
Global’s businesses are comprised of two stocks: the Liberty Global
Group (NASDAQ: LBTYA, LBTYB and LBTYK) for our European operations,
and the LiLAC Group (NASDAQ: LILA and LILAK, OTC Link: LILAB),
which consists of our operations in Latin America and the
Caribbean. The Liberty Global Group operates in 12 European
countries under the consumer brands Virgin Media, Ziggo,
Unitymedia, Telenet and UPC. The LiLAC Group operates in over 20
countries in Latin America and the Caribbean under the consumer
brands VTR, Flow, Liberty, Mas Movil and BTC. In addition, the
LiLAC Group operates a subsea fiber network throughout the region
in over 30 markets. For more information, please visit
www.libertyglobal.com
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