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Major OEMs Want To Source Cable Modems In Taiwan By Brian Robinson, Tele.com For a long time, it looked as if the North American cable modem vendors would dominate the European market. The European Cable Communications Association (ECCA, Brussels) changed all that in May when it announced a "EuroModem" specification, followed by a tender for purchase of up to 300,000 compliant modems in 2001. Now the field is suddenly wide open. Cable Open Access: The Internet's Gordian Knot By John Blau, Tele.com Christmas may be two months away, but that doesn't mean there isn't a lot of buying already going on in Europe. 'Tis the cable shopping season in Europe. These networks have been switching hands pretty quickly as consolidation hits some of the region's liberalized markets, and legislation that's designed to spur competition in broadband infrastructure forces cable divestments in others. And guess who's emerging as one of the biggest beneficiaries in this high-stakes European broadband revolution? Cable Providers Set Sights On Enterprise By Chuck Moozakis, InternetWeek Blurb For Section Page: AT&T's plan to offer broadband access via cable could come with a big bonus for IT managers: guaranteed bandwidth and a secure pipe through which users can transmit critical data. The carrier is testing technology to overcome cable's shared bandwidth architecture, which can cause megabits of bandwidth to be throttled back to kilobits as more users join the network. Ebbers Discusses 'All-Distance Carrier' Concept Consortium To Push IMT2000 Wireless Spec Lotus Users Wary Of R5 Upgrades AOL-Time Warner Content Reach Causes Concern DOJ Denies Microsoft Breakup Rumors HP, Tesla Form Alliance For quite some time, it looked as if North American cable modem vendors would dominate the European market. That has now changted. Why? European Cable networks have been switching hands pretty quickly as consolidation hits some of the region's liberalized markets, and legislation that's designed to spur competition in broadband infrastructure forces cable divestments in others. What vendor is emerging as potentially dominant? Cable has started to become a viable business option, but what is holding it back? Communications Central | Telecommunications | Cable | Data Products In Depth | Industry Update | The Book Club | Industry Events