- No place like home
HEADNOTE Home Director reports continued momentum with home builders. HOME-NETWORKING COMPANY HOME DIRECtor may be turning a corner. The Livermore, Calif.-based firm went public in December 2002, won contracts with two prominent California home builders in January, and is now estimated to hit $14 million in revenue in 2003, with ......
- Cable Sees Home-Network Gains
New York— Cable is in a great position to reap revenue from home networking, but only if the industry doesn't clash with other technology factions over how such networks should operate, a Consumer Electronics Association representative said here last week. Cable's home-networking opportunities are tremendous "because of the immense bandwidth ......
- SercoNet Brings Home A Big Network Scheme
What works for major broadband networks should also work for broadband home networks, according to SercoNet Inc. The Southborough, Mass.-based provider of home-networking service systems last week debuted its NetHome System scheme, which maps the long-haul network architecture of backbone and access segments onto a home network. The wired phone ......
- Metalink, Haier Partner on Home Entertainment Front
Chinese home appliance manufacturer Haier Corp. and Israeli wireless player Metalink Ltd. today announced their collaboration to develop advanced consumer electronics products allowing wireless multimedia networking throughout the home, based on the emerging IEEE 802.11n standard. At the International Consumer Electronics Show exhibition in Las Vegas this January, Haier presented ......
- Wired world: builders and buyers scrap Jetsons-style
houses for practical home automation.
During a graduate school business class a few years ago, Huntsville, Ala., carpenter-turned-engineer-turned-MBA Wayne Tackett helped develop a business plan for a fictitious home building company that would set the builder apart from the competition. The plan's premise: Build only "smart" homes, wired with dual Category 5 and RG-6 cables ......
- CE Retailers Connecting With Builders Channel
NEW YORK— CE chains searching for a fresh fount of revenue amid the anemic retail environment are taking a cue from their major appliance brethren and linking with the builders channel. Given the pace of new home construction and the growing demand for connectivity in high-end habitats, CE dealers are ......
- CEA/NAHB: Install Rates Flatten For Some Segments
ARLINGTON, VA. — Growth in the percentage of new homes getting custom-installed systems is flattening in some segments of the custom industry, but other segments are gaining momentum, according to a home builder survey conducted by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) and the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB). In ......