Cable Europe Labs has announced that it has granted EuroDOCSIS 3.0 certification status to the Thomson TCM470 cable modem and EuroDOCSIS 3.0 and EuroPacketCable 1.5 certification status to EMTAs from Ambit (EVM3200), Cisco (EPC3212) and Thomson (THG570) following a Certification Board meeting in London.
The Certification Board also granted EuroDOCSIS 2.0 certification status to cable modems from Motorola (SB5101NE) and STMicroelectronics (ST0498REF).
Cable Europe Labs certified and qualified equipment is fully tested to be functional in compliance with the specifications for European cable technologies. Testing takes place in the specialised technology labs of Excentis in Ghent, Belgium.
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