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Home networking solutions--from in-home wiring to in-room, HD video-ready wireless connectivity-played a major role at the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. As service providers are beginning to focus more on whole-home content distribution, multi-screen services and other options, 2011 could become a breakthrough year for both established and new home networking technologies.
Among the announcements, Entropic Communications and Actiontec Electronics agreed to partner on a new wave of CPE using Entropic's Multimedia over Coax 2.0 (MoCA) scheme. The companies have partnered before on products adhering to previous MoCA standards, but the 2.0 standard can support simultaneous HD and 3D video streams and support...