Fixed vendor strategies - 19/1/06

Motorola is to buy Kreatel Communications AB, a Swedish developer of digital set-top systems and software for Internet Protocol television (IPTV). It also introduced its Canopy Lite subscriber module (SM), the newest addition to the company's MOTOwi4 Canopy wireless broadband product lineup.

NEC America is introducing its new product line of high-performing SpectralWave(TM) GPON (Gigabit Passive Optical Network) access equipment.

Siemens has joined Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA).

Nortel changes the destination of its MPE 9000 router targeting now mobile and voice-gateway territory rather than the multiservice edge.