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League City - Jun 04, 2003 Eagle Broadband has announced a deal to supply settop box units to MOTEC N.V., a Belgium-based technology provider who will install the boxes throughout retirement communities across Europe as part of a project funded by the European Union (EU) to provide connectivity, security and communications capabilities to the growing elderly population. This new deployment will continue the testing of new software and services offered by MOTEC to its clients. According to Jon Hayden, president of Eagle Broadband¿s etoolz R&D subsidiary, "The Media Pro¿s television-based graphics and superior multimedia capabilities make it ideal for today¿s senior citizens and serve as a vital introduction to the benefits of modern computing. Initially, users follow simple directions that allow them to communicate via video conferencing with doctors, social coordinators and each other. They¿re also able to activate "panic buttons" that are wirelessly connected to the set-top boxes." William Bottledoorn, general manager for MOTEC N.V., noted, "The Media Pro provides our system a hardware platform that is very complementary to our software suite. The capability to display our interface in a familiar, television-based menu allows us to make the system extremely user-friendly and we¿re excited about the potential market penetration we can achieve with the full-featured Media Pro. Once the Media Pro becomes a standard appliance in these communities, we¿ll begin acclimating the users to the system¿s added features ¿ e-mail, video mail and shopping on-line ¿ and we¿ll open the door to a whole new niche for broadband services." Bottledoorn went on to note that while the slowdown in the European economy has delayed the full implementation of the program to date, the company has requested and received a quote for a substantial additional number of Media Pro set-top boxes in anticipation of a turnaround in the near future. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links Eagle Broadband SpaceDaily Search SpaceDaily Subscribe To SpaceDaily Express Satellite-based Internet technologies
iPod Dominance A Mirage
Chicago (UPI) Jan 09, 2006Though Apple Computer has reported remarkable success with its iPod - sales rose by 250 percent during the last fiscal year - there is some competition coming this week for the developer of the world's most famous, legitimate music downloading network, experts tell United Press International's Networking. |
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