Motorola Broadband Communications Sector which claims to be the world's leading supplier of digital cable set-tops and cable modems displayed innovative "connected home" products at CeBIT 2003. The event concludes today at Hannover, Germany.

Motorola showcased a portfolio of wireless cable modem gateways, digital set-tops, telephony and home networking products -- all designed to seamlessly leverage operators' existing broadband infrastructure. Ultimately, these Motorola devices can provide new revenue opportunities to broadband service providers, and greater choice, convenience, and control to consumers.

Network operators can offer these devices to their customers, bundling them with new applications and services. Motorola Broadband states that its heritage in building cable networks ensures the devices' compatibility, ease of use, and security.

An official release informs that Motorola Broadband "connected home" products deliver high levels of productivity, instant entertainment, reliable telecommunications services. They also deliver the benefits of wireless, high-speed Internet access, all enabled by a user's broadband connection. The number of broadband-enabled households in Europe is expected to grow 43 per cent from over 18 million in 2003 to over 26 million by 2004, according to eMarketeer.

Motorola is demonstrating two wireless cable modem gateways, which leverage Motorola's global leadership in wireless communications and the worldwide cable modem leadership of its Broadband Communications Sector. The Motorola SBG1000 marked the industry's first and truly integrated wireless home gateway that includes a cable modem, 5-port Ethernet router and switch, advanced firewall, and a print server with an 802.11b wireless access point.

Operators interested in digital set-top solutions can check out the DVB-compliant Motorola DVi1000 set-top, an enhanced-broadcast digital cable platform. It can be deployed at a similar price point as analog cable set-tops -- while delivering more programming channels and the subscriber benefits that come with digital cable. Subscribers with a DVi1000 set-top benefit from an expanded channel line-up, a superior user interface and telco-return for impulse pay-per-view (PPV).

A release also adds that amongst wireless home networking devices, the Motorola SURFboard SB5100E is 25 per cent more compact than its predecessors. It is compatible with the developing Euro-DOCSIS 2.0 standard, and provides a tripled upstream capacity of 30Mbps on supported cable systems. Motorola will also demonstrate the SB5100, which recently received DOCSIS 2.0 CableLabs Certification.