BelAir Gets CableLabs Best Product Nod

IP connectivty hot topic at Innovation Showcase

By Mike Farrell -- Multichannel News -- Broadcasting & Cable, 8/16/2010 6:34:10 PM

A compact wireless base station that uses existing broadband infrastructure to deliver mobile broadband Internet via licensed and unlicensed wireless spectrum won the "Best Product Idea" nod at Monday's CableLabs Innovation Showcase.

BelAir Networks' 100SP Strand Picocell (pictured) was selected by attendees in an informal poll of about one dozen start-ups and established vendors at the conference.

According to CableLabs executive vice president and chief strategy officer David Reed, companies are given eight minutes to make their pitch to attendees, who then vote on which technology they believe has the best chance of succeeding.

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