CableLabs said it licensed its Wi-Fi application software to mPortal,...
CableLabs said it licensed its Wi-Fi application software to mPortal, a connected device software vendor, for further distribution to the cable industry. CableLabs partnered with Cablevision and member companies to design and test the software, which measures subscribers’ quality of…
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service on cable Wi-Fi networks and helps operators direct subscribers to locations where they can connect to cable Wi-Fi networks. Cablevision partnered on the software because it wanted “software that helps our customers obtain better connectivity when using Optimum Wi-Fi,” said Timothy Farrell, Cablevision’s vice president-broadband product management, in a CableLabs news release Tuesday. “We believe this software will improve the cable Wi-Fi offering and we are pleased to share it with other CableLabs members.” MPortal will package the CableLabs software with its own Wi-Fi product suite, which will allow cable operators to help their customers find the nearest Wi-Fi access point (http://bit.ly/13RfTME).