Cable Firms Mull Gigabit Broadband As Google Looms

By | January 21, 2015

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Chipmaker Broadcom is giving cable TV firms ammunition to battle Google’s broadband offensive. Whether they use it might depend on the search leader’s plans to expand its 1 gigabit broadband Internet service into more U.S. markets. Broadcom (BRCM) says a chip that supports the cable TV industry’s “Gigasphere” standard, also called Docsis 3.1, will ship commercially this year. Arris Group (ARRS) and others are expected to build the chip into Scalper1 News

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