Last week, Motorola Home participated in the National Cable Television Cooperative’s (NCTC) Independent Show in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. With more than 320 operator attendees, representing 180 service providers (cable and telco), and a total show attendance of more than 1,100 – this year was the highest attended event in NCTC history.
Motorola’s participation in this show helps to emphasize our commitment to regional service providers by highlighting our cost-effective, next-generation, consumer experiences that can be easily deployed across their existing networks. Attendees received live booth demos of Motorola’s DreamGallery, 4Home and Carrier Ethernet solutions, to name a few.
During the show, it was announced that Motorola won request for proposals 
(RFPs) from the National Cable Television Cooperative Inc. (NCTC) for standard- and high-definition Digital Transport Adapter (DTA) devices. DTAs are inexpensive, one-way “channel-zappers” that convert digital signals to analog signals, allowing operators free up spectrum for DOCSIS 3.0 and more HD services, and can help small- and mid-sized operators kick-start their all-digital video migrations.
NCTC members can buy DTAs from any vendor, but this deal gives members access to special pricing on Motorola equipment that’s lower than they can probably get on their own. According to NCTC President and CEO Rich Fickle, Motorola “really stepped up” on product pricing and support to secure the organization’s first RFP on the video devices. To learn more, check out this article from Light Reading.
