The spotlight is on Broadcom’s Community Wi-Fi software service as the newest go-to technology for cable subscribers, according to Light Reading, a top source for news for the communications 
industry.
Community Wi-Fi was recently named as a finalist in the“Best New Cable Service or Application” category by for Light Reading’s Leading Lights awards. A run down on the technology: Broadcom’s software, coupled with a DOCSIS 3.0-enabled cable set-top box or media gateway allows cable operators to offer on the go Wi-Fi hot spots – dubbed Community Wi-Fi, as a new service to their subscription customers.
Such Community Wi-Fi hot spots are already being put in action in the U.S. and Europe. The Netherlands’ biggest cable operator, Ziggo, launched a trial as a test for a wider implementation.
Light Reading’s “Best New Cable Service or Application” will be awarded to “the company that has developed a potentially market-leading product,” according to their website.
The software technology was chosen among a competitive group that included Comcast’s X1 platform and Liberty Global’s Horizon TV. Winners are set to be announced at an awards dinner  at New York’s Manhattan Penthouse on Nov. 7 at the Ethernet Expo Americas trade show.
See the full list of all categories and nominees.
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