fate acquired by pace plc 2010 founded 1998 ; 18 years ago 1998 defunct 2010 headquarters san jose california united states key people pasquale romano president and ceo products dsl modems broadband gateways website 2wire . com 2wire inc. was between 1998 and 2010 a home networking customer premises equipment cpe manufacturer that provided telecommunications companies with hardware software service platforms and remote cpe management systems . the company was headquartered in san jose california in the silicon valley . as of july 2010 update the company employed approximately 1 600 employees globally including 550 in r & d sales and administration 450 in customer care and 600 agency employees in five u.s. offices and an additional nine offices around the world . the 2wire homeportal residential gateways were distributed by broadband service providers such as at & t embarq windstream and qwest in the united states bell in canada telmex in mexico bt group in the united kingdom telstra in australia and singtel in singapore . in july 2010 pace plc of the united kingdom agreed to buy 2wire for 475m 307m . 1 contents 1 history 2 products 3 affiliations 4 partnerships 5 references 6 external links history edit 2wire was founded in 1998 by brian hinman who also founded picturetel and polycom pasquale romano brad kayton and tom spalding . in january 2000 2wire delivered its first product the homeportal residential gateway at that year s consumer electronics show ces . this broadband modem router combination enabled dsl connectivity with home networking firewall protection and remote management capabilities . the following year in january 2001 2wire delivered a wireless residential gateway . in 2002 the company created a remote customer premises management platform called cms . later that year 2wire published the open gateway management protocol ogmp . 2 the ogmp formed the basis for the tr 069 wan management protocol subsequently ratified by the dsl forum in 2004 . in early 2003 2wire delivered a wireless gateway with a complete system on a chip architecture . also in 2003 the company acquired sugar media a digital media provider . the following year in the spring of 2004 2wire launched mediaportal a multi service media platform that integrates dsl and satellite services . the mediaportal powered set top box combining television digital video recorder video music photo viewings and messaging capabilities was deployed by at & t in 2006 as part of its homezone service . 3 in january 2006 2wire introduced the homeportal intelligent network interface device inid an outdoor broadband residential gateway that supports vdsl2 and fiber to the premises fttp connections . 2wire acquired kenati technologies an embedded device software company in october 2007 . 4 as of june 2008 update 2wire had shipped more than 20 million residential gateways to its telecommunications provider customers . in november 2008 2wire and blockbuster inc. developed and released mediapoint digital media player a set top box that plays video content from a home computer network . 5 6 products edit 2wire produces a series of residential gateways under the homeportal name that enable home networking with interfaces that range from adsl 2 to fiber to the node fttn vdsl 1 and 2 as well as fttp . the gateways are based on integrated system on a chip architectures and have native tr 069 support as well as support for homepna moca usb 802.11 b g n wireless standards and web based remote access . the company also produces mediaportal not to be confused with the unrelated open source software mediaportal a multi service media platform that combines high definition hd and standard definition sd broadcast satellite or off air tv programming with broadband services dvr capabilities music and photo storage and sharing and home networking . one of their gateways the 2701 had issues with the power supply prompting bell canada to proactively swap the power supplies to their customers in 2008 . some laptops with two types of intel wireless adaptors exhibited wireless issues which were fixed by an updated intel device driver . 7 the pace 5012nv 002 gateways were only available in singapore for singtel exstream fiber service and 2wire 2701 series.the rest of the world the brand is 2wire . affiliations edit alliance for telecommunications industry solutions broadband forum formerly dsl forum digital living network alliance femto forum homepna formerly home phoneline networking association home gateway initiative multimedia over coax alliance moca upnp forum universal plug and play forum wi fi alliance partnerships edit alcatel lucent at & t inc. bell canada bt openworld centurylink embarq juno mts allstream netzero qwest sasktel singtel telecom new zealand telenor telmex telstra telus verizon windstream references edit pace to buy us broadband company . bbc news . july 26 2010 . archived from the original on 27 july 2010 . retrieved july 26 2010 . spec proposed for managing cpe routers and gateways . commsdesign . 2wire s gateway to follow sbc into living room . cnet news.com . 2wire acquires kenati tech . the hindu business line . portnoy sean november 25 2008 . blockbuster joins movie streaming race with 2wire mediapoint digital media player . zdnet blogs . archived from the original on 20 december 2008 . retrieved 2009 01 21 . dragan lauren december 4 2008 . blockbuster ondemand with 2wire mediapoint . home entertainment magazine . archived from the original on 26 december 2008 . retrieved 2009 01 21 . http internet.bell.ca index.cfm method content.view & category id 615 & content id 12135 external links edit official site retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title 2wire & oldid 738802614 categories companies based in san jose californiatechnology companies established in 1998networking companies of the united states1998 establishments in californiahidden categories articles containing potentially dated statements from july 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