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Happy 25th Anniversary LANcity
Happy 25th Anniversary! After 9 years of hard work, the LANcity Cable Modem held a stunning 80% of the global market share and LANcity revenue had increased from zero dollars to $40M per quarter! On Sep 4, 1996, LANcity signed an agreement to be acquired by Bay Network in [...]
Celebrating Historic COVID-19 Year Of Achievement
The Miracles of 2020 As the year comes to a close, many people around the world will choose to bid an impassioned goodbye to 2020, a year seemingly defined by global turbulence, uncertainty, polarization, isolation, and deep personal loss. We mourn the loss of life in our families and [...]
COVID Pandemic highlights the necessity of broadband
The 2020 ISBE Cable-Tec expo was held as a virtual event October 12th-15th. A highlight from the event was the inspiring and visionary video featuring Jana Henthorn, CEO/President The Cable Center interviewing Rouzbeh Yassini, “father of the cable modem” The tragedy of the COVID global pandemic has shed light, [...]
Nader Engheta Wins Newton Medal and Prize
The Winner Is Nader Engheta! From the time of the Golden age of the Persian empire ancient polymaths, most notably Abu Rayhan al-Biruni, were lifelong scholars influential in laying the groundwork for the future of discoveries n the field of physics. On November 2, 2020, in recognition of global [...]
Mohammad-Reza Shajarian
Described as one of the great voices of all times, the melody emperor of Iran, the greatest living maestro of Persian classical music and the voice of Iran, Mohammad-Reza Shajarian, the Iranian singer, poet, calligraphist and humanitarian, passed away at 80 years old in Tehran after a 15 year [...]
Global collaboration for global innovation
Over the last 10,000 years, innovation has always been the driving force in advancing civilization. Today we face a challenge that calls upon our best global innovators business leaders, educators, and every human being to collaborate in the development of solutions that enable us to simultaneously live, work, run [...]
Yassini’s Strategic Vision For IRYStec Survives Global Pandemic
IRYStec Software, the Montreal Venture based startup was founded in 2015 to innovate a SW layer product controlling the point of perception, based on ambient, reflection, user experience and various sensors and content attributes. In Dec, 2018 Dr. Rouzbeh Yassini-Fard, was appointed as Executive Chairman of the board to [...]
West Virginia University Alumnus Message to Statler College Grads
West Virginia University Statler College Alumnus, Rouzbeh Yassini, Ph.D. sent a message of opportunity and call to action to 2020 graduates as they attended their virtual graduation ceremony. As graduation season unfolds, for the class of 2020 there is a perceptible sentiment of uncertainty and disappointment. Perhaps you feel [...]
Women in Mathematics Day
On this day, May 12th 2019, we celebrate First International Women in Mathematics Day This date was selected to honor Maryam Mirzakhani, a brilliant and inspiring mathematical scholar born on May 12th 1977 in Tehran and studied at Sharif University before attending Harvard for her graduate studies. Though her [...]
Obama Supports The Need For Increasing Communication Speeds
“Our goal is to provide you with an easy way to stay current on evolving topics in broadband, without taking a lot of your time.” Hello, It feels like just yesterday when I was pioneering cable modem technology at LANcity. Who would have thought back [...]