Back in 2014, Verizon was working on a number of FiOS hardware offerings with Greenwave Systems… most of which have never seen the light of day. While the Quantum Router made it out of the labs, the heir apparent to their scrapped Home Control service did not. Further, the unannounced FiOS TV STB, pictured above, was another casualty. Beyond never being released, what makes the IPC 2100 notable is (was?) the inclusion of WiFi, in addition to their standard MoCA coaxial channel, as a means of receiving video content from one’s home gateway. Whatever piece of hardware that was intended to be… Router, VMS as done with mobile streaming, something else?
In any event, Verizon is changing tack (again), as they reportedly look to leverage acquired Intel OnCue hardware and technology “to launch its next-generation TV service in at least one of its Fios markets later this year.”