Sagem Communications Integrates Ikanos Technology into Residential Gateway for Major European Carriers' Triple Play Offerings FREMONT, Calif., Aug. 19
FREMONT, Calif., Aug. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ikanos Communications,
Inc. (Nasdaq: IKAN), a leading provider of broadband solutions for the digital
home, today announced that its high performance residential gateway products
-- including the Fusiv(R) Vx160 processor, voice over Internet protocol (VoIP)
engine and multi-mode VDSL2/ADSL2+ chipsets -- have been integrated into Sagem
Communications' residential gateway. The Sagem F@st 3464 is being used as the
customer premises equipment (CPE) for a major European carrier's
next-generation VDSL2 access network, which is capable of delivering high
definition Internet protocol television (HD IPTV).
Ikanos' residential gateway products are highly scalable and flexible. The
multi-mode VDSL2/ADSL2+ capability is designed to allow residential gateways
to be deployed independent of the underlying central office (CO) technology,
enabling a seamless upgrade from ADSL2+ to VDSL2 without the added expense of
a future truck roll. Fusiv gateway processors also provide superior support
for advanced triple play services through their unique, distributed
Accelerator Processor (AP) architectures. The on-chip APs offload broadband
wireless local area network (WLAN) bridging, routing, switching and firewall
functions from the host central processing unit (CPU), which is then available
to perform advanced triple play and quality of service functions.
"Ikanos gave us a significant time-to-market advantage with its
comprehensive and highly integrated silicon and software products," said Ahmed
Selmani, managing director of the Residential Terminals Business Unit at Sagem
Communications. "Ikanos' full-featured residential gateway solution delivers
the industry's highest level of performance and scalability and supports the
evolving high-value broadband services carriers want to provide to their
customers."
Sagem Communications' F@st 3464 high performance residential gateway
platform enables unparalleled IPTV performance by offering a highly
programmable service-aware quality of service (QoS) implementation.
"We are pleased to extend our longstanding relationship with Sagem
Communications to include VDSL2 platforms for the digital home," said Kumar
Sivakumar, Ikanos Communications' senior vice president and general manager.
"By selecting Ikanos Communications' complete residential gateway chipsets,
Sagem Communications is validating the performance leadership, integration and
scalability of our offerings. We believe that the superior features of our
products make them ideally suited for supporting deployment of new, advanced
services such as high-definition IPTV."
About Ikanos Communications, Inc.
Ikanos Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq: IKAN) is a leading provider of
advanced broadband semiconductor and software products for the digital home.
The company's multi-mode VDSL2/ADSLx, network processor and other offerings
power access infrastructure and customer premises equipment for many of the
world's leading network equipment manufacturers and telecommunications service
providers. For more information, visit http://www.ikanos.com.
(C) 2008 Ikanos Communications, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Ikanos
Communications, Ikanos, the Ikanos logo, Ikanos Programmable Operating System,
CleverConnect, Eagle, Fiber Fast, Fusiv, Fx, FxS, LoopNostics, RRA, SmartLeap
and VLR are among the trademarks or registered trademarks of Ikanos
Communications.
Cautionary Statement
All statements included or incorporated by reference in this press
release, other than statements or characterizations of historical fact, are
forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements are based on our
current expectations, estimates and projections about our industry and
business, management's beliefs, and certain assumptions, all of which are
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these words. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future
results and are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions that could
cause our actual results to differ materially and adversely from those
expressed in any forward-looking statement. Important factors that may cause
such a difference with respect to Sagem Communications' selection of the
Fusiv(R) processor, VoIP engine and multimode VDSL2/ADSL2+ chipsets include,
without limitation, market acceptance of the product, the ability of Ikanos to
deliver timely all of the features required by carriers to which the product
will be sold, and the ability to meet competitors' pricing. For a further
discussion of the risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to
differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements, see the section
entitled "Risk Factors" in Ikanos' Annual Reports on Form 10-K and its most
recent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. Ikanos Communications cannot assure
that the events and circumstances reflected in any forward-looking statements
will be achieved or occur, nor does Ikanos Communications undertake any
obligation to update any forward-looking statements for any reason after the
date of this press release.
SOURCE Ikanos Communications, Inc.
