Ikanos And Jungo Announce VDSL2 Residential Gateway Joint Reference Platform

Fusiv® Network Processor and OpenRG Software Platform Enable OEMs to Deliver Telco-Ready Service Gateways

Fremont, Calif., and San Jose, Calif., January 29, 2007

Ikanos Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: IKAN), a leading developer and provider of Fiber Fast™ broadband solutions, and Jungo Ltd., a leading provider of broadband gateway middleware, today introduced a joint Residential Gateway (RG) reference platform to enable triple play offerings from broadband service providers. The new VDSL2 residential gateway platform – which is backward compatible with ADSL2/2+ and VDSL1 – is designed to deliver the flexibility and performance service providers need to offer revenue-generating services.
The VDSL2 residential gateway reference platform merges the power of Jungo’s OpenRG gateway software platform with Ikanos’ Fusiv® processor. The platform delivers industry-leading 100 Mbps symmetrical throughput utilizing the underlying Fusiv architecture with the Fx™100100S-5. Support is also available for the Fx10050S-5 chipset. The joint reference platform is designed to support a number of applications, including VDSL2, ADSL2+, Internet Protocol television (IPTV), home media distribution, home networking, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), Wireless Local Area Networking (WLAN), Ethernet switching, data routing, NAT, firewall and TR-069 remote management support.

”By combining the power of Jungo’s market–leading OpenRG software with our powerful VDSL2 residential gateway platform, we are delivering a complete triple play solution,” said Dean Westman, vice president and general manager of Ikanos’ Gateway Products Group. “This new, production-ready platform is designed to enable OEMs and ODMs worldwide to quickly meet service provider requirements for offering advanced voice, video and data services.”

“Jungo’s OpenRG software, in combination with the distributed architecture of Fusiv, enables OEMs to provide a fully functional residential gateway over which operators provide multiple services to their residential and small business customers,” said Ofer Vilenski, CEO of Jungo. “This combined, production-ready solution emphasizes both companies’ commitment to provide our customers with cutting-edge technology and solutions.”

The residential and small business broadband service gateway market is rapidly accelerating, with shipments slated to top $1 billion by 2009, according to the Yankee Group.

OpenRG speeds development of these gateways with a modular architecture that includes application programming interfaces (APIs) for a wide range of popular services and functions, including IPTV, home media distribution, WLAN, firewall, VoIP, IP-Private Branch Exchange (IP-PBX), remote file access and parental control. This robust functionality gives gateway manufacturers unrivaled flexibility for rapidly developing market-specific products.

The Fusiv processor supports OpenRG’s design flexibility with wire-speed packet processing and programmable accelerator processors that offload the main processor. By doing so, it provides a scalable solution to meet increasing processing demands from the residential gateway and it easily supports multi-service delivery of services at speeds of 100 Mbps or more.

© 2007 Ikanos Communications Inc. All Rights Reserved. Ikanos Communications, Ikanos, the Ikanos logo, SmartLeap, Eagle, Fusiv, CleverConnect, Ikanos Programmable Operating System, Fx, FxS, VLR and Fiber Fast are among the trademarks or registered trademarks of Ikanos.

About Ikanos Communications, Inc.

Ikanos Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: IKAN), develops chipsets that enable carriers to offer Fiber Fast™ bandwidth and high-speed network processing for enhanced triple play services. Supporting transmission rates of up to 100 Mbps, Ikanos’ line of end-to-end silicon solutions power line terminals, CPE modems and residential gateways for many of the world’s leading network equipment manufacturers. Ikanos’ solutions enable fast and cost-effective carrier rollouts of interactive broadband services including IPTV.

About Jungo

Jungo is a leading provider of software products and solutions that power residential broadband service offerings and connectivity solutions. Our residential broadband products enable 40 million of the world’s residential gateways. Our connected home, application framework and remote management solutions let service providers easily launch value-added broadband services and manage and monitor their delivery. Jungo’s unique home broadband offerings enable service providers to accelerate the introduction of a variety of innovative, revenue generating digital home services, while enhancing their competitive edge and reducing operational costs.
Jungo’s connectivity solutions division offers extensive connectivity software solutions for USB and PCI, including WinDriver™, a driver development toolkit that enables developers to quickly create custom device drivers that can run on a multitude of operating systems without modification, and USBware™, a complete, high-quality embedded USB software protocol stack, allowing device manufacturers to easily incorporate standard USB OTG/Host/Device connectivity in their designs.

Jungo is owned by NDS, a leading global provider of end-to-end software solutions for the pay television industry. Jungo is owned by NDS, a leading global provider of end-to-end software solutions for the pay television industry. To learn more, visit www.jungo.com/st.

About NDS

NDS Group Ltd. creates the technologies and applications that enable pay-TV operators to securely deliver digital content to TV STBs (set-top boxes), DVRs (digital video recorders), PCs, mobiles and other multimedia devices. Over 90 of the world’s leading pay-TV platforms rely on NDS solutions to protect and enhance their business.
NDS’ VideoGuard® is the world’s market-leading content and service protection solution, deployed in 133 million pay-TV households. VideoGuard conditional access (CA) and digital rights management (DRM) technologies safeguard pay-TV service revenues exceeding $50 billion. NDS middleware, which enables a host of advanced services for subscribers, has been deployed on 226 million devices. NDS DVR technology, centred around XTV™, is a leader in the global industry with 49 million units deployed. (Deployment figures as of 30th April 2012).

Headquartered in the UK, with over 5000 employees, NDS remains committed to investing in technology and development with over 75% of its employees dedicated to pioneering work at development centres in France, India, Israel, Korea, UK and US.

NDS Group Ltd. is a private company owned by the Permira Funds and News Corporation. See www.nds.com for more information.

 

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