Broadcom Announces Single Chip Solution for GPON Home Gateway System

Accelerate the deployment of fiber to the home in China

News highlights:

• Support China Telecom's E8C specification, all fiber-to-the-home deployments in China need to be adopted;

• Use Broadcom ’s widely recognized carrier-grade integrated software (for the overall FTTH solution);

• Interoperate with optical line terminal (OLT) to achieve seamless migration of operators and system suppliers

Beijing, January 24, 2013- Broadcom Corporation (Nasdaq: BRCM), a global leader in innovative solutions for wired and wireless communications semiconductors, announced the launch of a highly integrated GPON Home Gateway Unit (HGU) to promote fiber optic Fast transition of FTTH and higher bandwidth services. To learn more about how Broadcom ’s innovations can be connected at home, at work, and on the road, please visit Broadcom @ CES.

Li Changchun, General Manager of R & D for Fiberhome Communications Services and CPE Business Department, said: "The Chinese market will continue to grow and is expected to become the leading GPON region in the world. With E8C optimization technology, Broadcom is highly recognized by the industry for highly integrated solutions that can Performance, price and power requirements. "

As Chinese residents continue to migrate to urban areas, Broadcom ’s technology is helping system providers and operators accelerate the deployment of cost-effective GPON. The new BCM68571GPON Home Gateway System Single Chip (SoC) extends Broadcom ’s China-oriented BCM685xxGPON product line, using field-proven carrier-grade residential gateway software and supporting China Telecom ’s E8C specification.

"Broadcom's BCM68571 / 68531 overall solution supports our rapid development and deployment needs, which is especially critical, because China's demand for GPON continues to rise." CL Chang, president of Mengchuang Technology. "With the interoperability at the core of Broadcom's integrated solutions, we are well able to meet customer needs and lay the foundation for higher bandwidth services such as IPTV, HDTV, and streaming video."

Product Highlights:

• Line rate packet processing, four-port Fast Ethernet switch, serial bus (PCI Express), USB 2.0 and SIM card controller;

• Compatible with Broadcom BCM68570 GPON processor interface, can protect the investment of software, hardware and system suppliers and operators, and further help other global emerging markets to achieve rapid deployment

Market driving force:

• The total number of GPON ports in China is expected to increase from 11.2 million in 2012 to 20 million in 2016; *

• China Telecom is committed to the transition from fiber-to-the-home deployment to GPON, and in 2011 alone invested 715 million yuan in GPON equipment; 1

• It is expected that 300 million Chinese residents will move to urban areas in the next 15 years. This trend makes China a dominant region for fiber-to-the-home deployment. 1

Greg Fischer, vice president of Broadcom and general manager of broadband operator access, said: "Broadcom is committed to providing optimized solutions for the Chinese market, which has increased the speed of operators and system suppliers to jump to fiber to the home, and its power consumption and performance And the interface is also ideal for E8C-based configurations. Further integration of field-proven software can ensure the most convenient path to a new level of service-it will bring network TV, games, home automation and other service."

Supply:

BCM68571 has been listed, Broadcom has demonstrated the solution at the 2013 US Consumer Electronics Show.

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Data Sources:

InfoneTIcs, August 2012

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