BroadLight Announces Three New Design Wins for its Full FTTH Solution; Vendor Approvals Indicate Renewed Commitment to PON.Business Editors/Technology Writers SUPERCOMM 2003 Booth 10821 RAMAT GAN, Israel--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 13, 2003 BroadLight, Inc., a leading supplier of communication semiconductors and optical transceivers, announced today that it has recently achieved three new design wins for its end-to-end PON (Passive Optical Network) An optical point-to-multipoint access network. There are no optical repeaters or other active devices in a PON, hence the name "passive. enabling solution that includes burst mode transceivers, PON controllers and software stacks for both Central Office (CO) and Customer Premises Equipment See CPE. (CPE (Customer Premises Equipment) Communications equipment that resides on the customer's premises. CPE - Customer Premises Equipment ). The wins confirm BroadLight's commitment to introduce low cost, high performance components and transceivers in order to fuel the PON market. The new design wins come from Tier 1 equipment vendors that are world leaders in broadband access. In the past few months, an increasing number of leading DSL equipment vendors have taken renewed interest in the evolving FTTH (Fiber To The Home) See FTTP. market. More and more vendors are including APON-based FTTH functionality into their product offerings. "The demand from the carriers to be testing fully functional PON solutions by Q4, has indicated acceleration in the FTTH market," said Amnon Presler, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of BroadLight. "The BroadLight complete component product offering is assisting equipment vendors to meet these challenging targets by reducing time to market in a cost-effective manner." BroadLight enables FTTH networks today by delivering end-to-end PON solutions with cost effective, high performance components. When integrated into vendor broadband access systems, these products will simplify, reduce the risk and accelerate the introduction of PON. BroadLight will be exhibiting the PON components and transceivers at SUPERCOMM, Atlanta, Georgia, June 3-5, 2003 -- Booth 10821. About BroadLight, Inc. BroadLight delivers cost effective components that enable high performance, end-to-end, easy-to-integrate PON solutions. BroadLight develops standards-based digital, analog and optical communication components, software stacks and algorithms for system vendors who are looking to integrate fully functional, high-performance passive optical network solutions for carriers and service providers. With the highest price/performance in the industry, BroadLight provides the solution that will drive the deployment of FTTH, FTTB FTTB Fiber To The Building FTTB Fiber To The Business (NEC) FTTB For The Time Being FTTB Fiber to the Block and FTTC (Fiber To The Curb) The installation of optical fiber to within several hundred feet of the home or office. At that point, the optics are converted into electronics for delivery into the premises, typically using DSL. today. The company is committed to work closely with vendors and carriers to support them throughout the project planning and integration process. |
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