Centillium Leapfrogs Ahead With Industry's First Optical Services Gateway Integrating VoIP Technologies; Combined Optical and VoIP Platform Brings ''One-Stop-Shop'' Solution for Fast and Cost-Effective Delivery of Advanced Premium Services.FREMONT, Calif. -- Centillium Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :CTLM CTLM Imaging Computed tomography laser mammography A diagnostic technique using lasers to produce a 3-D cross-sectional image of the breast without x-rays. See Mammography. ), a leading innovator of broadband access See broadband and wireless broadband. solutions, today announced its Optical Services Gateway platform, the industry's first solution integrating optical and VoIP technologies. The platform is the only one in existence today that enables systems vendors to immediately offer an integrated services In computer networking, IntServ or integrated services is an architecture that specifies the elements to guarantee quality of service (QoS) on networks. IntServ can for example be used to allow video and sound to reach the receiver without interruption. gateway solution to their customers. The new Optical Service Gateway is ideal for service providers striving to deliver superior voice, video and data services capabilities over their passive optical network (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. ) access infrastructure to both residences and businesses. The new Optical Services Gateway platform marries Centillium's groundbreaking Mustang(TM) EPON See PON. (Ethernet passive optical network) system chip with the VoIP, routing and advanced security capabilities of its award-winning, Atlanta(TM) product family. By tightly integrating the company's Mustang and Atlanta chipsets with a comprehensive, turnkey software package, system vendors can easily develop enhanced optical network units (ONUs) that enable service providers to offer premium, triple-play capabilities. Additionally, a common management interface simplifies the provisioning and monitoring of the Optical Services Gateway, further reducing development costs and time-to-market. "As PON rollouts quickly pick up steam around the world, equipment manufacturers and service providers alike want to be sure that the platforms they choose will have the integrated flexibility to confidently deliver multiple high-revenue services with simple and familiar provisioning and management tools," said Jeff Heynen, directing analyst, Broadband and IPTV (Internet Protocol TV) Also called "TV over IP," IPTV delivers scheduled TV programs and video-on-demand (VOD) via the IP protocol and digital streaming techniques used to watch video on the Internet. , Infonetics Research. "Centillium's new platform helps future-proof ONUs by integrating support for the must-have features of any PON deployment." "Centillium's new Optical Services Gateway platform offers us an integrated solution that encompasses technologies that once required multiple vendors to provide," said K.B. Kim, vice president of Product Management at Corecess. "It helps us achieve faster time-to-market with lower bill of material costs and development expenses. With Centillium's unique solution, we are enabling service providers to roll out advanced broadband services like VoIP and IPTV quickly to generate more revenues and accelerate the return on investment in their optical access infrastructure." "Centillium has leaped ahead of the competition when it comes to making broadband services easy for our customers to deploy, and our newest gateway platform is a testament to this fact," said Didier Boivin, vice president of marketing for Centillium Communications. "Today's announcement marks the first in a series of solutions that will help expedite the delivery of advanced services to market, ultimately helping optical developers bring multimedia capabilities to detached homes, apartments and businesses. With our new solutions, we are helping to increase return on investment across the broadband customer chain." Centillium's optical services gateway platform leverages the best of the company's core broadband technologies: the high-speed network access of its optical products and ironclad ironclad, mid-19th-century wooden warship protected from gunfire by iron armor. The success of the ironclad when first employed by the French in the Crimean War sparked a naval armor and armaments race between France and Great Britain. , enterprise-level security and encryption for voice and data. The result is a secure gateway that has direct connectivity to network services, such as IPTV, HDTV (High Definition TV) A set of digital television (DTV) standards that offer the highest resolution and sharpest picture. Although some HDTV sets are available in standard (rather square) screen sizes, the overwhelming majority of sets are wide screen, which eliminates and video on demand, among others. Centillium's Optical Services Gateway platform is supported by a development and evaluation kit which includes a multi-functional customer evaluation board, reference designs and a turnkey software package. Availability The Optical Services Gateway platform is available now. For more information about the platform, Mustang and Atlanta chipsets, or the development and evaluation kit, please visit www.centillium.com/html/optical_bsp.htm. About Centillium Communications Centillium Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ:CTLM) is a leading innovator of high performance, cost-effective semiconductor solutions that give consumers, enterprises and service providers the winning edge in broadband access. The company's complete, end-to-end system-on-chip solutions accelerate development time-to-market for "last mile" products with Digital Subscriber Line See DSL. (communications, protocol) Digital Subscriber Line - (DSL, or Digital Subscriber Loop, xDSL - see below) A family of digital telecommunications protocols designed to allow high speed data communication over the existing copper telephone lines between end-users and (DSL DSL in full Digital Subscriber Line Broadband digital communications connection that operates over standard copper telephone wires. It requires a DSL modem, which splits transmissions into two frequency bands: the lower frequencies for voice (ordinary ), Fiber-to-the-Premises (FTTP (Fiber To The Premises) The installation of optical fiber from the carrier directly into the home or office. Also called "fiber to the home" (FTTH). See PON and FTTC. See also FTP. ) and Voice-over-Internet Protocol (VoIP) technologies. Centillium products include digital and mixed-signal integrated circuits and related software for DSL and FTTP central office and customer premises equipment See CPE. and VoIP solutions for carrier- and enterprise-class gateways and consumer telephony. Centillium is a global company with headquarters in Fremont, CA. Additional information is available at www.centillium.com. Centillium Communications, Centillium's logo, Mustang, Atlanta and Centillium's logo are all trademarks of Centillium Communications, Inc. in the United States and certain other countries. All other products or service names mentioned herein are the property of their respective owners. All Rights Reserved. |
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