Conexant Unveils Next-Generation "Accelity-2" VDSL2 Central Office Solution for Triple-Play Broadband Applications.

Alcatel-Lucent, Calix, Huawei, NEC, Schmid Telecom, and ZTE Select Industry's Highest Density and Most Interoperable xDSL Convergence Solution

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. -- Conexant Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CNXT), a worldwide leader in semiconductor solutions for broadband communications and the digital home, today introduced the industry's highest density and most interoperable VDSL2/ADSL2plus convergence solution for central office (CO) applications. The second-generation Accelity-2 chipset delivers downstream speeds beyond 140 megabits per second (Mbps) and is targeted at triple-play voice, video and data equipment such as digital subscriber line access multiplexers (DSLAMs), digital loop carriers (DLCs), and remote terminals. Applications include advanced broadband-enabled services including delivering television programming over Internet Protocol (IPTV), video-on-demand, and online gaming. Alcatel-Lucent has selected Accelity-2 for its ETSI (European Telecommunications Standards Institute) DSL products for deployments in Europe and elsewhere. The company has also secured North American and Asian design-wins with Calix, Huawei, NEC, Schmid Telecom, and ZTE.

Accelity-2 can also be used with the company's integrated VDSL2 client-side gateway devices to provide an optimized end-to-end solution that provides operators with the higher speeds and extended reach needed to deliver multiple high-definition television (HDTV) channels to their subscriber base. (See related press release that was issued today.)

"Conexant was the first to deliver a VDSL2-compliant chip, and we've again leveraged our deep understanding of xDSL technologies to deliver an industry-leading, next-generation solution for advanced broadband access applications," said Akram Atallah, senior vice president and general manager of Conexant's Broadband Access business. "Our new VDSL2 CO chipset provides operators and manufacturers with superior performance, and the lowest total system cost available today. We will continue to focus on developing evolutionary solutions that further drive the proliferation of broadband and fiber access deployments globally."

Conexant is the market leader in DSL semiconductor solutions worldwide, and has shipped more than 200 million DSL ports to date. The company's DSL solutions have been deployed worldwide by over 50 major service providers. The new Accelity-2 VDSL2 CO solution provides ADSL fallback capability that is based on the company's widely deployed and worldwide interoperable ADSL, ADSL2 and ADSL2plus source code, and is fully compatible with these legacy xDSL standards. The converged VDSL2 and ADSL capabilities provide operators with the most flexible and lowest cost solution for provisioning multiple services and extending their service coverage.

The Accelity-2 chipset also enables the lowest per port VDSL2 line card cost by delivering the industry's highest per port density, allowing system vendors to support the maximum number of ports on existing line cards. Additionally, Accelity-2 features a VDSL bonding capability that allows service providers to deliver IPTV services to a wider subscriber base, and expand their revenue-generating potential. Bonding increases bandwidth capacity and extends reach by enabling the transmission of data over two lines instead of a single channel. This also allows service providers to expand their coverage area for existing services or migrate to higher data rates in the future to deliver additional HDTV channels using their existing VDSL2 CO equipment.

Additional advanced features include:

* Key data interfaces including SMII and POS-PHY that are required for high-speed, non-blocking throughput in fiber-based triple-play service deployments.

* Support for VDSL2/ADSL convergence on a per port basis compatible with all data interfaces and high-speed aggregation devices.

In addition to Accelity-2, Conexant offers a complete suite of broadband access technologies that enable the most advanced fiber-to-the-node (FTTN) system solution. The company's solutions include high-throughput aggregation devices, passive optical network (PON) optical line and optical network terminal (OLT/ONT) chipsets, xDSL customer premises equipment (CPE) gateway solutions, voice digital signal processors (DSPs), and wireless local area networking (LAN) chips.

Availability and Pricing

The Accelity-2 chipset is available in sample quantities now, with production scheduled for March 2007. The chipset includes a VDSL2/ADSL2plus 8-port DSP, and a four-port analog front-end (AFE) chip. It is priced at $12 per port in volume quantities. To accelerate time to market, complete reference designs and a modular evaluation and development platform are also available.

About Conexant

Conexant's innovative semiconductor solutions are driving broadband communications and digital home networks worldwide. The company has leveraged its expertise and leadership position in modem technologies to enable more Internet connections than all of its competitors combined, and continues to develop highly integrated silicon solutions for broadband data and media processing networks.

Key products include client-side xDSL and cable modem solutions, home network processors, broadcast video encoders and decoders, digital set-top box components and systems solutions, and dial-up modems. Conexant's suite of networking components includes a leadership portfolio of IEEE 802.11-compliant WLAN chipsets, software and reference designs, as well as solutions for applications based on HomePlug([R]) and HomePNA([TM]). The company also offers a complete line of asymmetric and symmetric DSL central office solutions, which are used by service providers worldwide to deliver broadband data, voice, and video over copper telephone lines.

Conexant is a fabless semiconductor company with an annual revenue run-rate in excess of $1 billion. The company has approximately 3,200 employees worldwide, and is headquartered in Newport Beach, Calif. To learn more, please visit www.conexant.com.

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