CopperGate Communications Announces Next Generation HomePNA 3 Home Networking Solution.

New Chipset Delivers the Highest User Throughput for Telco IPTV Applications over Existing Home Coax and Phone Wires While Lowering the Cost

GRAPEVINE, Texas & TEL AVIV, Israel & NEWARK, Calif. -- Today at TelcoTV, CopperGate Communications, the leading provider of standards-based technology for home networking of high speed entertainment data over existing wires, announced today its CopperStream(TM) CG3110, the next generation of its highly successful HomePNA 3 compatible solutions. The CG3110, which operates over both phonelines and coax, enables equipment manufacturers to increase user throughput while driving down the cost of high-speed, home networking products.

"CopperGate is well ahead in its plans to take its technology into the mainstream," said Gabi Hilevitz, CopperGate CEO. "The CG3110 builds on the success of the CG3010 chipset, currently being deployed by major Telcos worldwide for in-home distribution of new IPTV services. It delivers the highest user throughput for Telco IPTV applications of any no-new-wires home networking technology while helping to drive the cost of integrating a complete HomePNA 3 interface down to under $10.

Like the CG3010 chipset, the CG3110 features guaranteed Quality of Service (QoS) which insures delivery of each data stream with defined bandwidth, latency, jitter and error rate.

"The current design wins that HomePNA3 has won shows momentum for the technology's ability to meet the market need for delivering a solution that delivers the bandwidth and QoS required by IPTV applications in the home such as broadcast TV and networked entertainment data," stated industry analyst IdaRose Sylvester, of IDC.

CopperStream CG3110 Chipset

The CG3110 chipset, which features data rates 33% higher than current CG3010, is comprised of a digital MAC/PHY IC and an analog front end which, together with a low-cost hybrid, comprise a complete HomePNA 3.0/3.1 compatible modem.

The CG3110 includes the amplifiers, filters, ADC, and DAC, complete PHY, MAC, Link Layer Control, a new Ethernet MAC and a choice of host interfaces including MII/RMII and Ethernet. The device incorporates a powerful RISC processor capable of running the entire HomePNA 3 protocol stack on chip making it a true system on chip solution.

The CG3110 adaptation layer enables transparent bridging to other networks, such as 802.11, 100BaseT Ethernet, or UWB with its protocol intact making it an ideal high-speed multimedia backbone for networking real-time data.

The CG3110 will be sampling to customers in Q4 2006 and is already being designed into a variety of computing and consumer electronics devices including residential gateways and set-top boxes for home and multi-tenant unit applications. Products are expected to begin shipping the first half of 2007.

CopperGate is exhibiting at the TelcoTV Conference and Expo in Booth 1421 and Rich Nesin, Vice President of Marketing (who is also President of HomePNA) is speaking tomorrow from 2:10 - 3:10 PM on the subject of Broadband Access Networks.

About CopperGate

CopperGate Communications develops chipsets designed to revolutionize home networking and networked entertainment. CopperGate is the leading provider of standards-based technology for distributing high speed IP data throughout the home over existing wires. CopperGate works with the world's leading system manufacturers to deliver the only products that operate over both phone lines and coax cables on a single network enabling consumers to conveniently connect equipment to broadband services throughout the home. CopperGate's products have been field tested and selected by leading service providers as key components for their triple play deployment solutions. Founded in 2000, CopperGate is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel, with offices in Newark, California, Taiwan and Tokyo. For more information, please visit www.copper-gate.com.

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