Teknovus Opens Japan Office; Expansion of Global Operations to Deliver Triple-Play EPON for High-Bandwidth Broadband Access.

TOKYO -- Teknovus, Inc., the leading provider of proven triple-play (voice/data/video) EPON chipsets for high-bandwidth broadband access, today announced the expansion of its worldwide operations with the opening of Teknovus Japan located in Tokyo, Japan. Teknovus is a fabless semiconductor company with its headquarters and development facility located in Petaluma, CA.

Teknovus is shipping in volume the only fourth-generation, proven EPON chipset - available today - with the features and performance to enable fast, easy-to-deploy, low-cost triple-play solutions for fiber-to-the-home (FTTH). EPON enables communications and entertainment services that include video over IP, HDTV, video on demand, telephony, as well as high-speed data. Teknovus EPON solutions provide easier maintenance, radically lower power usage, and zero-touch software upgrades.

"Japan's leading role as the first country to massively deploy fiber to the home (FTTH) clearly presents strategic market and partnering opportunities for Teknovus. Our presence in Japan demonstrates our commitment to working with Japanese companies who are known for fostering innovative technologies that pioneer products for the communications and entertainment markets," said Dr. Rex Naden, president and CEO, Teknovus.

"In partnership with telecom equipment vendors in Japan, Teknovus is bringing an 'atarashii kaze,' or 'new wind' to carriers and consumers of broadband services. Now is the opportune time to open a Teknovus Japan here in Tokyo," said Ken Norton, senior technology manager and founder of the Teknovus Japan office. "EPON solutions developed with the Teknovus chipset provide an infrastructure that will carry us well into the future. Service providers will experience a significant return on investment, while subscribers will enjoy a broad array of choices and services."

Advanced EPON Technology

Teknovus EPON system-on-a-chip solutions are, based on, and fully compliant with, the 802.3ah standard, and comprise the TK3721 for EPON OLTs, TK3701 for low-cost EPON ONUs, and TK3711 for high-performance EPON ONUs.

Only the Teknovus EPON solution offers dynamic bandwidth allocation (DBA) that employs special-purpose hardware residing in the EPON chips themselves. Hardware-based DBA delivers at least ten times the performance of software implementations, handling more connections, lower latency, and higher overall throughput.

Japan Office Information

Teknovus Japan provides technical support of Teknovus EPON system-on-chip solutions. Located near Shinagawa station, the Japan facility offers convenient access to major carriers and equipment vendors in Japan.

Teknovus Japan

Pyramid Shinagawa Building 5th floor

1-10-2, Kita-Shinagawa

Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 140-0001

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TEKNOVUS Backgrounder

Teknovus develops and delivers the only, fourth-generation, proven EPON system-on-a-chip (SoC) solutions for fast, easy-to-deploy, and low-cost triple-play (voice, data, video) broadband access via optical fiber networks. The Teknovus EPON chipset is fundamentally changing the way broadband access networks are designed and deployed, including their ability to improve transport capacity, optimize fiber infrastructure, provide management capability, integrate broad service functionality, and reduce the cost of optical access. To learn more about Teknovus, or the company's investors, see www.teknovus.com.