Teknovus and Fiberxon Cooperate on "Turbo" EPON.

Teknovus Demonstrates Turbo 2.5G EPON with Fiberxon's Transceivers

PETALUMA, Calif. -- Teknovus, the leading provider of Gigabit Ethernet Passive Optical Network (GEPON) chips for the deployment of triple-play services in FTTH (Fiber To The Home) and FTTB (Fiber To The Business) broadband access networks, and Fiberxon, a leading supplier of optics for the PON market, announced cooperation in the development of Teknovus' Turbo EPON solutions, beginning with 2.5G. Teknovus' Turbo EPON solutions encompass Fiberxon's advanced transceivers, enabling an easy upgrade to higher speeds by the use of Fiberxon's dual-speed ONU transceivers. Teknovus is demonstrating Turbo 2.5G EPON at FOE in Japan.

Fiberxon and Teknovus began cooperation in September 2005 and have continued to work together meeting the demands of service providers deploying FTTx networks for advanced video applications, including IPTV. Teknovus and Fiberxon's reference designs are used by more than 14 equipment vendors around the globe.

Teknovus' first Turbo EPON product is the TK3714. The TK3714 ONU chip is fully compliant with IEEE 802.3ah 1.25G EPON specifications and offers an enhanced Turbo EPON mode for 2.5G operation. Teknovus and Fiberxon have begun cooperation on 10G EPON reference designs.

Mr. Li Hsu, President & CEO of Fiberxon, stated "The importance of IPTV and other advanced video services is clear. Equipment vendors must meet the demands of service providers rapidly while winning on features, price and a simple upgrade path. Our continued cooperation with Teknovus guarantees an affordable, future-proof solution for equipment vendors, service providers and subscribers. We are pleased to be part of Teknovus' Turbo EPON chips."

"We are continuing to build Turbo EPON reference designs with Fiberxon," stated Mr. Greg Caltabiano, President & CEO of Teknovus. "EPON is dominating FTTx deployments with the simplicity of Ethernet architecture, availability of low-cost solutions and the reality of 10G EPON. Fiberxon's intelligent, low-cost transceivers are a critical piece of the EPON eco-system."

The TK3714 is fully compatible with existing Teknovus EPON deployments having auto-sensing for detecting downstream speeds. It allows service providers to install 1.25G/2.5G Central Office OLT capability when desired and without costly ONU upgrades. This future-proof Turbo EPON ONU provides ITU-T GPON speeds with all the advantages of widely deployed IEEE EPON, including the high-volume manufacturing EPON ecosystem. The TK3714 supports an effective and immediate bandwidth upgrade path for more than 25 service provider EPON deployments across five continents.

Come visit Teknovus and Fiberxon at FOE from January 24 - 26 at the Tokyo Big Sight .

About Fiberxon

Fiberxon Inc. is focused on the design, manufacturing, and marketing of best-in-class and cost-effective optoelectronic interface modules and solutions for communication systems and networks. Founded in 2000, Fiberxon has its headquarters in Santa Clara, California, and subsidiaries and offices in Tokyo, Macao, Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Chengdu. Supported by leading venture capital and world-class strategic partners, Fiberxon meets the demands of its customers worldwide with products and services derived from its innovation in technology, product development, and manufacturing processes, as well as its complete quality and reliability assurance systems. For more information, please visit www.fiberxon.com.

About Teknovus

Teknovus delivers the only IEEE 802.3ah Gigabit Ethernet Passive Optical Network (GEPON) chips that fully support low-cost, IPTV-triple-play services via optical fiber networks. Teknovus has shipped three million GEPON ports into more than 25 carriers worldwide. Teknovus chipsets are changing the design of broadband access networks by increasing transport capacity, optimizing fiber infrastructure, improving manageability, integrating service functionality, and reducing the cost of optical access. To learn more about Teknovus, see www.teknovus.com.