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Centillium Paves The Way For IPTV and Video Services Delivery to the Multimedia Home | |
New ADSL Chipsets Usher in High Definition IPTV and Other
Premium Services FREMONT, Calif., March 6, 2006 – Centillium Communications, Inc.
(NASDAQ: CTLM), a leading provider of broadband access solutions, today
announced its Maximus™ III and Pharos™ III ADSL chipsets for the central office
(CO), optimized to bring high definition quality to next-generation video and
IPTV applications for service providers and telcos around the globe. Leveraging
the company’s innovative extremeDSLMAX technology, Maximus III and
Pharos III are one of the industry’s first chipsets to support dual latency and
enhanced impulse noise protection (INP), providing the end-user with a more reliable
video and multimedia experience. New video
applications such as IPTV are native to IP domain, giving carriers the freedom
to mix video and data to create new modes of entertainment that include
interactive gaming, and multimedia on-demand. For telcos and new service
providers looking to break into the emerging IPTV and video on demand services,
Centillium’s Maximus III and Pharos III chipsets provide the ultimate solution
to compete with the traditional video services offered by the cable operators.
Centillium’s unique INP and dual latency technology provides superior
protection against noisy DSL lines and offers extremely high bandwidth and
sophisticated QoS demanded by multimedia homes of the future. “The
introduction of our Maximus III and Pharos III chipsets is a testament to our
commitment to pave the way for IPTV and video delivery into the mainstream and
make the multimedia home of the future a reality,” said Didier Boivin, vice
president of marketing, Centillium Communications. “Our newest chipsets
demonstrate to service providers that they can achieve quality without
compromise, arming them with a unique capability to roll out bundled,
value-added services that can significantly increase their average revenue per
user.” “We see tremendous opportunity with
Centillium’s ADSL2+ technology and its critical role in the deployment of robust,
high-quality video over DSL to residences,” said Christian Crickx,
president & CEO, Avilinks. “Maximus III and
Pharos III chipsets will enable operators to offer the quality of service that
consumers have come to expect from traditional video as well as the ease and
simplicity of a single connection for all premium services.” “Centillium
is tapping into a market on the cusp of a growth explosion,” said Steve Rago,
principal analyst, iSuppli Corporation. “Over the
next five years the demand for IPTV and video services will continue to grow by
92 percent and by the end of 2010 there will be sixty-three million IPTV
subscribers.” Centillium’s
Maximus III and Pharos III solutions offer pin-to-pin
compatibility with previous versions and are fully compliant with enhanced
standards (992.3 and 992.5). The chipsets also provide the highest level of
integration and reduced bill-of-material cost to equipment manufacturers as
well as one of the industry’s best rate/reach performances based on a
sophisticated hybrid design. For more
information about Maximus III, please visit http://www.centillium.com/html/dsl_co_maximus.htm
For Pharos
III, please visit http://www.centillium.com/html/dsl_co_pharos.htm Availability Both
Maximus III and Pharos III will have engineering samples in Q2’06. About Centillium
Communications Centillium
Communications, Inc. 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 (DSL), Fiber-To-The-Premises
(FTTP) 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 and
VoIP solutions for carrier- and enterprise-class gateways and consumer
telephony. Centillium is a global company with headquarters in Centillium Communications,
Centillium’s logo, Maximus and Pharos are all
trademarks of Centillium Communications, Inc. In the All rights reserved. | |
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