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Ikanos Powers Livebox Play Service for Orange(Marketwire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) FREMONT, CA -- (Marketwired) -- 04/25/13 -- Ikanos Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: IKAN), a leading provider of advanced broadband semiconductor and software products for the digital home, today announced that its Vx185 chipset provides the processing power for Livebox Play, Orange's flagship triple-play service. The third-generation Livebox platform powered by Ikanos enables Orange to deliver high-speed Internet, Wi-Fi, and HD voice and video applications, bringing consumers a wide range of high-bandwidth services such as HD video, online gaming, and over-the-top (OTT) content on multiple screens, including mobile devices. The Fusiv Vx185 broadband processor is the core component of a next-generation residential gateway that enables Orange's new Livebox Play service, delivering high-speed DSL and fiber Internet access and triple-play services. The gateway includes dual-band 2.4 and 5 GHz Wi-Fi networking modules, allowing multiple mobile devices to stream high-bandwidth services such as HD video. It also offers HD voice processing, as well as superior connectivity with five gigabit Ethernet ports and two USB ports. The platform is also G.Vector capable and supports all of the benefits of the Ikanos Nodescale Vectoring solution. Offering this rich set of features, the Vx185-based gateway meets all the demands for connectivity, bandwidth, and services in the digital home. "Ikanos is proud to partner with Orange to deliver Livebox Play high-speed Internet and connected-home services," said Omid Tahernia, president and CEO of Ikanos. "With our Fusiv Vx185 chip powering Orange's Livebox Play service, Ikanos clearly demonstrates its continued momentum and leadership within the broadband access and connected home markets, enabling a higher quality of experience for consumers and new revenue streams for service providers." The requirements for gateways to support high-speed broadband services such as Livebox Play are growing rapidly in response to the booming worldwide adoption of mobile devices and consumer demand for rich digital content. According to AT&T, U.S. homes now have an average of 12 network-connected devices, such as tablets, laptops, interactive gaming consoles and smartphones, as well as smart TVs and even Internet-connected refrigerators. Supporting the ever-higher bandwidth demands of triple-play applications, the Vx185 offers industry-leading network processor performance, supporting differentiated features such as: Field-proven, carrier-grade voice DSP. Whereas most competing platforms support voice processing on the main network processor, the Ikanos solution preserves processor headroom for advanced services and applications. The fourth generation of the Ikanos Fusiv accelerator processor implementation enables bi-directional gigabit routing performance, while consuming less than five percent of the host application processor's resources. This acceleration architecture also enables high-performance, dual-band concurrent Wi-Fi (2.4GHz + 5.0GHz) for reliable Quality of Service (QoS) and optimal packet processing performance. Competitive solutions require an additional network processor to meet similar performance metrics. The Ikanos Vx185 solution enables seamless mixing of voice between standard VoIP lines and cordless headsets connected to an embedded Digital Enhanced Cordless Telephony (DECT) solution in the system. For more information on Livebox Play, visit the Orange website. For more information on the Fusiv Vx185 network processor, visit the Ikanos website. About Ikanos Communications, Inc.Ikanos Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: IKAN) is a leading provider of advanced broadband semiconductor and software products for the digital home. The company's broadband DSL, communications processors and other offerings power access infrastructure and customer premises equipment for many of the world's leading network equipment manufacturers and telecommunications service providers. For more information, visit www.ikanos.com. © 2013 Ikanos Communications, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Ikanos Communications, Ikanos, the Ikanos logo, the Bandwidth without boundaries tagline, Fusiv, Ikanos Velocity and NodeScale Vectoring are among the trademarks or registered trademarks of Ikanos Communications. All other trademarks mentioned herein are properties of their respective holders. Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995This press release contains forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties concerning Ikanos Communications, including statements regarding our leadership position, outlook such as our expected revenue, gross profits, operating expenses, and the anticipated benefits of non-GAAP measures, our product testing and shipment, and anticipated benefits and acceptance of our products. Actual events or results may differ materially from those described in this document due to a number of risks and uncertainties. These potential risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, macroeconomic conditions which may cause our customers to defer purchasing plans, our ability to deliver full production releases of our newer products and the acceptance of those products by our cu1stomers, the continued demand by telecommunications service providers for specific xDSL semiconductor products, the failure of service providers to implement deployment plans on schedule or at all, our continued ability to obtain and deliver production volumes of new and current products and technologies, our ability to generate demand and close transactions for the sale of our products, our ability to develop commercially successful products as a result of our current research and development programs, our ability to successfully execute our restructuring plan, and unexpected future costs, expenses and financing requirements. In addition, for a more extensive discussion of such risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements, see the section entitled "Risk Factors" in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 1, 2012 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on February 23, 2012 and our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended July 1, 2012 filed with the SEC on August 2, 2012, as well as other reports that Ikanos files from time to time with the SEC. Ikanos is under no obligation to update these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances subsequent to the date of this press release. Image Available: http://www2.marketwire.com/mw/frame_mw attachid=2292678 Add to Digg Bookmark with del.icio.us Add to Newsvine Media Contact: Gary Good Trainer Communications 707-837-1718 Email Contact Source: Ikanos Communications |