New standards-based technology in Comtrend and Netopia gateways enables
delivery of multiple channel HDTV-over-DSL with speeds up to 48 Mbps
BEDFORD, Mass., July 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Aware, Inc.
(Nasdaq: AWRE), a worldwide leader and innovator of broadband intellectual
property, today announced that both Comtrend Corporation and Netopia, Inc.
(OTC: NTPA) have selected Analog Devices' Fusiv(TM) network processor and new
ADSL2+ bonding reference platform, which are based upon Aware's intellectual
property, as the foundation for their next-generation residential gateways.
StratiPHY-Bonded(TM), which was introduced last month at SuperComm 2005, is
the basis of Netopia's MiAVo bonded ADSL2+ gateway and Comtrend Corporation's
NexusLink(TM) Broadband Residential Gateway, as announced earlier today by
Analog Devices.
Loop bonding technology provides the telecom industry with a revolutionary
technique for combining multiple ADSL2+ connections together into a single,
aggregated connection, even if they have different capacities. StratiPHY-
Bonded is a complete instantiation of the ITU-T G.998.1 (G.bond-ATM) bonding
standard which consists of bonding logic and management software to support
two-pair bonding of ADSL2+ lines for data rates up to 48 Mbps downstream.
"By using bonding technology in its network equipment, service providers
can leverage their existing copper infrastructure to dramatically increase the
bandwidth provisioned to subscribers, enabling delivery of video offerings
faster and for less money than by using alternative technologies," said Peter
LeBlanc, Aware's vice president of marketing. "Aware's StratiPHY-Bonded, part
of the StratiPHY family of products, is targeted to semiconductor providers
that want to quickly integrated standard-compliant bonding technology into
their products. We are pleased to announce that both Comtrend and Netopia are
using Aware's technology to lead the industry in early ADSL2+ bonded CPE
solutions."
Analog Devices' standard-compliant bonded platform was developed in tandem
with Aware and combines ADI's Fusiv(TM) network processors and two field-
proven EaglePlus(TM) ADSL2+ PHY devices, which are based on Aware's
StratiPHY2+(TM) and StratiPHY-Bonded intellectual property, to achieve bonded
link rates of up to 48Mbps.
Netopia's recently announced MiAVo family of triple-play gateways feature
high-performance wide area network (WAN) interfaces with innovative new local
area network (LAN) distribution technologies for the delivery of triple-play
services across fiber, VDSL, and bonded ADSL2+ networks. The new Netopia
family of bonded ADSL2+ gateways uses ADI's Fusiv network processor and new
ADSL2+ bonding reference platform, and is an ideal solution for carriers and
service providers seeking to deliver triple-play services across their
upgraded ADSL bonded networks.
Comtrend Corporation has standardized on ADI's Fusiv network processor and
new ADSL2+ bonding reference platform for the Comtrend NexusLink(TM) Broadband
Residential Gateway introduced earlier this year. The NexusLink Residential
Gateway combines the benefits of field-proven ADSL2+ technology with
standards-compliant loop bonding technology to allow service providers to
offer revenue-generating triple-play services including IP television (IPTV).
Last month at SuperComm 2005, SuperComm attendees had the opportunity to
see Aware's StratiPHY-Bonded demonstration, which featured two independent
channels of high-definition IP video streamed over two ADSL2+ copper pairs at
data rate of 48Mbps. Aware also recently introduced its line of standard-
compliant StratiPHY-Bonded test and development modems, which are available
for product development and interoperability of third-party central office
equipment. For more information about the StratiPHY(TM) family of products,
including StratiPHY-Bonded, please visit Aware's website at
http://www.aware.com.
About Aware
Aware, Inc. designs, develops, licenses and markets DSL technologies that
enable broadband communications over existing telephone networks. Its
solutions, including splitterless G.lite, full-rate ADSL, ADSL2, ADSL2+,
VDSL2, Bonded ADSL2+, Dr. DSL(R), StratiPHY(TM), StratiPHY-Bonded(TM),
StratiPHY2+(TM), StratiPHY3(TM) and G.SHDSL, address central office as well as
customer premise requirements. Aware is also a leading provider of standards-
based biometric transaction and image compression software toolkits. More
information can be found at http://www.aware.com.
Safe Harbor Warning
Portions of this release contain forward-looking statements regarding
future events and are subject to risks and uncertainties, such as estimates or
projections of future revenue and earnings and the growth of the DSL market.
Aware wishes to caution you that there are factors that could cause actual
results to differ materially from the results indicated by such statements.
These factors include, but are not limited to: our quarterly results are
difficult to predict, we depend on a limited number of licensees, we derive a
significant amount of revenue from one customer, we depend on equipment
companies to incorporate our technology into their products, we face intense
competition from other DSL vendors, our success requires telephone companies
to install DSL service in volume, and our business is subject to rapid
technological change. We refer you to the documents Aware files from time to
time with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Dr. DSL, StratiPHY, StratiPHY2+, StratiPHY3, and StratiPHY-Bonded are
trademarks or registered trademarks of Aware, Inc. Fusiv and EaglePlus are
trademarks of Analog Devices, Inc. Netopia and 3-D Reach are registered
trademarks and Wi-CERTIFIED is a trademark of Netopia, Inc. NexusLink is a
trademark of Comtrend Corporation. Any other trademarks appearing herein are
the property of their respective owners.
SOURCE Aware, Inc.
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