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Centillium Communications Monday announced the availability of its first Full-Rate Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) solution for Customer Premises Equipment (CPE). Aimed at such products as business routers and bridges, as well as consumer-oriented home gateways and set-top boxes, the CopperFlite Utopia chipset supports both Full-Rate and G.lite industry standards, including ITU G.992.1 (G.dmt), ITU G.992.2 (G.lite), and ANSI T1.413 Issue 2. This highly flexible solution enables network service providers to rollout different levels of services quickly and easily, thus enabling them to meet the diverse broadband requirements of both residential and business customers.

Centillium's new CopperFlite CPE solution supports voice-over-Pulse Code Modulation (PCM) for uncompressed toll-quality voice services. This enables ISPs and data Local Exchange Carriers (LECs) to increase revenues by offering customers multiple data and voice service offerings. Because it does not require external memory or Voltage Control Crystal Oscillators (VCXOs), the CopperFlite solution can help dramatically reduce the total Bill of Material (BOM) costs for consumer-priced market segments.

The CopperFlite Utopia CPE chipset also supports the requirements of the Japanese ADSL market, making it the only proven and deployed solution that supports both Japan and the rest of world on a single platform. Annex C addresses the unique characteristics of copper loop plants in Japan that require different technology than loops in the United States (Annex A). By integrating Annex C support, Centillium provides modem manufacturers with flexibility, enabling them to design a modem solution for global markets.

"The network service providers that we survey tell us they have significant issues with infrastructure costs," said Beth Gage, DSL Consulting Director, TeleChoice, Inc. "Their business models improve dramatically whenever they can better utilize their existing infrastructures. This includes customer premises routers with ADSL connections that interoperate with existing central office equipment. Additionally, service providers need integrated voice products that utilize existing lines without requiring the installation of new copper plant."

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