ITRI and BroadLight Partner to Promote GPON Solutions in Taiwan

Business Wire, Jan 14, 2008

Enabling Local ODMs to Bring High-Volume GPON Systems to Market Using BroadLight's End-to-End GPON Solution

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- Signaling an aggressive campaign to build a volume GPON market in Taiwan, BroadLight, the leading supplier of GPON semiconductors and software, today announced that it has partnered with Taiwan's Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) to promote GPON throughout the country.

"ITRI is highly-regarded in Taiwan as a technology enabler and has been very successful in establishing high-volume industries," said Raphael Sankar, Vice President of Worldwide Sales for BroadLight. "We are pleased to see GPON being selected as the ultra broadband access technology and are excited to have our end-to-end GPON solution become the technology powering ITRI's designs."

"ITRI and BroadLight will join hands to grow the GPON market in Taiwan by first leveraging BroadLight-powered GPON systems, and then facilitating a new industry cluster formed by optical communication device and equipment vendors," said Dr. Bao-Shuh Paul Lin, ITRI's Information and Communications Labs' General Director. "ITRI has organized a GPON Industry Promotion Alliance in Taiwan with members such as ZyXEL, Alpha Networks, XAVi, TECOM, OPNET, TAINET, Billion Electric, Motorola Connected Home Solutions, Realtek Semiconductor, DELTA Networks, Senao Networks, Universal Microelectronics, Askey Computer, Infineon Taiwan, Fiber Optic Communications, Coretek Opto and TAILYN Communication."

"BroadLight's end-to-end GPON solution is the perfect solution because it delivers high-performance in a low-cost and low-risk design," said Richard Chen, BroadLight's Taiwan Country Manager. "I look forward to providing outstanding service and support to local Taiwanese companies as they enter the emerging global market for GPON equipment."

About ITRI

The Industrial Technology Research Institute -- ITRI -- is a non-profit R&D organization engaging in applied research and technical service. It was founded in 1973 by the Legislative Yuan to attend to the technological needs of Taiwan's industrial development. ITRI has played a vital role in the transformation of the economy from an agriculture-based model to an industrial one. ITRI has around 5800 employees, and serves as the technical center for industry and an unofficial arm of the government's industrial policies in Taiwan. Backed by its broad research scope and close industrial ties, ITRI is the largest industrial R&D organization in Taiwan and is becoming an increasingly active member in the global industrial R&D community.

About BroadLight

BroadLight delivers end-to-end (E2E) solutions (from the customer premises to the central office) for equipment vendors designing ITU-T compliant passive optical network (PON) systems. The company's completely integrated

product line consists of standards-based communication semiconductors and software solutions that enable its customers to deliver BPON and GPON equipment to carriers and services providers worldwide. This E2E solution provides customers with a lower risk development cycle and enables them to significantly speed time-to-market. As a result, BroadLight technology has been adopted by leading manufacturers who are currently providing equipment for the some of the world's largest fiber PON roll-outs.

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