Ikanos Communications (Nasdaq: IKAN), a leading developer and provider of Fiber Fast(TM) broadband solutions, today announced that Erenis, a company known for innovative broadband services in France, is deploying Ikanos-based VDSL equipment to deliver interactive broadband services to its customers.
Erenis operates an FTTB network to multi-dwelling residential buildings in greater Paris and has been using VDSL technology to deliver 15, 25, 40 and 60 Mbps service to customers. Erenis now plans to enhance its service offerings and deliver up to 100 Mbps of bandwidth to its subscriber base.
"The FTTB+VDSL topology is very well suited to deliver premium services to our customers in Paris, and the technology can be deployed quickly and cost- effectively," said Fausto Geromel, chief technical officer of Erenis. "After testing several approaches, we have standardized on the Ikanos technology due to its proven track record with millions of subscribers, ensuring that Erenis will get excellent performance, reliability and stability."
"European carriers need field-proven, high-performance solutions to rapidly deploy VDSL technology and deliver revenue-generating triple play and interactive broadband services," said Lionel Bonnot, Vice President of Europe for Ikanos Communications. "We believe that we are the provider of choice for these new deployments."
About Erenis
Created in October 2002, Erenis is the first French telecommunications operator to hook up residential buildings with optical fiber on a network 100% independent from France Telecom. All Erenis subscribers benefit from a unique offering of 50 Mbps download speed -- which can go to 100 Mbps -- and 25 Mbps upload speed. Beyond telephony services and Internet access, this ground- breaking infrastructure in France allows the development of new services resting on very high-speed bandwidth, namely High Definition Television or services requiring high upload speed (remote storage, video blogging, home safety). Erenis has connected over 1,400 Paris buildings, totaling over 33,000 households, within 12 out of 20 districts of Paris, to its unique FTTx network.
The launching of Erenis was supported by the European investment fund Net Partners. (http://www.net-partners.com) and by OSEO-ANVAR (http://www.oseo-anvar.com). For more information on Erenis: http://www.erenis.fr
About Ikanos Communications
Ikanos Communications, Inc. develops chipsets that enable carriers to offer Fiber Fast(TM) bandwidth and high-speed network processing for enhanced triple-play services. Supporting transmission rates of up to 100 Mbps, Ikanos' line of end-to-end silicon solutions power line terminals, CPE modems, and residential gateways for many of the world's leading network equipment manufacturers. Ikanos' solutions enable fast and cost-effective carrier rollouts of interactive broadband services including IPTV.
NOTE: Ikanos Communications, Ikanos, the Ikanos logo, SmartLeap, Eagle, Fusiv, CleverConnect, Ikanos Programmable Operating System, Fx, FxS, VLR and Fiber Fast are among the trademarks or registered trademarks of Ikanos.
Cautionary Statement
This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve substantial risks and uncertainties, including statements relating to the expected successful market acceptance of Ikanos-based solutions and that we are the provider of choice for field-proven, high-performance solutions to rapidly deploy VDSL technology and deliver revenue-generating triple play and interactive broadband services. These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of assumptions, uncertainties and risks that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking statements, including the development of the fiber-fast broadband market generally, competition within the fiber-fast broadband market and competition from other technologies. One should not rely upon forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. For additional information, readers are referred to the documents filed by us with the SEC, and specifically the risk factors set forth in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005. We cannot assure that the events and circumstances reflected in the forward-looking statements will be achieved or occur, nor do we intend to update any forward-looking statements for any reason after the date of this press release.