TV via phone lines in India soon

The day when you can access over 100 Mbps of voice, video and data over the
copper wire running to your house phone line is not very far. US based Ikanos
Communica-tion is bringing in its fiber extension technology to the Indian
market. Developer of smart silicon for profitable bro-adband and the first
company to extend broadband services at up to 100 Mbps over a single telephone
line, Ikanos is also expanding its off shore deve-lopment center in Bangalore to
make it the largest develop-ment center for the company.

The company currently has 30 people in India, as against 50 engineers
developing next generation technology in its headquarters at California, US. By
the end of this year, it plans to add another 60 to its workforce.

The India Development Cen-ter (IDC) will focus on hardware and software
design and development and application creation for Ikanos’ ultra high-speed
programmable chipsets. The site will also house a test and quality assurance
facility.

"We are spending millions of dollars for the Indian market. Its cost
effective, communi-cative and abundant talent pool, which brings us to India for
developing next generation products," said Richard Sekar, VP (Marketing),
Ikanos Communications.

The company has raised close to $100 million in invest-ment from various
investors, including, Sequia Capital and Intel Capital, the investment arm of
Intel Corporation. The company’s programmable chi-psets now support equipment
in the most advanced carrier networks in the world.

Ikanos Communications will introduce the Fx 100 Mbps Fiber Extension
technology this week in the India market. "Ikanos is enabling carriers
worldwide to deliver 100 Mbps to the consumer quickly and cost effectively.

CyberMedia News Service

Bangalore