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PMC-Sierra (News - Alert), Inc., a provider of Internet infrastructure semiconductor solution, and Entropic Communications, Inc., a provider of silicon and software solutions to enable connected home entertainment networking, reportedly announced that the two companies  are collaborating to develop an innovative and cost-effective solution for delivering more than 100Mb/s broadband connectivity to customers in MSO fiber deployments.

 

With the growing demand for greater bandwidth, cable operators are looking at option of using PON technologies as an efficient method of driving fiber into their networks. Together with PMC-Sierra’s high-speed standard-compliant EPON and 10G EPON solutions and Entropic’s (News - Alert) Access solution, MSOs can cost-effectively extend their networks while using the existing coax infrastructure to deliver high-speed connectivity.

Entropic’s Access technology in emerging and growing Ethernet over Coax markets worldwide helps high-performance bidirectional communication over coax for MSOs.

 

The companies will showcase Entropic’s EoC combined with PMC-Sierra’s highly scalable PON solutions, featuring a seamless fiber to coax solution using PMC-Sierra’s PAS8011 10G EPON OLT, which serves up to 32 ONUs and terminates to Entropic’s Access network controller, which supports up to 63 homes with more than 100Mb/s of aggregate throughput over the existing coaxial network.

 

“Our Broadband Access solution offers a unique and cost-effective way to extend the reach of existing fiber over coax cable,” Vinay Gokhale, senior vice president, marketing and business development, Entropic, said in a statement. “By working with partners such as PMC-Sierra, we are able to further our mission to bring high-speed access and connected home entertainment networking solutions to the worldwide market.”

 

“We continue to strengthen our position as the dominant FTTH silicon solution provider addressing the EPON, GPON, 10G EPON and 10G GPON markets, and we are working with partners like Entropic to bring this expertise to the MSO space,” said Raphael Sankar, vice president and co-general manager of PMC-Sierra’s FTTH division, in a statement. “This demonstration, along with our MSO management software suite, shows our commitment to this growing market.”