PMC’s GPON Solutions Certified by Broadband Forum ONU Certification Program

PMC-Sierra, Inc., (Nasdaq:PMCS) or PMC, the semiconductor innovator transforming storage, optical and mobile networks, today announced that its GPON products are certified by the new Broadband Forum GPON ONU Certification Program. The program is the industry’s first to verify that GPON products adhere to the ITU-T GPON standard and Broadband Forum specifications. This paves the way for interoperability, which enables service providers to cost effectively expand their high-speed broadband services. PMC’s PAS740X GPON ONT SoCs achieved full certification.

“PMC’s ONU solutions are known for their interoperability and high quality, so we were confident participating in the certification program using PMC’s ONU silicon in our OB1004 GPON Mini ONT,” Michael Kwan, CEO, Tecom. “As a CPE equipment vendor, it is important to deliver products that will work seamlessly with any OLT in the field.”

“As a recognized leader in fiber access silicon and software solutions and an active Broadband Forum member, PMC was among the first vendors to pass certification,” said Ofer Bar-Or, vice president and general manager of PMC’s Fiber to the Home Division. “PMC has promoted interoperability since GPON’s early days, and the establishment of the OD-247 certification program is a significant step towards building networks for superfast broadband.”

The certification program is open to GPON ONU products with Ethernet interfaces and is based on the Broadband Forum’s OD-247 test plan. It proves conformance to TR-156 using OMCI as defined in the ITU G.988, which are the most critical standards to interoperable implementations.

“This has been a notable commitment for all who have been involved in this initial wave of certification,” said Robin Mersh, CEO of Broadband Forum. “We congratulate PMC on their product’s successful bid for certification and for their continued commitment to adherence to global standards.”

PMC’s GPON ONU SoCs include an integrated GPON MAC, VoIP subsystem, embedded controller and GigaPASS™ bridge performing advanced classification, queuing and filtering, with wire-speed throughput at all packet sizes. Reference designs come with complete software, featuring GPON functions, QoS bridging, VoIP, SIP and OMCI. The PAS5211 four-port GPON OLT SoC for central office equipment completes PMC’s end-to-end GPON solution. Both product lines are shipping in volume and are commercially deployed worldwide.

About PMC FTTH Family of Products

PMC is the only supplier to offer or develop end-to-end silicon and software solutions for EPON (IEEE 802.3ah Ethernet in the First Mile), 10G EPON (IEEE802.3av), GPON (ITU-T G.984) and XG-PON (ITU-T G.987) standards. PMC’s widely deployed SoCs provide end-to-end solutions linking central office equipment (optical line terminals) and customer premises equipment (optical network units or optical network terminals) to the passive optical network. The company’s PON products are based on the robust GigaPASS™ Architecture that achieves sustained gigabit and greater data rates while executing the real-time operating system, middleware, and application-specific firmware required for high-performance FTTH network access. For more information, visit www.pmc-sierra.com/ftth-pon.

About PMC

PMC (Nasdaq:PMCS) is the semiconductor innovator transforming networks that connect, move and store digital content. Building on a track record of technology leadership, we are driving innovation across storage, optical and mobile networks. Our highly integrated solutions increase performance and enable next-generation services to accelerate the network transformation. For more information, visit www.pmc-sierra.com.

About Tecom

Tecom Co., Ltd., Taiwan’s leading telecommunications equipment maker, an affiliate of Teco industrial group, was established in 1980 in Hsinchu, Taiwan and has over 30 years’ experience in telecom equipment OEM, ODM business.

Since 1990, Tecom has gained very rich and extensive optical components and device product experience in providing high quality optical products such as optical cable, transceiver, patch cord, media convertor, etc. and now the full range of xPON product portfolio to the telecom infrastructure market.

About the Broadband Forum

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