January 3, 2006 Mountain View, CA -- Askey Computer (Taiwan) has selected Broadlight's BL2000 System-on-Chip (SoC) in order to develop products for deployment within Gigabit passive optical networks (GPONs) in Asian and North American markets.
"Askey is a recognized world leader in the design and manufacturing of high-volume CPE [customer premises equipment] devices, and we are extremely pleased to be joining forces with them," comments Andy Vought, CEO of BroadLight. "Clearly, the industry is recognizing the significant cost and performance advantages offered by GPON technology."
"We chose BroadLight because of their leadership in ITU-T-PON technology, and in providing a timely and comprehensive GPON solution for getting to market quickly and with low risk," adds Arthur Lie, senior marketing manager of Askey Computer. "The GPON market is heating up, and we believe that 2006 will be a critical year. Because of BroadLight's BL2000 product, we can now meet the cost, performance, and time-to-market requirements necessary to be successful."
In June 2005, BroadLight introduced its ITU-T G.984-compliant E2E GPON platform for ONT applications, which features the BL2000 GPON SoC, as well as the company's PONmaker software and BL3000 OLT MAC, OLT, and ONT transceivers.