SUWANEE, Ga., Aug. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ARRIS
(Nasdaq: ARRS) today announced that its Touchstone TM902 Embedded
Multimedia Terminal Adapter (E-MTA) platform has been awarded
EuroDOCSIS 3.0 and EuroPacketCable® 1.5 certification by Cable
Europe Labs.
The Touchstone TM902 is a wideband voice and data modem customer
premises device with two ports for primary line voice and a high
speed data port, capable of delivering data throughput speeds of up
to 400 Mbp/s to the end user, through DOCSIS 3.0 channel bonding
technology. The TM902 comes in three models: the TM902A for
North America and the TM902B and
TM902S for Europe. All have
internal power supplies, 8 Downstream by 4 Upstream silicon
technology and offer operators the lowest power consumption among
comparable CPE devices. The TM902S comes with an On/Off
switch, to further comply with European power consumption
requirements.
"We're very pleased to introduce the Touchstone TM902 family of
E-MTAs to our customers," said ARRIS SVP Product Management Derek
Elder. "We build the same Touchstone reliability into each of
our CPE devices, and now can offer 8D x 4U support that will enable
cable operators to further improve their competitiveness by
offering ever increasing data rates."
"We are extremely pleased that ARRIS has chosen the BCM3382
cable modem E-MTA System-on-a Chip (SOC) to expand its 8D X 4U
E-MTA product portfolio and that ARRIS is the first to receive
Cable Europe Labs EuroDOCSIS 3.0 certification," said Jay Kirchoff, Broadcom's Senior Director of
Marketing for its Broadband Communications Group. "As the
highest performing and most cost effective DOCSIS 3.0 8D X 4U
solution available, the BCM3382 is a strong choice to enable ARRIS'
TM902 platform to meet the rapidly growing market for higher
bandwidth products."
About ARRIS
ARRIS is a global communications technology company specializing
in the design, engineering and supply of technology that supports
broadband services for residential and business customers around
the world. The company supplies broadband operators with the tools
and platforms they need to deliver carrier-grade telephony, network
video processing, whole home video, demand driven video,
next-generation advertising, network and workforce management
solutions, access and transport architectures and ultra high-speed
data services. Headquartered in Suwanee,
Georgia, USA, ARRIS has R&D centers in Suwanee; Beaverton,
OR; Chicago, IL;
Kirkland, WA; State College, PA; Wallingford, CT; Waltham, MA; Cork,
Ireland; and Shenzhen,
China, and operates support and sales offices throughout the
world. Information about ARRIS products and services can be found
at www.arrisi.com.
SOURCE ARRIS
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