- Comtrend’s new PG-9182AC G.hn/Wi-Fi
Extender provides whole-home Wi-Fi service, avoiding the signal
degradation caused by walls and the high latency typically
introduced in Wi-Fi mesh solutions
CES – MaxLinear Inc. (NYSE: MXL), a leading provider of
radio frequency (RF) and mixed-signal integrated circuits for the
connected home, wired and wireless infrastructure, and industrial
and multimarket applications, today announced that Comtrend Corp.
has selected its powerline G.hn Wave-2 networking chipset for a new
Wi-Fi extender that addresses the North American service provider
market.
Most service providers today face the challenge of providing
whole-home Wi-Fi service to broadband subscribers with increasing
bandwidth demands. Consumers expect strong Wi-Fi everywhere in
their homes in order to provide connectivity to a growing number of
Internet-connected devices such as smart TVs, smart phones,
tablets, gaming devices, voice-enabled assistants and a wide array
of IoT products.
Using G.hn as a wired backbone for distributed Wi-Fi extenders
is becoming a popular solution in the carrier market. This
video-centric market is demanding quality of service (QoS)
requirements that often cannot be met by Wi-Fi mesh solutions
available in the retail market. G.hn technology delivers a more
stable connectivity solution than pure wireless and further reduces
wireless spectrum congestion by off-loading traffic to a wired
network. Additionally, it provides configurable QoS assurance,
TR-069 remote management and enables safer firmware upgrading.
The Comtrend PG-9182AC uses MaxLinear’s G.hn Wave-2 chipset
(88LX5152 baseband and 88LX2720 analog front-end) and includes a
high-performance, dual-band concurrent 802.11ac radio in a 2x2 MIMO
configuration. The complete offering includes the PG-9182PT
G.hn/Ethernet adapter that is designed to be plugged in near the
user’s broadband router.
“Comtrend is one of the leading vendors providing
high-performance distributed Wi-Fi solutions for the carrier
market, and we value the trust they have in MaxLinear technology
for their latest 802.11ac G.hn/Wi-Fi extender products,” said Will
Torgerson, Vice President & General Manager of the Broadband
Group for MaxLinear. “Previous generations of Comtrend G.hn/Wi-Fi
extenders have been tremendously successful in the carrier market,
and we are confident this product will continue this trend.”
“New applications like 4K video, cloud storage, real-time
gaming, video streaming and voice-activated assistants are pushing
the limits of today’s home networks. Our carrier customers are
demanding solutions that can scale to handle these applications,
while having enough headroom to support future services like
cloud-based gaming and VR/AR,” said Frank Chuang, Vice President of
Marketing for Comtrend. “By using MaxLinear’s G.hn platform, we
ensure we meet our customer requirements today, while having the
flexibility to adapt to new requirements in the future.”
Both the PG-9182AC and the PG-9182PT are FCC compliant, UL
compliant and include a pass-through socket that ensures users do
not lose access to any of their power sockets. The adapters include
optional support for TR-069 remote management, configuration, and
can be firmware-upgraded remotely.
Comtrend’s PG-9182AC and PG-9182PT will be displayed at
MaxLinear's CES demo suite. To view a demonstration of these
products, please contact a MaxLinear sales representative or send
an email to sales@maxlinear.com.
About Comtrend
Founded in 1990, Comtrend is a leading designer and manufacturer
of broadband communication equipment. In 2002, Comtrend
distinguished itself in North America by joining the IPTV
revolution for telephone service providers. At that time, video
over DSL was fraught with quality issues based on the emerging
standards, outside plant quality, and interoperability issues.
Since that time, Comtrend and the many flavors of DSL have become
stable partners to hundreds of service providers worldwide. As new
technologies evolved, Comtrend’s broadband gateways have faithfully
kept the lead. Today, whether a customer is connected via fiber,
cable, satellite, or DSL, a Comtrend gateway will facilitate the
fastest connections while integrating TR-069 manageability. This
software technology serves as the backbone to all tiers of service
providers, allowing management of tens of thousands of customer
premises equipment.
From 2010 to the present day, Comtrend has continually grown its
product lineup, bringing broadband beyond the gateway. Residential
and business users seeking easier ways to extend their networks,
whether wirelessly or through a hard-wire connection, now have
Comtrend traversing power and phone lines, cable, and wireless. It
is apparent today that homes and offices of all sizes cross over to
deploy similar technologies.
For more information please visit www.comtrend.com.
About MaxLinear, Inc.
MaxLinear, Inc. (NYSE:MXL), a leading provider of radio
frequency (RF), analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits for the
connected home, wired and wireless infrastructure, and industrial
and multimarket applications. MaxLinear is headquartered in
Carlsbad, California. For more information, please visit
www.maxlinear.com.
MxL and the MaxLinear logo are trademarks of MaxLinear, Inc.
Other trademarks appearing herein are the property of their
respective owners.
Cautionary Note About Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within
the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended. Forward-looking statements include, among others,
statements concerning our reference design win with Comtrend and
statements concerning or implying the performance of MaxLinear’s
technologies, their potential use cases, and the potential impact
of these technologies or our design win with Comtrend on our
business and future operating results. These forward-looking
statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and
other factors that may cause actual results to be materially
different from any future results expressed or implied by the
forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are based on
management’s current, preliminary expectations. In particular, our
future operating results are substantially dependent on our
assumptions about market trends and conditions and our expectations
with respect to recently completed acquisitions, including our
ability to integrate our recently completed acquisition of Exar
Corporation. Additional risks and uncertainties arising from our
operations generally and our recently completed acquisitions
include intense competition in our industry; our dependence on a
limited number of customers for a substantial portion of our
revenues; uncertainties concerning how end user markets for our
products will develop; potential uncertainties arising from
continued consolidation among cable television and satellite
operators in our target markets and continued consolidation among
competitors within the semiconductor industry generally; our
ability to develop and introduce new and enhanced products on a
timely basis and achieve market acceptance of those products,
particularly as we seek to expand outside of our historic markets;
potential decreases in average selling prices for our products;
risks relating to intellectual property protection and the
prevalence of intellectual property litigation in our industry;
indemnification obligations of Exar arising from a recent
divestiture; the impact on our financial condition of acquisition
indebtedness and cash usage arising from the Exar transaction; our
reliance on a limited number of third party manufacturers; and our
lack of long-term supply contracts and dependence on limited
sources of supply. In addition to these risks and uncertainties,
investors should review the risks and uncertainties contained in
our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC),
including the information under the caption “Risk Factors” in our
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016 and
our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September
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