SHENZHEN, China--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation (Pink Sheets: VTSS), a leading provider of advanced IC solutions for Carrier and Enterprise networking, today announced a substantial expansion of its FTTX (Fiber-to-the-Home, Building or Premise) Technology Ecosystem with the addition of four industry-leading system, component and module vendors: Huawei Technologies, NEC Electronics, NeoPhotonics and Source Photonics. The Ecosystem is a forum for companies across the entire Passive Optical Network (PON) hardware spectrum to work together to accelerate the deployment of next-generation 10G-PON FTTX platforms. These four new organizations join technology innovators such as Cyoptics, Emcore, ETRI, NEC, Teknovus, ZTE and Vitesse.

New FTTX Technology Ecosystem Members

Huawei is a world-leading telecom solutions provider focused on building long-term partnerships with telecom operators. Huawei’s products and solutions are deployed in over 100 countries and serve 36 of the world’s top 50 operators, as well as over one billion users worldwide. “We are delighted to contribute towards the Ecosystem’s growing PON technology expertise,” said Jiang Zuoqian, vice president, access network product line, Huawei Technologies. “Vitesse and Huawei have an extensive working relationship in developing technically advanced network solutions. With our leading network product solutions, Huawei is committed to delivering high-quality next-generation FTTX deployments.”

Source Photonics provides a broad array of optical transceiver solutions for telecom and datacom networks, including modules for PON deployments with its optical subsystem products used in Fiber-to-the-Premise (FTTP) deployments. “It has always been Source Photonics’ commitment to promote and deliver high-performance and cost-effective fiber optic components and subsystems for FTTX applications. This continues with the development of next-generation PON solutions. The collaboration with Vitesse is an essential element in supporting and ensuring proven interoperability with systems and component solutions, while meeting demanding time-to-market expectations,” stated Thomas Liljeberg, senior vice president of product development and product line management of Source Photonics.

NeoPhotonics currently has an extensive portfolio of GPON and EPON transceivers for FTTP applications and is one of the highest volume manufacturers of optical access transceivers. “We are pleased to work with Vitesse to embody our commitment to innovation and technology leadership in next-gen optical access components. Joining the 10G-PON ecosystem will enable us to work closely with leading technology companies to collectively address and advance development of next-generation, end-to-end, passive optical networking (PON) systems for FTTX applications,” said Chris Pfistner, vice president of product marketing at NeoPhotonics.

NEC Electronics has long been a leading innovator and manufacture of high-speed opto-electronics. The company presently provides complete TOSA, ROSA, and BOSA optical assemblies, along with subcomponents into many of today’s deployed PON systems.

“Given the module-level focus at CIOE this year, this announcement solidifies a number of leading vendors for this round of the FTTX Technology Ecosystem expansion,” said Gary Paules, Vitesse product marketing manager. “In addition, we are very happy to have leading PON system vendor Huawei join the Ecosystem. Vitesse is dedicated to helping drive the deployment of next-generation PON deployments worldwide by coordinating close working relationships among our stellar group of Ecosystem members.”

CIOE/FTTX China PON Demonstration

Along with selected Ecosystem members, Vitesse will demonstrate various PON solutions at CIOE/FTTH China. At the Vitesse CIOE booth (#4352), Teknovus and Vitesse will demo Teknovus’ true burst-mode symmetric 10G-EPON solutions. Additionally, Vitesse will present technical developments and trends in FTTX and next-generation networks during “FTTX and Next-Generation Optical Access Network Technology” on September 7, 2009, from 14:40-15:00 in the Shenzhen Convention and Exhibition Center (fifth floor of Rose Hall-3). To learn more about the FTTX Technology Ecosystem visit: www.vitesse.com/fttx.

About Vitesse

Vitesse designs, develops and markets a diverse portfolio of high-performance, cost-competitive semiconductor solutions for Carrier and Enterprise networks worldwide. Engineering excellence and dedicated customer service distinguish Vitesse as an industry leader in Gigabit Ethernet LAN, Ethernet-over-SONET, Fibre Channel, Serial Attached SCSI, Optical Transport and other applications. Vitesse innovation empowers customers to deliver superior products for Enterprise, Access, Metro and Core applications. Additional company and product information is available at www.vitesse.com.

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