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BOSTON, Sept 12, 2006 -- (Fall 2006 VON Conference & Expo) Broadcom Corporation (Nasdaq: BRCM), a global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications, today announced that its single-chip, low-cost Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) phone solution has been selected by TCL Communication for its newest residential IP phone (scheduled for production shipment in the fourth quarter of 2006). The Broadcom® residential IP phone chip (BCM1190) enables manufacturers to economically build IP phones for the home with advanced features such as full duplex speaker phone and high-fidelity audio, which were not previously available in low-cost IP phones.
These new IP phones represent the integration of a traditional analog phone and a VoIP Terminal Adapter (TA), which is commonly in use in today's VoIP deployments worldwide. The key benefit is that these new IP phones are less expensive and offer more features than the combination of an analog phone and a VoIP TA.
"Asia's rapidly expanding residential broadband infrastructure opens the door for the deployment of VoIP in millions of apartment units in major cities throughout the region," said Patrick Sullivan, Vice President and General Manager of Broadcom's VoIP business unit. "Broadcom's BCM1190 residential IP phone chip enables the high voice quality, robust feature set and low cost that will appeal to consumers who choose VoIP as their home telephone technology."
"Broadcom's industry leading VoIP chips and software have enabled TCL to develop a cost-effective IP phone offering features and functionality that are completely new to this class of phone," said Gu Gong, General Manager of TCL Communication. "TCL's latest residential IP phone will provide our customers with a high quality voice experience at an economical price point, which will allow consumers to embrace VoIP."
TCL's new IP phone, Model TCL-IP(16), is based on Broadcom's BCM1190 residential IP phone chip and includes features such as session initiation protocol (SIP) call signaling, hands-free full-duplex speakerphone capabilities, three-way conference calling and high-fidelity audio. The new TCL IP phone also features a software-based Ethernet switch and two physical Ethernet interfaces that support the connection between a broadband DSL or cable modem and a PC.
TCL Communication Equipment (Huizhou) Co., Ltd is a leading Chinese company that specializes in the researching, manufacturing and selling of communication equipment. TCL products also sell in overseas markets in over 50 countries and regions, with more than 100 million users. TCL maybe contacted at +86-752-2288868 or at www.tclcomm.com.
Product Information
Broadcom's BCM1190 low-cost consumer IP phone chip is a highly integrated, high performance VoIP processor that is targeted at residential and small office/home office (SOHO) Ethernet IP handsets. The BCM1190 provides business class IP phone features at consumer price points, including high fidelity audio support and full duplex speakerphone. This enables service providers to deliver more differentiated services than their existing solutions that use the combination of a terminal adapters plus analog phone.
The BCM1190 device features a single MIPS® processor core with specialized VoIP instructions that eliminate the need for a separate digital signal processor for voice applications. This reduces the size and cost of the device, resulting in end products at price points that will further drive the adoption of consumer VoIP applications. The BCM1190 supports the following speech codecs: G.711, G.722, G.722.1, G.723.1/A, G.729A/AB, G.726, and GSM-EFR. The Broadcom residential IP phone chip is currently shipping in production and pricing is available upon request.
To accelerate customers' time to market, Broadcom has developed the BCM91190 reference design, which includes its VoIP xChange™ software suite and board support package, including all necessary drivers and software development tools. Reference designs are available today.
Broadcom's VoIP Silicon Solutions
Broadcom's VoIP silicon solutions are the most advanced in the industry, offering a wide range of voice and data capabilities. Broadcom VoIP chips utilize a common, field-proven software package that has enabled manufacturers to deliver best-in-class voice quality products for consumer and enterprise IP telephony applications. Broadcom's VoIP solutions are shipping in volume production today to leading manufacturers worldwide for deployment in enterprise IP phones, residential terminal adapters, voice-enabled cable and DSL residential gateways, Wi-Fi® phones and Wi-Fi video phones.
About Broadcom
Broadcom Corporation is a global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications. Our products enable the delivery of voice, video, data and multimedia to and throughout the home, the office and the mobile environment. Broadcom provides the industry's broadest portfolio of state-of-the-art system-on-a-chip and software solutions to manufacturers of computing and networking equipment, digital entertainment and broadband access products, and mobile devices. These solutions support our core mission: Connecting everything®.
Broadcom, one of the world's largest fabless semiconductor companies with annual revenue of more than $2.5 billion, is headquartered in Irvine, Calif., and has offices and research facilities in North America, Asia and Europe. Broadcom may be contacted at 1-949-450-8700 or at www.broadcom.com.
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Broadcom Trade Press Contact Gennis Lafayette Public Relations Manager 408-543-3413 gennisl@broadcom.com Broadcom Technical Contact Daniel De Guzman Product Line Manager, VoIP 949-926-6556 danield@broadcom.com Broadcom Investor Relations Contact T. Peter Andrew Vice President, Investor Relations 949-926-5663 andrewtp@broadcom.com
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