Ikanos Communications, developer of Smart Silicon For Profitable Broadband and the first company to extend broadband services at up to 100 Mbps over a single telephone line, announced the launch of its Fiber Extension technology to the Indian market and the opening of the Ikanos development center in Bangalore.

Since volume production began just a year and a half ago, Ikanos’ has shipped more than two million ports. The company’s programmable chipsets now support equipment in the most advanced carrier networks in the world. Ikanos Communications will introduce the FxTM 100 Mbps Fiber Extension technology this week to the Indian market.

Based in India’s renowned technology corridor, the Ikanos Development Center will focus on hardware and software design and development, and application creation for Ikanos’ ultra high-speed programmable chipsets. The site will also house a state-of-the -art test and quality assurance facility.

Ikanos’ ground-breaking advances in chip technology enable carriers to quickly and cost-effectively offer voice, TV and data over existing telephone lines for one always-on broadband connection. Carriers can now deploy fiber to the neighborhood, curb, or building and take advantage of new or existing telephone lines to deliver voice, super-fast Internet and high quality TV directly to the subscriber premise. Carriers greatly accelerate mass provisioning of fiber-speed services, while cutting capital expenditures per subscriber from 100 to as much as 1000 times less than the fiber-based alternatives.

"Ikanos is enabling carriers worldwide to deliver 100 Mbps to the consumer quickly and cost effectively," said Ikanos Communications VP marketing Richard Sekar. "We are the first company to deliver 100 Mbps chipsets over telephone lines in volume, making the Ikanos’ solution a powerful complement to fiber networks. By extending fiber services over existing telephone lines, bandwidth ubiquity is achievable in weeks and months instead of years."

"The site for the Ikanos Development Center was selected for its renowned engineering talent," said Ikanos Communications director of engineering Vallabh Kulkarni. "We’re expanding the top-class team at the Ikanos Development Center and building a leading organization that can take pride in making innovations a reality in India and the global marketplace."