Microtune-based products are installed for high-speed DOCSIS 3.0/EuroDOCSIS 3.0 services that have introduced in Austria, Brazil, Belgium, Canada, Finland, Japan, Korea, the Netherlands, Switzerland, the UK and the US.

The new DOCSIS 3.0 solutions in production, incorporating those for four by four and eight by four downstream/upstream configurations, will be demonstrated in the booths of premier equipment suppliers at the National Cable & Telecommunications Association’s Cable Show, held in Washington D.C. from April 1 to April 3, 2009.

We are very excited to have surpassed our one-millionth DOCSIS 3.0 tuner shipment milestone, and we are pleased to support our customers as they drive the DOCSIS/EuroDOCSIS 3.0 market with worldwide deployments, stated James A. Fontaine, president and chief executive officer of Microtune. DOCSIS 3.0 is a key technology for the cable industry. It enables experience-enhancing, competitive subscriber services today, including ultra-high-speed Internet, streaming video and file sharing. At the same time, it provides the platform for future TV, web and voice cross-platform services. As an electronics supplier, we are committed to providing a portfolio of scalable RF technology that makes it easy for cable operators to deploy DOCSIS 3.0 broadly, flexibly and cost effectively.

TI’s Puma 5 hardware and software solutions, combined with Microtune’s advanced RF technologies, have played a key role in the growth of the DOCSIS 3.0 market across new classes of cable modems, gateways and interactive set-top boxes, stated Ran Senderovitz, Texas Instruments Incorporated’ Digital Connected Home business manager. Our complementary products have enabled manufacturers to achieve certification and quickly deploy high-quality, cost-effective end-equipment in volume in regions around the world including North America, Europe, Asia and South America. We plan to move this collaboration into the next generation of DOCSIS 3.0 products by pioneering innovations that continue to optimize price/performance and advanced features.

Microtune DOCSIS 3.0 RF Portfolio:

Microtune’s DOCSIS/EuroDOCSIS 3.0 product portfolio provides wideband and narrowband technologies which can be designed in any combination to allow a flexible DOCSIS 3.0 RF silicon solution. As a distinct advantage, this capability enables cable operators to install and evolve DOCSIS 3.0 services for new business models, network configurations and channel allocation plans, while at the same time, supporting legacy cable networks and services.

Microtune at National Cable & Telecommunications Association Cable Show:

Microtune-based cable products, incorporating the embedded multimedia terminal adaptors (EMTAs), SCTE-40 compliant set-top boxes and RF gateways, are serving to optimize bandwidth, ensure quality of service and leverage digital phone, video and data services.