ARRIS Cable Headend Equipment Receives DOCSIS® 2.0 Qualification Using Broadcom's QAMLink® Third Generation CMTS Chipset

IRVINE, Calif., Apr 30, 2004 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- Broadcom Corporation, (Nasdaq: BRCM), a leading provider of highly integrated semiconductor solutions enabling broadband communications, today announced that the ARRIS Cadant® C3™ cable modem termination system (CMTS) using Broadcom's CMTS chipset achieved DOCSIS® 2.0 qualification in the most recent wave of certification testing conducted by CableLabs®.

The Broadcom® DOCSIS 2.0-based CMTS chipset enables cable operators to deliver new interactive cable services to more subscribers at a lower capital equipment cost. These new services include secure virtual private networks (VPNs) for telecommuters, full-featured IP telephony, videoconferencing, local web hosting, and peer-to-peer networking applications, such as those provided by Windows XP® instant messaging features, music downloads and file sharing.

"We are very pleased that the Cadant C3 received CableLabs' DOCSIS 2.0 qualification," said Daniel A. Marotta, Group Vice President of Broadcom's Broadband Communications Group. "This achievement will provide significant performance and value to cable operators and their subscribers."

The Cadant C3 DOCSIS 2.0-qualified CMTS uses Broadcom's BCM3140 QAMLink dual universal A-TDMA/S-CDMA burst receiver, BCM3040 DOCSIS 2.0-based QAMLink modulator and BCM3214 DOCSIS 2.0-based QAMLink media access controller (MAC).

"Receiving DOCSIS 2.0 qualification for the Cadant C3 CMTS continues our leadership position in providing cable operators with the most advanced CMTS solutions," said ARRIS Broadband President Jim Lakin. "These carrier-grade products, based on Broadcom's DOCSIS 2.0 silicon technology, will further increase our customers' return on investment for the deployment of advanced services, by enabling them to capture more frequency bandwidth in their cable plant, and thus, service more customers over a fixed cost."

The CableLabs Certified® or CableLabs Qualified designation means that the device has passed a series of tests for compliance with the indicated version of the Specification and has thus demonstrated interoperable functionality with any other CableLabs Certified or CableLabs Qualified device.

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Broadcom Corporation is a leading provider of highly integrated semiconductor solutions that enable broadband communications and networking of voice, video and data services. We design, develop and supply complete system-on-a-chip (SoC) solutions incorporating digital, analog and radio frequency (RF) technologies, as well as related hardware and software system-level applications. Our diverse product portfolio addresses every major broadband communications market and includes solutions for digital cable and satellite set-top boxes; high definition television (HDTV); cable and DSL modems and residential gateways; high-speed transmission and switching for local, metropolitan, wide area and storage networking; home and wireless networking; cellular and terrestrial wireless communications; Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) gateway and telephony systems; broadband network and security processors; and SystemI/O™ server solutions. These technologies and products support our core mission: Connecting everything®.

Broadcom is headquartered in Irvine, Calif., and may be contacted at 1-949-450-8700 or at www.broadcom.com.

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