Askey Computer Selects BroadLight’s BL2000 System-on-Chip for GPON Deployments in Asia and North America

Askey and BroadLight Join Forces to Develop GPON Equipment for Telecom Equipment Vendors Worldwide

January 9, 2006 – Mountain View, Calif. - BroadLight, Inc., a leading supplier of ITU Passive Optical Network (PON) semiconductors and software, today announced that Askey Computer of Taiwan has selected BroadLight’s BL2000 system-on-chip solution. Askey intends to develop its GPON products to address the worldwide growing market demand for low-cost, easy-to-deploy GPON solutions.

“Askey is a recognized world leader in the design and manufacturing of high-volume CPE devices and we are extremely pleased to be joining forces with them,” said Andy Vought, CEO of BroadLight. “We are thrilled at the success our GPON products are having in markets worldwide with high caliber companies such as Askey. Clearly, the industry is recognizing the significant cost and performance advantages offered by GPON technology.”

“We chose BroadLight because of their leadership in ITU-T-PON technology and in providing a timely and comprehensive GPON solution for getting to market quickly and with low risk,” said Arthur Lie, Senior Marketing Manager of Askey Computer. “The GPON market is heating up and we believe that 2006 will be a critical year. Because of BroadLight’s BL2000 product, we can now meet the cost, performance and time-to-market requirements necessary to be successful.”

BroadLight’s GPON Solution
In June 2005, BroadLight unveiled a complete E2E GPON solution that features the BL2000 GPON System-on-Chip (SoC) for cost focused ONT applications. The highly-integrated E2E GPON solution consists of PONmaker software, BL3000 OLT MAC, OLT and ONT transceivers and the BL2000 family of ONT SoCs. Delivering unprecedented performance and integration, BroadLight’s E2E GPON provides customers with a low-cost and low-risk solution that will significantly speed their time to market with ITU-T G.984-compliant GPON equipment.

For more information on BroadLight’s GPON or BPON solutions, interested parties should contact sales@broadlight.com.

About BroadLight, Inc.
BroadLight delivers the industry’s only end-to-end solution (from the customer premises to the central office) for equipment vendors designing passive optical network (PON) systems. The company’s completely integrated product line consists of standards-based digital and analog optical transceivers, communication semiconductors and software solutions that enable its customers to deliver ITU-T PON equipment to carriers and services providers worldwide. This end-to-end solution provides customers with a lower risk development cycle and enables them to significantly speed time-to-market. As a result, BroadLight technology has been adopted by leading manufacturers who are currently providing equipment for the some of the world’s largest fiber PON roll-outs.