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Centillium Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: CTLM), a leading provider of broadband access solutions, today announced that OneAccess Networks, a developer of CPE solutions headquartered in France, has selected Centillium's Palladia(TM) 300 chipset to power its ADSL2/2+ routers. OneAccess offers multiservice access routers with a high level of security and reliability to business customers, including DSL and voice-over-IP (VoIP) routers and solutions to facilitate migration to IP from legacy voice and data technologies. Integration with Centillium's pioneering DSL chipset enables the speedy deployment of complex multiplay applications, offering customers industry-leading routing performance and security and VPN functionalities.
"We chose Centillium's Palladia 300 chipset for our next generation ADSL2/2+ access routers because it provides the most cost-effective solution while offering the industry's highest performance and a rich ADSL2/2+ feature-set," said Bertand Meis, CEO of OneAccess. "In addition, Palladia 300 with its integrated hardware encryption engine enables seamless deployment of enterprise VPN applications with unparalleled security and reliability without sacrificing routing performance and speed."
"The Palladia 300's powerful hardware encryption engine, packet header processor and flexible WAN interface deliver what service providers demand most from their ADSL equipment vendors," said Jitesh Vadhia, senior vice president and general manager at Centillium Communications. "These providers are looking for ways to increase revenues and reduce subscriber churn rate by offering premium and bundled services at affordable prices."
"Our collaboration with OneAccess will bring more secure and reliable broadband access to businesses, helping to drive DSL growth in Europe and globally. With the heightened emphasis on secure communication, the Palladia 300's ADSL VPN router offers travelers and remote workers the ability to connect to their corporate networks securely and with the utmost reliability and confidence."
The versatile Palladia product family offers one of the most comprehensive sets of ADSL2/2+ features and is interoperable with leading DSLAM vendors for Annexes A, B and C. Palladia's ADSL VPN Router integrates an Internet Protocol Security (IPSec) engine with support for Data Encryption Standard (DES), Triple Data Encryption Standard (3DES) and Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), as well as Secure Hash and Message Digest Hashing in hardware.
In addition to its leading-edge technology, Centillium offers a complete package of reference designs, hardware, software that includes drivers and routing stacks and outstanding customer support for the Palladia family to ensure customers quick time-to-market.