LEA and Celeno Partner to Bring Video-Grade Wi-Fi to European Service Providers

Celeno CL1830 enables LEA’s wireless video bridge to stream HD video anywhere in a home

Broadband World Forum 2011

PARIS--()--Celeno Communications, a leading provider of semiconductors and software for multimedia Wi-Fi home networking applications, and LEA, a leading provider of broadband access and home networking equipment, announced today a partnership to fulfill the need for wireless distribution of HD IPTV video services and high-speed data within and throughout subscribers’ homes with wire-like quality. Celeno’s CL1830 3x3 450Mbps beam-forming MIMO Wi-Fi technology will power LEA’s new Wi-Fi video bridge product line, which will be available this December.

“Service providers face significant challenges in delivering IPTV and high-speed data streams from the customer’s broadband connection to a multitude of display devices throughout the home,” said Gilad Rozen, CEO and President of Celeno. “LEA’s 5GHz video bridges are designed to address this need. By leveraging Celeno’s technology and the less-interfered 5GHz spectrum, the solution will deliver whole-home robust home networks with the expected quality of service.”

“We have partnered with Celeno to deliver our service provider customers best-in-class Wi-Fi technology,” said Patrice Fryson, CEO of LEA. “This new range of products will perfectly complement our large existing PLC offer, proposing today to operators and retail, a complete broadband Home Networking solutions. These devices will help to expand service reach in the home - from installed gateways to multiple set-top boxes and devices at any location in the home.”

Celeno’s Wi-Fi technology, powered by its OptimizAIR™ technology suite, has been designed from the ground up to meet the stringent requirements of carrier-grade video streaming. High throughput, long range, bounded jitter, low packet drops, interference resiliency, and remote management are just some of the properties built into the solution to satisfy service providers’ needs. The CL1830 is a 3x3 450Mbps beam-forming MIMO high-speed dual-band Wi-Fi solution. It combines scheduled MAC, traffic shaping, and admission control to achieve the video QoS expected by consumers.

The LEA video bridge includes 4 Ethernet LAN connectors, 450Mbps video-grade Wi-Fi performance, WPS secured association, interference detection and avoidance, fast-channel change and TR-069 remote management.

About Celeno

Celeno is a leading provider of high performance Wi-Fi chips and software for HD multimedia and entertainment home networking applications. Powered by Celeno's system-on-chip (SoC) and its OptimizAIR™ technology, home gateways, multi-room DVRs and media servers can distribute multiple and simultaneous HD video streams to standard set-top boxes, PCs, television sets and other Wi-Fi-enabled consumer devices. Founded in 2005, the company has offices and representatives in EMEA, the U.S. and Asia-Pacific, and is backed by blue chip investors including Cisco Systems, Greylock Partners, Liberty Global and Pitango Venture Capital www.celeno.com.

About LEA

LEA is a global leader in PLC, broadband DSL access and Home Networking solutions for telecom carriers, ISPs and retailers. With offices in Europe, Asia and North America, LEA controls its industrial know-how and expertise in order to innovate and ensure a high level of reliability with a perfect technical mastery of the products. With 150 million DSL ports deployed, and over 4 Million PLC products delivered, LEA is a worldwide leader in DSL splitters and filter and the delivery of broadband Home Networking solutions. www.leacom.fr

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Karen Quatromoni, +1 508-475-0025 x150
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Contacts

Rainier Communications
Karen Quatromoni, +1 508-475-0025 x150
kquatromoni@rainierco.com