DALLAS -- Texas Instruments Incorporated (NYSE: TXN - News; TI), a world leader in DSL, is unveiling today a new high-bandwidth DSL technology that is backwards compatible with operators' current infrastructure and will make it possible to add competitive video service revenue to their existing data and voice services. TI's Uni-DSL (UDSL) technology raises the bandwidth of DSL to the level necessary to deliver High Definition Television (HDTV) and other advanced video services, as well as voice and data, throughout the home with limited fiber deployment. The backwards compatibility of UDSL-based equipment will allow operators to affordably deploy a flexible menu of services using ADSL and VDSL standards from a single line card design in the central office or residential gateway in the home. TI plans to take its vision of a universal DSL technology before the various standards organizations around the world to gain support for Uni-DSL technology.

UDSL-based equipment will be targeted at neighborhood service cabinets, sometimes called cross connects or primary connection points that are located four to six kilofeet (Kft) from the user. Operators can then deploy fiber to this connection point and utilize the existing copper to deliver speeds between 50-100Mbps to users. This will eliminate the need to deploy fiber to the home or the curb and still enable operators to deliver the speeds required to provide multiple high definition video streams to consumers. UDSL can also be used in multi-dwelling units (MDUs) and multi-tenant units (MTUs) in shorter loop markets where operators have already deployed fiber to the curb (FTTC) or building (FTTB) networks.

"Video services are the next opportunity for DSL service providers for additional revenue streams. TI's Uni-DSL proposal enables operators to provide video, VoIP and data services with limited fiber investment and maintain backward compatibility to existing ADSL equipment in the field," said Steve Rago, principal analyst, iSuppli.

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