FREMONT, Calif. -- Ikanos Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: IKAN), a leading developer and provider of Fiber Fast™ broadband solutions, today announced that leading Korean equipment manufacturer DASAN Networks has selected the Ikanos multi-mode VDSL2 central office (CO) and customer premises equipment (CPE) chipsets for its next generation equipment. Ikanos’ solutions enable DASAN to offer universal 100/100 VDSL2 DSLAMs, concentrators, CPE and residential gateways for deployment in Korea and the rest of the world.

DASAN chose Ikanos’ Fx™100100-5 VDSL2 CO and Fx™100100S-5 VDSL2 CPE chipsets for their ability to offer what the company believes to be the best feature set, performance, reliability and the lowest power consumption per port in the industry.

“Ikanos’ VDSL2 chipsets offer the best performance and reliability in the industry,” said Yoo Choon Yul, COO of DASAN Networks. “By designing with Ikanos’ field-proven Fx100100-5 and Fx100100S-5 chipsets, we are able to ensure that our customers are receiving the best products, with the most functionality available on the market today. Additionally, by investing in Ikanos’ hardware and software, we are able to reduce our time to market while providing VDSL2-compliant solutions to customers around the world.”

“Ikanos continues to maintain leading VDSL2 market share in Korea, a showcase for the world’s most progressive broadband deployments,” said Daniel K. Atler, CEO of Ikanos. “Ikanos’ technology has been a staple in the broadband solutions offered by Korea’s top service providers. Having our chipsets selected repeatedly by DASAN speaks for Ikanos’ technology leadership.”

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DASAN Zhone Solutions Inc.