Microtune®, Inc. (NASDAQ: TUNE) today announced that AVM, a
leading broadband device manufacturer in Germany, is deploying
Microtune’s DOCSIS® 3.0 tuner chipset in its new FRITZ!Box 6360
Cable Modem.
A new addition to AVM’s top-of-the-line FRITZ!Box brand of
wireless routers, AVM’s feature-packed 6360 cable modem enables
ultra high-speed Internet access, digital Internet telephony and
high-quality HD video streaming, all via cable connection. It is
based on the EuroDOCSIS™ 3.0 standard and targeted to the European
cable operators that are beginning to aggressively rollout
EuroDOCSIS 3.0 cable networks.
The EuroDOCSIS 3.0 standard (as with its U.S. counterpart,
DOCSIS 3.0), is a cable industry specification that flexibly bonds
up to four downstream and upstream cable channels to achieve
download speeds of up to 100 Mbps. EuroDOCSIS 3.0 techniques enable
impressive performance for a wealth of new bandwidth-intensive
voice, data and multimedia services, including the simultaneous
transmission of multiple streams of HD video.
The FRITZ!Box cable modem is built on Microtune’s DOCSIS 3.0
chipset, which includes the MT2170 wideband tuner and MT1570
wideband amplifier. Together, the two Microtune chips constitute
the two-way RF gateway for EuroDOCSIS 3.0 downstream and upstream
channel-bonded communications.
“For the first time ever, a DOCSIS 3.0 cable modem has been
integrated into a FRITZ!Box, making cable access to the Internet
straightforward and effortless. As with all our products, we deploy
state-of-the-art core technologies to give consumers a
high-quality, multifunctional router recognized for reliability and
ease of use,” said Dr. Gerd Thiedemann, Head of Product Management,
AVM. “By combining our systems expertise with Microtune’s
field-proven DOCSIS 3.0 chip technology, we now offer a
FRITZ!Box-class cable modem that gives consumers maximum
flexibility with optimum performance.”
"Microtune’s chipset enabled AVM to develop a flexible cable
modem architecture based on our market-proven DOCSIS 3.0
technology, while drawing on our extensive experience in the global
cable market,” said Barry F. Koch, Executive Vice President,
Microtune. "The FRITZ!Box DOCSIS 3.0 wireless cable modem is
designed to enable a new kind of cable user experience for the
European market, with fast Internet access, easy networking,
Internet telephony and versatile multimedia applications.”
The new FRITZ!Box 6360 cable modem will be displayed in
Microtune’s booth (Number 525) at the SCTE Cable-Tec Expo® 2010 on
October 20-22, 2010 in New Orleans, LA.
NEW FRITZ!BOX 6360 CABLE MODEM
The new DOCSIS 3.0-based FRITZ!Box is equipped with a VoIP
telephone system, for which an integrated DECT base station can be
connected to six cordless telephones. Other features include
802.11n, four Gigabit Ethernet ports and a USB 2.0 port. With the
integrated Network Attached Storage (NAS) functionality, the new
FRITZ!Box, together with an external USB storage device, makes
photos, music, videos and other files available across the
EuroDOCSIS 3.0 cable network.
MICROTUNE’S WIDEBAND DOCSIS 3.0 CHIPSET
Microtune’s DOCSIS wideband tuner and upstream amplifier are
building-block radio frequency (RF) technologies engineered to
significantly reduce the required footprint, power consumption and
RF bill of materials cost to achieve unprecedented DOCSIS 3.0
performance. When integrated into the FRITZ!Box 6360, they are
designed to increase the performance, data rate and reliability for
bandwidth-intensive DOCSIS 3.0 transmissions, enabling ultra
high-speed data, digital voice, fast high-definition
video-on-demand downloads/uploads, interactive on-line gaming, and
Internet Protocol (IP) TV video.
For more information about Microtune’s DOCSIS 3.0 products or
its complete suite of RF solutions for the cable television market,
visit the Company’s website at http://www.microtune.com.
ABOUT CABLE EUROPE LABS AND CABLE
EUROPE
Cable Europe Labs, part of the Cable Europe association of cable
operators, certifies that vendor equipment meets industry-specified
requirements, ensuring high interoperability of the equipment with
cable networks offering TV, broadband Internet and telephony
services. The first certification last week (in Certification Wave
34) of EuroDOCSIS 3.0 cable modems continues to drive the rollout
of cable’s ultra high-speed telecommunications services into the
European marketplace. Cable Europe joined forces with CableLabs® in
the United States to develop the new DOCSIS 3.0/EuroDOCSIS 3.0
specifications.
Supporting legacy cable networks and services, certified
DOCSIS/EuroDOCSIS cable equipment increases performance, data rate
and reliability for bandwidth-intensive data and Internet Protocol
(IP) voice and video services, including very fast high-definition
video-on-demand downloads/uploads for consumers and new commercial
services for businesses.
ABOUT AVM
Founded in 1986 in Berlin, AVM is one of the top manufacturers
of broadband devices in Europe. With more than 50 percent of the
market share, it is the leading manufacturer in Germany, Europe’s
largest market. AVM has 425 employees and generated a turnover of
€200 million in the 2009 fiscal year. The Berlin-based
communications specialist has received numerous awards for its
innovative FRITZ!Box product range, developed and produced in
Germany. FRITZ!Box enables fast, user-friendly DSL access, easy
networking, inexpensive Internet telephony and versatile multimedia
applications.
ABOUT MICROTUNE
Microtune, Inc. is a receiver solutions company that designs and
markets advanced radio frequency (RF) and demodulator electronics
for worldwide customers. Its products, targeted to the cable,
digital television and automotive entertainment markets, are
engineered to deliver high-performance and reliable video, voice
and data signals across a diverse range of end products, from
HDTVs, set-top boxes and cable modems to car radios. Microtune is
headquartered in Plano, Texas, with key design and sales centers
located around the world. The website: www.microtune.com or
www.microtune.cn.
CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING
STATEMENTS
This document contains certain forward-looking statements about
Microtune, Inc. (“Microtune”) that are subject to risks and
uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially
from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements.
These factors include, but are not limited to: (1) the occurrence
of any event, change or other circumstances that could give rise to
the termination of the merger agreement; (2) the outcome of any
legal proceedings that have been and may be instituted against
Microtune and others following announcement of the proposal or the
merger agreement; (3) the inability to complete the merger due to
the failure to obtain stockholder approval, (4) the inability to
obtain necessary regulatory approvals required to complete the
merger; (5) the risk that the proposed transaction disrupts current
plans and operations and the potential difficulties in employee
retention as a result of the merger; (6) the ability to recognize
the benefits of the merger or of any combination of Microtune and
Zoran Corporation; (7) the timing of the initiation, progress or
cancellation of significant contracts or arrangements, the mix and
timing of services sold in a particular period; and (8) the
possibility that Microtune may be adversely affected by other
economic, business, and/or competitive factors. Except as required
by law, Microtune is under no duty to update any of the
forward-looking statements after the date of this document to
conform to actual results.
These and other risks that are set forth in the “Risk Factors,”
“Legal Proceedings” and “Management's Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition and Results of Operations” sections of and
elsewhere in Microtune’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2009 and Microtune’s most recent Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2010, each as
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Many of the
factors that will determine the outcome of the subject matter of
this document are beyond Microtune’s ability to control or
predict.
Important Additional Information and Where to Find
It.
On September 23, 2010, Microtune, Inc. (“Microtune”) filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) a preliminary
proxy statement in connection with the proposed merger with Zoran
Corporation, pursuant to which Microtune would be acquired by Zoran
Corporation (the “Merger”) and intends to file a definitive proxy
statement with the SEC. Investors and stockholders are urged to
read the preliminary proxy statement carefully and, when it becomes
available, the definitive proxy statement as well as any other
relevant documents filed with the SEC when they become available
because they will contain important information about the merger
and the parties to the merger. The information in the preliminary
proxy statement is not complete and may be changed. Before making
any voting or investment decisions with respect to the proposed
merger or any of the other matters with respect to which
Microtune’s stockholders will be asked to vote pursuant to the
proxy statement, Microtune’s stockholders are urged to read the
definitive proxy statement and other documents filed by Microtune
when they become available. Investors and stockholders may obtain a
free copy of the preliminary proxy statement and the definitive
proxy statement (when available) and other documents filed by
Microtune at the SEC website at http://www.sec.gov. The preliminary
proxy statement, definitive proxy statement (when available) and
other documents also may be obtained for free at Microtune’s
Internet website at www.microtune.com or from Microtune by
contacting Investor Relations by telephone at 972-673-1850 or by
mail at Microtune, Inc., 2201 10th Street, Plano, Texas, 75074,
Attn: Investor Relations Department. In connection with the special
meeting of Microtune stockholders to approve the adoption of the
merger agreement, Microtune will mail copies of the definitive
proxy statement to Microtune stockholders who are entitled to
attend and vote at the special meeting which is determined by the
stockholders of record on October 18, 2010.
Microtune and Zoran and their respective directors, executive
officers and other members of their management and employees, under
SEC rules, may be deemed participants in the solicitation of
proxies from Microtune stockholders in connection with the proposed
Merger. Information regarding Zoran's directors and officers is
available in Zoran's proxy statement for its 2010 annual meeting of
stockholders and Zoran's 2009 Annual Report on Form 10-K, which
were filed with the SEC on April 29, 2010 and March 1, 2010,
respectively. Information concerning the interests of Microtune’s
participants in the solicitation, which may, in some cases, be
different than those of Microtune stockholders generally, is set
forth in Microtune’s proxy statement for its 2010 Annual Meeting of
Stockholders, which was filed with the SEC on April 9, 2010 and
available on Microtune's website at www.microtune.com and is also
set forth in the preliminary proxy described above and will be set
forth in the definitive proxy statement relating to the merger when
it becomes available.
EDITOR’S NOTE:
Microtune is a registered trademark and MicroTuner is a
trademark of Microtune, Inc. Copyright © 2010 Microtune, Inc. All
rights reserved. All other trademarks are the property of their
respective holders.
CableLabs and DOCSIS, and EuroDOCSIS are trademarks of Cable
Television Laboratories, Inc.
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