Consuming 50 percent less power than competing devices, the dual channel VE8820 chipset is the industry's most efficient approach to enable voice-over-broadband applications. The chipset's extremely low power requirements help equipment manufacturers more easily comply with emerging "green" environmental standards, such as strict energy consumption limits for broadband equipment outlined in the European Code of Conduct. In addition, the VE8820 chipset's low power performance ensures uninterrupted voice service in battery-backed systems in the event of a power outage.
"Zarlink's voice telephony products address the unique concerns of both service providers and manufacturers," said Jacques Issa, Director of VoIP Marketing and Applications with Zarlink's Communication Products Group. "The VE8820 chipset's integrated remote line diagnostic capabilities allow service providers to slash operating costs, by centrally identifying and quickly resolving customer issues to minimize costly truck rolls. For manufacturers, compared with competing devices the highly integrated, low-power chipset helps reduce bill-of-material costs and eases the design of equipment that meets new environmental requirements."
Zarlink is a leading supplier of voice telephony integrated circuits (ICs). Equipment manufacturers are designing the VE8820 dual channel FXS chipset into a range of voice-over-broadband residential and business gateways as well as access network applications, including cable embedded multimedia terminal adaptors (EMTAs), xDSL integrated access devices (IADs) and fiber to the home (FTTH) optical network terminals (ONTs).
Enabling the highest performance and quality voice
The highly programmable dual channel VE8820 chipset supports both wideband and narrowband telephony operation, and is software compatible with existing VE880 VoicePort Series devices. The product is supported by the VoicePath API-II Software Development Kit to help simplify design, speed product development and enable improved telephone line testing capability through the field proven VeriVoice Test Suite software.
The VE880 chipset is in full production, for more information please visit http://www.zarlink.com/zarlink/hs/82_VE8820.htm.
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