Date: 21/11/2009

Edge-to-Core Ethernet switch portfolio for mobile and broadband networks

Broadcom has announced a new line of low-power, high performance Edge-to-Core Ethernet switches that allows mobile and broadband networks to deploy with high performance network infrastructure equipment with low capital and operational expenditures.


The five new switch series introduced are:

BCM56630 - Gigabit Ethernet (GbE)/10GE switches for carrier Ethernet aggregation switches and routers
BCM56685 - 2.5G switches for embedded access systems
BCM56330 - GbE edge switches for mobile backhaul applications
BCM56130 - Fast Ethernet (FE) edge switches for business-class access
BCM53280 - FE edge switches for consumer multi-tenant units (MTUs)

Carrier-class switch products are commonly used in conjunction with Broadcom's digital subscriber line (DSL) and cable broadband products, physical layer (PHY) transceivers and serializer/deserializer (SerDes) solutions to deliver a variety of commercial silicon products for service providers.

Gabriele Corliano, Chief Researcher--Network Research & Technology Strategy, British Telecom: said, "BT recognizes the potential for Ethernet to cost-effectively deliver the high bandwidth network required of modern access technologies. We are very encouraged by Broadcom's development of Ethernet switches that support the necessary protocols and technologies that will allow us to roll out new and diverse value-add services."

For more details visit www.broadcom.com