Date: 25/04/2011

Broadcom joins GreenTouch

Broadcom Corporation has joined GreenTouch, a global industry consortium working on improving the energy efficiency of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) networks.

Gee Rittenhouse, GreenTouch Consortium Chairman & Vice President of Research at Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs said "Broadcom is a highly respected and recognized leader in providing energy efficient solutions that reduce power and costs in the network. We believe Broadcom will make a significant contribution to the consortium in reaching its ambitious goals while its customers, the industry, and the environment as a whole will benefit greatly from Broadcom's collaboration and innovation."

Nick Ilyadis, Vice President & CTO, Broadcom's Infrastructure & Networking Group said "Broadcom is a leader in the innovation and delivery of Energy Efficient Ethernet solutions that enable our customers to reduce their carbon footprint and costs while delivering the high performance and functionality needed for the increasing bandwidth demands of cloud computing, virtualization, mobile computing, and next generation networks. Our mutual goals are perfectly aligned and the collaborative environment of global technology, research and academia that GreenTouch provides offers an exciting opportunity for progress."