ULTRA-BROADBAND WIRELESS ENABLED BY SIKLU AND SCKIPIO

MILLIMETER-WAVE LEADER PARTNERS WITH G.FAST LEADER TO

BRING ULTRA-BROADBAND TO URBAN BROADBAND USERS

March 2, 2015, Mobile World Congress, Barcelona, Spain – Siklu, the leading millimeter-wave

company, and Sckipio Technologies, the leader in G.fast, have partnered to enable affordable ultra-

broadband to consumers living in dense, city environments. The partnership enables wireless ISPs

to deliver up to 2Gbps communications as far as 2.5 miles using E-Band and V-Band millimeter

wave wireless technology connected to G.fast distribution points. The G.fast DPUs deliver up to

1Gbps of ultra-broadband over existing copper wires to residents in apartment buildings and other

multi-tenant environments.

“This is a very interesting idea,” said Mark Lowenstein, Managing Director of Mobile Ecosystem, a

leading mobile consultancy. “Fiber backhauling in urban settings is very difficult and expensive.

Combining it with G.fast creates real opportunities for wireless ISPs to deliver higher capacity for

small cells, public Wi-Fi and affordable ultra-broadband.”

E-Band and V-Band millimeter wave technology from Siklu provide up to 2 gigabits per second of

aggregated traffic as far as 2.5 miles using spectrum between 60-80Ghz.

G.fast is the new ITU standard for ultra-broadband access designed to deliver up to 1Gbps over

existing copper wires. This technology was specifically designed for multi-dwelling unit

environments, which represents about 30% of broadband subscribers in the U.S. and even more

globally.

“In cities such as San Francisco and New York, it is very challenging to trench fiber to the building

and its impractical to install fiber all the way to each residence,” said Itzik Ben-Bassat, CEO of Siklu.

“By combining these two emerging technologies together, we can solve many of the major logistical,

regulatory, and installation problems that make it expensive to deliver gigabit broadband to city-

dwellers.”

The architecture consists of an E-Band antenna at the telephone central office connected wirelessly

to an E-Band antenna on the top of a residential or office building. Then, via GPON, GigE or other

wired connectivity, traffic is delivered to a G.fast distribution point in the wiring closet in the building

that connects to 16 individual copper pairs that flow to customer residences. Inside the apartment,

condo, or office, a simple G.fast modem or residential gateway is used to receive the ultra-

broadband traffic.

“Siklu lowers the costs to deliver ultra-broadband to the building, and Sckipio’s G.fast lowers the cost

to deliver ultra-broadband to users within the building,” said David Baum, CEO of Sckipio.

“Combining these two market disrupters will create many new opportunities for entrepreneurs who

want to deliver innovative broadband solutions to millions of consumers and business customers.

About Sckipio

Sckipio is the leader in G.fast modems and is dedicated to delivering ultra-broadband using next-

generation G.fast-based Fiber-to-the-distribution point (FTTdp) architectures. Sckipio offers a

complete G.fast solution – chipsets bundled with software – for a variety of access and mobile

backhaul applications based on the ITU G.fast G.9700 and G.9701 standards, to which Sckipio is a

leading contributor. Founded by a veteran team of communications experts with deep experience in

broadband access and home networking solutions, and backed by leading venture capitalists,

Sckipio is well positioned to win the market for the next-generation of broadband access solutions.

For more information about Sckipio, visit our website at www.sckipio.com. For more information,

follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter @SckipioTech.

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