Microsemi Reaches Major Milestone by Shipping Over 1 Billion Voice Line Circuits

Microsemi Corporation

, a leading provider of semiconductor solutions differentiated by power, security, reliability and performance today announced it has reached a major milestone by shipping over 1 billion voice line circuits. This achievement comes after more than three decades of worldwide industry leadership in providing reliable and cost competitive voice solutions. With over 65 percent market share in voice line circuit solutions for VoIP enabled broadband gateways, Microsemi continues to develop easy-to-use and highly cost-effective voice line solutions with a wide array of products such as the next generation miSLIC™ Series, the ZL880, and VE950 product families. Microsemi's latest line circuit devices are optimized for short loop, power sensitive applications and provide the highest level of integration available today. Target applications include cable embedded multimedia terminal adaptors (eMTAs), DSL integrated access devices (IADs), fiber to the premise (FTTx) applications, LTE gateways and analog terminal adaptors (ATAs). According to Infonetics Research, broadband providers continue to increase the number of services offered (including voice) which will continue to drive the CPE market at volumes around 200 million units per year for the next five to seven years. Additionally, Microsemi offers systems designers an extensive application toolset, including software development tools, reference designs and development platforms, to speed time-to-market when adding voice to residential gateway applications. "We are proud to reach this industry milestone and continue our leadership in voice line circuits with over 65 percent market share," said Jacques Issa, vice president and voice business unit manager, Microsemi. "With our proprietary SLIC process and manufacturing capacity, Microsemi remains the trusted partner who delivers in high volume a reliable and cost effective solution."