KFAR SAVA, Israel, April 30, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Silicom Ltd. SILC today announced that a Tier-1 US telecommunications company has selected one of Silicom's innovative edge devices for a new SD-WAN-based Small Business Gateway offering that it plans to launch soon. The customer has already placed nearly $1 million in preliminary purchase orders to be delivered during Q2-Q3 2018, and forecasts that a several additional million dollars worth of products will need to be delivered by the end of 2018. During 2019, the customer expects to ramp up its program gradually to a steady run rate of $15 to $20 million per year.

In parallel, Silicom is working with the customer to obtain all necessary certifications for the selected edge devices that, in accordance with the customer's decision, will include LTE and Wi-Fi interfaces. Once these certifications are received, the customer will be able to begin deployment of the devices including in LTE and Wi-Fi environments.

The client is also currently engaged in an evaluation process regarding another huge Universal CPE (uCPE) program for its NFV deployments, and Silicom's edge devices have reached the "shortlist" stage in this program.

"We are very excited to initiate a relationship with this giant telco for edge networking products at the focal point of the exploding SD-WAN and NFV markets, which are highly strategic for all major telcos today," commented Shaike Orbach, Silicom's President & CEO. "Our selection by this industry leader confirms that we are considered a 'go-to' company for telco edge devices - and indeed we are currently engaged in a variety of discussions, both with this customer regarding its NFV project and with additional telcos looking to launch new SD-WAN and NFV-based services. All of them are struggling with the daunting challenge of handling the massive volumes of data that are now coming to the edge. They have a clear need for our edge devices to help them integrate a variety of technologies as the basis for a new business model.

"Telcos and other clients understand that we offer them the 'whole package': not just superb technology, but also exceptional development capabilities and a commitment to total support. That is why we expect to continue being chosen to deliver what telcos need at the edge - and that's why we expect our edge offerings to become a major growth driver for us."

About Silicom
Silicom Ltd. is an industry-leading provider of high-performance networking and data infrastructure solutions. Designed primarily to improve performance and efficiency in Cloud and Data Center environments, Silicom's solutions increase throughput, decrease latency and boost the performance of servers and networking appliances, the infrastructure backbone that enables advanced Cloud architectures and leading technologies like NFV, SD-WAN and Cyber Security. Our innovative solutions for high-density networking, high-speed fabric switching, offloading and acceleration, which utilize a range of cutting-edge silicon technologies as well as FPGA-based solutions, are ideal for scaling-up and scaling-out cloud infrastructures.

Silicom products are used by major Cloud players, service providers, telcos and OEMs as components of their infrastructure offerings, including both add-on adapters in the Data Center and stand-alone virtualized/universal CPE devices at the edge.

Silicom's long-term, trusted relationships with more than 150 customers throughout the world, its more than 400 active Design Wins and more than 300 product SKUs have made Silicom a "go-to" connectivity/performance partner of choice for technology leaders around the globe.

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