NEC Magnus and Ikanos Communications Collaborate to Deliver World's Largest VDSL Deployment

FREMONT, Calif., Jan. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ikanos Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq: IKAN), a leading provider of advanced broadband semiconductor and software products for the digital home, and NEC Magnus Communications, Ltd., today announced that the companies have deployed the world's largest VDSL network, reaching a major milestone in their relationship and the industry. Together, the companies have shipped more than four million central office and customer premises equipment products which are enabling delivery of higher bandwidth services to the growing number of VDSL subscribers acrossJapan.

As a result of NEC Magnus' advanced product line, Japan's service providers have been able to hasten rollouts and accelerate return on investment for new broadband services. By leveraging the existing copper infrastructure, NEC Magnus' multi-dwelling unit (MDU) access equipment and customer premises equipment (CPE) are making possible low cost access to applications such as Internet protocol television (IPTV), video on demand, network gaming, peer-to-peer video sharing and video conferencing.

"Ikanos' high performance central office and CPE chipsets allow us to provide the means for service providers to deploy very high speed, affordable broadband to the doorsteps of Japanese homes," said Takashi Senba, associate senior vice president at NEC Magnus. "We have designed with Ikanos' VDSL products since 2002, and look forward to continuing this long-standing relationship through which we advance technologies to address the speed, power and stability required by the broadband market."

Ikanos' fifth generation VDSL2 chipsets are designed to provide the highest throughput and density, with the lowest per port power consumption, thereby enabling NEC Magnus to offer high-density systems that reduce carriers' capital and operating expenditures. The Fx(TM)100100-5 central office and Fx(TM)100100S-5 CPE chipsets offer symmetrical speeds of up to 100 Mbps and are backward compatible with deployed modems, facilitating smooth upgrades for carriers.

"NEC Magnus is a worldwide leader in deploying broadband access lines for high bandwidth services," said Michael Gulett, president and CEO of Ikanos. "We value our relationship with NEC Magnus and we look forward to continuing our collaboration in creating industry leading access equipment inJapan and around the world."

About NEC Magnus Communications, Ltd.

NEC Magnus Communications, Ltd., plans, develops, sells and installs telecommunications and electronics equipment. In addition, NEC Magnus constructs and operates cable television networks as well as provides consulting services in the areas of telecommunications, electronics and television cable systems. For more information about NEC Magnus, please visit: http://www.necmagnus.com/.

About Ikanos Communications, Inc.

Ikanos Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: IKAN) is a leading provider of advanced broadband semiconductor and software products for the digital home. The company's multi-mode VDSL2/ADSLx, network processor and other offerings power access infrastructure and customer premises equipment for many of the world's leading network equipment manufacturers and telecommunications service providers. For more information, visit www.ikanos.com.

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Cautionary Statement

All statements included or incorporated by reference in this press release, other than statements or characterizations of historical fact, are forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements are based on our current expectations, estimates and projections about our industry and business, management's beliefs, and certain assumptions, all of which are subject to change. Forward-looking statements can often be identified by words such as "anticipates," "expects," "intends," "plans," "predicts," "believes," "seeks," "estimates," "may," "will," "should," "would," "could," "potential," "continue," "ongoing," similar expressions, and variations or negatives of these words. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future results and are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions that could cause our actual results to differ materially and adversely from those expressed in any forward-looking statement. Important factors that may cause such a difference with respect to NEC Magnus' selection of Ikanos VDSL central office and customer premises equipment chipsets include, without limitation, continuing consumer demand for VDSL-based services, NEC Magnus future deployment plans and Ikanos' ability to continue to deliver products containing the features required to deliver high bandwidth telecommunications services. For a further discussion of the risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements, see the section entitled "Risk Factors" in Ikanos' Annual Reports on Form 10-K and its most recent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. Ikanos Communications cannot assure that the events and circumstances reflected in any forward-looking statements will be achieved or occur, nor does Ikanos Communications undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statements for any reason after the date of this press release.

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