Arris said its Touchstone TM902 embedded multimedia terminal adapter (EMTA) platform has been awarded EuroDOCSIS 3.0 and EuroPacketCable 1.5 certification by Cable Europe Labs.
No other information was immediately available from Europe Cable Labs about any other equipment that may have achieved certification or qualification in its most recent wave of testing. D-Link and Ubee are among those with EMTAs that in earlier testing waves have achieved EuroDOCSIS 3.0 and EuroPacketCable 1.5 certification by Cable Europe Labs.
Arris’ Touchstone TM902 is a wideband voice and data modem with two ports for primary line voice and a high-speed data port capable of delivering data throughput speeds of up to 400 Mbps to the end user through DOCSIS 3.0 channel bonding.
The TM902 comes in three models: the TM902A for North America and the TM902B and TM902S for Europe. All have internal power supplies and silicon-based support for eight downstream by four upstream (8 x 4) channels; the chip is supplied by Broadcom.
The EMTA also offers low power consumption. The European model comes with an on/off switch, in compliance with European power consumption requirements.
“We’re very pleased to introduce the Touchstone TM902 family of EMTAs to our customers,” said Arris senior vice president of product management Derek Elder. “We build the same Touchstone reliability into each of our CPE devices and now can offer 8D x 4U support that will enable cable operators to further improve their competitiveness by offering ever-increasing data rates.”
