To deliver a wider range of services to more subscribers without additional satellite dish installations, Broadcom Corporation has announced a new Outdoor Unit (ODU) satellite chipset for operators.
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Nicholas Dunn, Broadcom Vice-President – Marketing, Broadband Communications Group, stated, “With the launch of today’s new low-power ODU chipset, Broadcom is helping to expand the availability of satellite services in single homes and multiple dwelling units across the globe. By streamlining the cabling required to support a single home or multiple residential units, we’ve also reduced hardware and installation costs for satellite operators and simplified satellite distribution to consumers.”
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Broadcom’s BCM4551 addresses issues such as installation cost, need for separate coaxial cable for each set-top box as well as regulations in countries that set a limit on the number of satellite dishes per building. The simplified design of Broadcom’s new ODU chipset will also allow 24 DVB-S2 channels to be stacked on a single coaxial cable to service any set-top box in a home, simplifying and reducing satellite operator installation costs.
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Broadcom’s BCM4551 is currently sampling.
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