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Ikanos Communications' High-Performance Vx180 Gateway Processor Selected by XAVi

FREMONT, Calif., June 30 PRNewswire-FirstCall — Ikanos Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq: IKAN), a leading provider of advanced broadband solutions for the digital home, today announced that XAVi Technologies Corporation, a leading supplier of broadband residential gateways and customer premise equipment, has selected the Ikanos Fusiv(R) Vx180 high-performance gateway processor for its VDSL2/ADSL2+ triple play residential gateways. The XAVi residential gateways will be sold globally, with a primary focus on the North American and European markets.

"Ikanos Communications is at the forefront of the industry with its advanced, multi-mode broadband solutions," said Jack Liu, associate vice president of research and design at XAVi. "The company's gateway processors give us the ability to design and deliver the optimal product for service providers: a cost effective and backward compatible residential gateway capable of supporting both today's ADSL installed base and the next-generation of high-performance VDSL2 solutions."

Ikanos Communications' Fusiv Vx180 is a low power single-chip multi-mode VDSL2/ADSL2+ gateway processor designed to enable service providers to launch next generation services. The Vx180 provides 2.7 GHz of processing power with integrated voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) processing while supporting best-in-class quality of service (QoS) for triple play experiences. The Vx180 features Ikanos' unique Accelerator Processor architecture, making it capable of achieving wirespeed packet processing performance across all LAN and WAN interfaces. Additionally it easily integrates with home networking technologies, such as MoCA(TM), Home PNA(TM), HomePlug(R) and 802.11n. The Vx180 offers a robust triple play solution which will incorporate features such as Ikanos' Rapid Rate Adaptation (RRA(TM)) and Seamless Rate Adaptation (SRA) technologies, thereby enabling the development of a high performance, integrated residential gateway platform for multi-play applications.

"We are pleased to provide XAVi with universal gateway processors that offer the low power, small footprint and flexibility they need to design a high-performance multi-mode xDSL residential gateway," said Kumar Sivakumar, Ikanos Communications' senior vice president and general manager. "Our pioneering VDSL2/ADSL2+ residential gateway solution enables ODMs to quickly bring to market products that meet the stringent requirements of broadband providers around the world."

About XAVi Technologies Corporation

XAVi Technologies Corporation is a Taiwanese company. Its foundation is built upon fast, flexible, custom manufacturing of next generation DSL Internet access solutions for broadband access providers worldwide. XAVi delivers products supporting symmetrical and asymmetrical services for voice, video and data transport over existing copper telephone wires. The Company produces various customer premises access equipment, which includes ADSL, SHDSL, VDSL residential gateways and Integrated Access Devices (IADs). The company's headquarter is in Taiwan, with two branch offices in the U.S. and Germany, and one subsidiary in China. For more information: please visit http://www.xavi.com.tw/.

About Ikanos Communications, Inc.

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

(C) 2008 Ikanos Communications, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Ikanos Communications, Ikanos, the Ikanos logo, Ikanos Programmable Operating System, Arion, CleverConnect, Eagle, Fiber Fast, Fusiv, Fx, FxS, LoopNostics, Maximus, Palladia, RRA, SmartLeap and VLR are among the trademarks or registered trademarks of Ikanos Communications.

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 XAVI's selection of the Vx180 include, without limitation, market acceptance of the product, the ability of Ikanos to deliver timely all of the features required by carriers in each region in which the product will be sold, and the ability to meet competitors' pricing. 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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