Ikanos Hosts Broadband Industry Innovators to Forecast What's Next for the Connected Home

FREMONT, CA--(Marketwire - Jan 7, 2013) - Ikanos Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: IKAN), a leading provider of advanced broadband semiconductor and software products for the digital home, today announced a special event, the Broadband Access Roundtable, that will feature industry experts in forecasting the drivers for high-speed broadband access in the connected home. The roundtable will draw pundits and innovators from global carriers, content providers, industry analysts, and solution providers.

Participants in the private roundtable, to be held January 10 at the Wynn Hotel in Las Vegas, will address the question, "What is driving the need for high-speed broadband access, and how will higher broadband speeds be used?"

Attention will focus on three topics:

• What will be the chief drivers of demand for higher data rates?
• What new digital services in the home will be developed and become mainstream?
• How have past data-rate increases been adopted to enable new services, and what is the projection for broadband beyond 200Mbps?

Industry leaders in the roundtable include:

• Peter Vandenengel, Director of Customer Premise Equipment, Bell Canada
• Sam Heidari, CEO, Quantenna Communications
• Tuncay Cil, SVP of Business Development, ASSIA
• Bob Tynan, Strategic PLM for Service Provider Video and Data CPE, Cisco
• Thomas Engdahl, President and CEO, Magic Ruby
• Lee Ratliff, Principal Analyst, Broadband and Digital Home, IHS iSuppli

The discussion will be moderated by Bill McDonald, Director, Carrier Development and Relations, Ikanos.

The Ikanos-sponsored roundtable will take place during the Consumer Electronics Show. Details:

• Location: Wynn Las Vegas Resort Hotel
• Date and time: January 10, 2013, 6:00-8:00pm
• Reservations: Contact Gisell Navarro, gnavarro@ikanos.com, (510) 438-6231

For further information, contact Bill McDonald, bmcdonald@ikanos.com, (510) 438-5434.

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 broadband DSL, communications processors 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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