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License Agreement with Copper
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n RNS Number : 6714Z Arc International PLC 23 July 2008 \n \n\nMedia Contact:\n\nJonah McLeod\nARC International\n+1 408 437 3477\[email protected]\n\n\n\n\nCopperGate Takes New Multiuse ARC® License \nTo Develop Home Networking Products\n\nSAN JOSE, Calif., and ST. ALBANS, England, July 23, 2008 - ARC International (LSE: ARK), a leading provider of consumer intellectual property (IP) to OEM and semiconductor companies, has announced a new license agreement with CopperGate Communications. CopperGate's products enable consumers to use existing coaxial and phone lines in the home to network, share and play multimedia content via entertainment devices such as HD-enabled IPTVs and multi-room DVRs. CopperGate will use its new ARC license to create high performance, next-generation chipsets targeting the \"existing wire\" home networking and Multi-Dwelling Unit (MDU) broadband access markets.\n\nThe home entertainment services market has evolved from the single-service option of the past decade to a market in which service providers offer combined voice, video, and Internet access packages to consumers. CopperGate is at the forefront of this market shift, commercializing technology developed with multi-company consortiums that support and standardize these new \"Triple-Play\" services using existing-wire home networking solutions. \n\n\"Consumers and operators crave bandwidth for home entertainment applications like triple play and this agreement makes it easy for CopperGate to deliver the performance they require,\" said Gabi Hilevitz, chief executive officer of CopperGate. \"With the latest ARC technology, CopperGate will continue to be the performance leader-staying ahead of growing customer needs by enabling gateways, optical network terminals and set-top boxes to easily network over existing wires.\"\n\nBill Jackson, ARC's vice president of marketing, added, \"The prevailing business model for IP licensing is to purchase by the project. In a fast moving, competitive market environment, the model is sorely out of date. This new agreement provides CopperGate a long-term, corporate-wide licensing arrangement that allows them to concentrate on their core technology development while ARC concurrently enhances the licensed IP.\"\n\n# # #\n\nAbout CopperGate&nbs...