CopperGate Communications, a Challenge Fund II portfolio company and leading provider of home networking technology for triple play IPTV applications, and PMC-Sierra (Nasdaq: PMCS), a leading provider of broadband communications and storage semiconductors, today announced that Hitro Technologies has selected their solutions for its new carrier-grade multi-service residential gateway. PMC-Sierra's MSP7100 Multi-Service Processor family combined with CopperGate's CopperStream CG3110 chipset provides a comprehensive solution for high-performance residential gateways targeted at in-home distribution of IP multi-media entertainment data.

"We selected the PMC-Sierra and CopperGate solution because it delivers the increased performance, reliability, and flexibility that service providers require to offer carrier-grade IP services such as IPTV and VoIP over existing home wiring", said Arif Ahsan, Director of Strategic Marketing, Hitron Technologies. "Combining a powerful processing platform with a high-throughput home-area networking solution enables a unique architecture for the guaranteed QoS our customers require."