Vitesse Broadband Expert to Lead Industry Panel Addressing the Convergence of Wireless and Wireline Access

CAMARILLO, Calif. -- (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: VTSS), a leading provider of advanced IC solutions for Carrier and Enterprise networks, announced that one of its telecommunication technology experts will chair an IEEE GLOBECOM Industry Forum at the 2011 IEEE Global Communications Conference, Exhibition and Industry Forum today at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas.

Dr. Frank Chang is scheduled to moderate the technical panel “Access Networks Forum II: The Convergence of Wireline and Wireless Access Networks - Recent Advance and Challenges of Fiber Penetration into Carrier Ethernet, MSOs, Smart Grid and Mobile Backhaul” slated for Wednesday, December 7, 2011 starting at 4 p.m.

The panel will address key insights and challenges of wireless/wireline access convergence and the latest in networking technologies with emphasis on service provider and carrier Ethernet technologies. Potential topics will focus on broadband access and service delivery architecture, technologies, solutions and applications. A wide range of industry experts representing Vitesse, Ovum Research, Qualcomm, Huawei Technologies, LG-Ericsson, NeoPhotonics, and NTT Access Network Service Systems Laboratories amongst others will deliver different perspectives and answer questions.

As Principal Engineer, Systems at Vitesse, Dr. Chang specializes in optical systems engineering and IC product specifications along with definition issues for telecom, datacom, and PON access markets. Dr. Chang has authored or co-authored over 75 peer-reviewed journal and conference articles and represents Vitesse as an active contributor to standard-setting bodies including OIF/ITU, IEEE 802.3 and FSAN.

For more information about IEEE GLOBECOM 2011, please visit www.ieee-globecom.org/2011/index.html.

About Vitesse

Vitesse designs, develops and markets a diverse portfolio of high-performance, cost-competitive semiconductor solutions for Carrier and Enterprise networks worldwide. Engineering excellence and dedicated customer service distinguish Vitesse as an industry leader in high-performance Ethernet LAN, WAN, and RAN, Ethernet-over-SONET/SDH, Optical Transport (OTN), and best-in-class Signal Integrity and Physical Layer products for Ethernet, Fibre Channel, Serial Attached SCSI, InfiniBand®, Video, and PCI Express applications. Additional company and product information is available at www.vitesse.com.

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