Intel moves in to add Lantiq to acquisition portfolio

2nd February 2015

Lantiq

Barney Scott

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Intel has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Lantiq, a supplier of broadband access and home networking technologies. The transaction, expected to close in approximately 90 days, is subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals, and deal terms were not disclosed. Smart gateways and intelligent access networks are important elements in Intel’s objective of ‘making everything smart and connected’.

This acquisition would expand Intel’s success in the cable residential gateway market and broaden its offering to other gateway markets, including DSL, Fiber, LTE, retail and IoT smart routers.

The combined team would have a comprehensive range of connectivity solutions and home cloud technologies for OEMs, service providers and companies innovating applications for the home. Together with Intel’s IoT solutions, Intel Security products and Intel-based client devices, Intel can deliver exciting connected experiences for consumers.

More than 100 global operators have deployed Munich-based Lantiq’s DSL solutions. Lantiq has over 2000 patents related to broadband communications and offers technologies including xDSL solutions with vectoring and G.Fast; fibre-based technologies such as Fibre to the Distribution Point (FTTdp), GPON, comprehensive gateway home networking, DSLTE systems, efficient network processors, and comprehensive Ethernet and voice solutions.

“By 2018, we expect more than 800m broadband connected households worldwide,” said Kirk Skaugen, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Client Computing Group, Intel. “Intel has been a global leader in driving broadband into the home and to connected compute devices. The combination of our cable gateway business with Lantiq’s technology and talent can allow global service providers to introduce novel home computing experiences and enable consumers to take advantage of a more smart and connected home.”

“Intel and Lantiq share a common vision about the evolution of the connected home and the intelligent network,” said Dan Artusi, CEO, Lantiq. “Together we can drive the transformation of the broadband customer premises equipment as it becomes a smart gateway that connects an increasingly diverse roster of devices and services in the home.”