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Broadcom Corporation provides semiconductor solutions for wired and wireless communications. The company's products deliver voice, video, data, and multimedia connectivity in the home, the office, and the mobile environment. It provides a portfolio of system-on-a-chip (SoC) and software solutions. Segments Broadband Communications Reportable Segment (Solutions for the Home) This segment offers solutions for cable, xDSL, fiber, satellite and IP broadband networks to enable the connected home, including set-top boxes (STB) and media servers, residential modems and gateways, small and residential cells and wired home networking solutions. The company offers a range of broadband communications and consumer electronics SoC solutions that enable voice, video, data and multimedia services over wired and wireless networks for the home. Its solutions include cable modem, PON and xDSL SoCs; small and residential cell SoCs; xDSL, xPON and cable modem central office solutions; MPEG/AVC/VC-1 encoders and transcoders; digital cable, DBS, terrestrial and IP STB SoCs; and Powerline and MoCA Networking SoCs. Products incorporating the company’s solutions include modems (cable, xPON, small and residential cells and DSL) and residential gateways; cable modem termination systems, optical line termination and central office DSLAM solutions; digital cable, digital transport adapter, direct broadcast satellite, terrestrial and IP STB; and wired home networking solutions (MoCA and Powerline Networking). Modems and Residential Gateways: The company offers system solutions across DSL, cable and fiber to enable service providers to provide data, voice and video services to and throughout the home. Digital Cable, Direct Broadcast Satellite and IP STB: The company offers platform solutions for cable, satellite and IP STB. Mobile and Wireless Reportable Segment (Solutions for the Hand) This segment offers integrated solutions powering the mobile and wireless ecosystem. The company offers products that enable wireless and cellular connectivity at home, at work and on-the-go. Its solutions include Wi-Fi; Bluetooth; wireless connectivity combos; (global positioning system) GPS/GMSS; EDGE and 3G baseband SoCs; power management ICs; voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) SoCs; near field communications (NFC); and cellular RFs. Products incorporating the company’s solutions include smartphones and mobile phones; tablets, laptops, desktop computers, and peripherals; wireless home routers and gateways; printers; cellular data cards; Wi-Fi mobile hotspots; handheld media devices; personal navigation devices; home gaming systems; VoIP phones; wireless-enabled TVs and STBs; and thermostats and home monitoring. Wireless Local Area and Personal Area Networking Wi-Fi/Wireless local area networking: Wireless local area networking allows devices on a local area network to communicate wirelessly. Wi-Fi has embedded into a range of devices, including smartphones, tablets, home gateways and routers, personal computers, digital cameras, printers, gaming devices, STBs, and HDTVs. In 2011, the company introduced a Wireless Internet Connectivity for Embedded Devices platform to simplify and extend Wi-Fi connectivity to a range of additional connected appliances, smart energy systems, and cloud-based health and home management services devices. The company offers a family of low power Wi-Fi chipsets. The company also supports Wi-Fi Direct, WiFi Display and Miracast across its product portfolio, allowing communication between devices without having to interact with an access point, increasing ease of use for Wi-Fi and enabling it to serve increased demand for the transfer of HD content between devices. Bluetooth: The Bluetooth short-range wireless networking standard is a low power wire replacement technology that enables direct connectivity among various mainstream consumer electronic devices. The company offers a family of Bluetooth silicon and software solutions for mobile phones, personal computers, wireless headphones and headsets, HDTVs, peripherals, gaming and other applications. Its family of single-chip Bluetooth devices, software app