The Cisco uBR-MC16E 8-MHz modem card expands the Cisco uBR7200 universal broadband router series product offerings to cable operators worldwide who use 8-MHz channel plans and want greater frequency options for the return-path spectrum. Joining a family of modem cards that offer DOCSIS support, the uBR-MC16E offers support for the EuroDOCSIS standard for hybrid fiber coax (HFC) networks which incorporates the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) J.83 Annex A standard for the physical layer, in a single unifying platform - the Cisco uBR7200 series universal broadband router.The Cisco uBR-MC16E is an example of the company's attention to worldwide cable markets and responsiveness to non-U.S. customer needs. With the modem card, Cisco offers another choice for data-over-cable standards, where cable operators can now offer data and video services in EuroDOCSIS environments to standards-based, low-cost set-top boxes and cable modems. The Cisco uBR-MC16E 8-MHz modem card builds on the DOCSIS protocol, adding support at the physical layer for Phase Alternating Line (PAL) and Systemme Electronique Couleur Avec Memoire (SECAM) channel plans. The Cisco uBR-MC16E offers a similar port configuration to the Cisco uBR-MC16C, with one downstream port and six upstream ports, with a greater upstream spectrum range of 5 to 65 MHz and an increased downstream channel width of 8 MHz.