Cisco offers a wide variety of connectivity, expansion and upgrade modules to accommodate the range of application needs in customer networks. The network modules assure customers that they can choose a connectivity solution that fits their requirements. As modular components, they are easily and inexpensively field-upgradeable as customer requirements change.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.