Aquantia Corp. announced that NEC Platforms Ltd. has selected the Aquantia AQrate AQR107 10G Ethernet PHY, as the transceiver solution for the BL1000HW carrier home gateway designed by NEC Platforms and deployed by KDDI. KDDI recently announced its service offering using a 10Gbps downlink/10Gbps uplink optical network, and draft 802.11ax Wireless LAN enabled home gateways. Japan has always led the trends of technology adoption, and as cloud storage, high-resolution VR, and UHD gamestreaming from cloud servers all grow in popularity, higher-bandwidth access to the home will become a necessity. The BL1000HW provides the best Quality-of-Service for a wide range of applications ranging from rich media streaming to security and home control applications. Having 10Gbps connectivity to the Internet, and within the home, has the potential to revolutionize how gaming, media streaming and storage are delivered and distributed in the home in this era of cloud services. The BL1000HW carrier gateway platform demonstrates the benefit of broadband upgrades to 10Gbps by matching the Multi-Gig WAN with draft 802.11ax wireless capabilities.