La Opinión del Experto + - TELE-satellite International Magazine

services. Corrigent’s CM platforms offer a 10Gbps solution combin-
ing Ethernet transport, full support of legacy SONET/SDH capabilities,
MPLS and RPR technologies, and end-to-end network management.
SRI LANKA
SRI LANKA TELECOM OPTS FO OPTIBASE
ENCODERS FOR IPTV SERVICE
Optibase’s advanced encoders have been selected by UTStarcom as
part of an end-to-end integrated IPTV solution to Sri Lanka Telecom.
Sri Lanka Telecom will use UTStarcom’s RollingStream advanced IPTV
solution, which incorporates Optibase’s H.264 streaming platforms, to
offer the country’s first ever triple play services. Optibase’s H.264 Media
Gateway (MGW) 5100 encoding platforms, renowned for their top video
quality and quick deployment, offer a highly reliable streaming solution.
TAIWAN
CHUNGHWA TELECOM REVISES IPTV TARGET
Chunghwa Telecom has revised its year-end subscriber target for its
IPTV service from 1.2 million to 800,000, according to research firm
Media Research Asia. The operator’s Olympic coverage was reported to
have boosted IPTV subscriber numbers by around 15%, and Chunghwa
currently has about 570,000 users with average revenue per user of TWD
107 per month. The operator is also planning to spend TWD 30-31 billion
(US$ 943-975 million) in IPTV-related capital expenditure this year.
THAILAND
TRUEIPTV RELAUNCHES OPERATIONS
TrueIPTV Co, the IPTV arm of True Corp, has completed business and
organisational restructuring. It now has a new shareholding structure,
a clearer business role and definition of the target market segments for
IPTV and TrueVisions’ conventional cable and satellite Pay-TV services.
Paisit Vatjanapagorn, general manager, said TrueIPTV has relaunched
as a “premium service” targeting affluent Thais and foreigners living in
Bangkok. The company is offering 12 TV channels including multi-language
soundtracks, knowledge-based programmes and karaoke-ondemand.
It hopes to double the subscriber base to 6,000 early in 2009.
THE PHILIPPINES
ECI TELECOM PROVIDES BROADBAND ACCESS TO PLDT
ECI Telecom has signed an agreement for the supply of broadband
access solutions to Philippines Long Distance Telephone Company
(PLDT). ECI’s Hi-FOCuS-5 Multi-Service Access Node (MSAN)
central office and outside plant solution was chosen to support PLDT’s
nationwide expansion of high-speed internet DSL services for both
business and residential customers over the operator’s existing copper
infrastructure. Part of ECI’s 1Net business framework, the Hi-FOCuS
is a carrier grade, future-proof MSAN solution, providing PLDT with
the optimal transition path to a next-generation network solutions as it
looks to deliver new services such as IPTV and VoIP in the future.
W O R L D
AMINO SIGNS GLOBAL DEAL WITH
ERICSSON FOR IPTV INTEGRATION
Set-top box manufacturer Amino Communications has signed a global
deal with Ericsson to integrate its IPTV systems with the telecoms
giant’s new software. The news came as Amino also unveiled a plug-in
solution enabling telecom operators to provide their IPTV subscribers
with personal video recording (PVR) capability without the need for hard
drives. The solution allows users to attach a USB drive to their existing
set-top box and access their files, transferring them to view on any
set-top box. The PVR concept will be offered over the next few months.