Tuesday, 15. July 2008
UTStarcom Picks Aksh for Deploying RollingStream IPTV
UTStarcom, a provider of IP-based networking products for telecom companies and service providers, announced to have signed a new contract with Aksh Optifibre, that expands the operator’s deployment of the RollingStream Internet Protocol TV (IPTV) solution.
Aksh, a manufacturers and exporters of optical fibre cables, originally selected UTStarcom in early 2007 to deliver the first commercial IPTV service in India through Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd. (MTNL) in Delhi. According to Aksh, the current contract helps to extend its reach and deliver the same high-quality IPTV services to subscribers of MTNL in Mumbai, India.
“UTStarcom’s RollingStream IPTV solution is a completely IP-based platform that will enable better delivery of the interactive entertainment services we plan to extend to our customers,” said Dr. Kailash S. Choudhari, managing director at Aksh Optifibre.
UTStarcom’s RollingStream IPTV system supports more than 850,000 live IPTV subscribers globally. The system maintains a current total system capacity exceeding 2.5 million subscribers as a result of recent successful deployments in China with China Netcom and China Telecom. In India it is in collaboration with Bharti Airtel, MTNL/Aksh and United Telecoms Limited, in Sri Lanka with SLT, in Japan with Softbank, in Latin America with Brasil Telecom, in Taiwan with Markwell and in Europe with Jersey Telecom.
Aksh announced the launch of its IPTV and VoIP services in Mumbai on the MTNL network in March 2008, as an expansion to the initial launch of these services on the MTNL Delhi network in July 2007.