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BSNL's IPTV to be powered by UTstarcom and Aksh
By siliconindia
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Friday, 05 September 2008, 00:11 IST |
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Bangalore: UTStarcom announced a contract with Aksh Optifibre to install UTStarcom's Internet Protocol TV (IPTV) solution in 20 cities on Bharat Sanchar Nigam ADSL network.
BSNL is currently an UTStarcom-built multiplay infrastructure that supports more than 75 percent of the active wire lines in India. The proposed IPTV offering will be made available to more than 250,000 BSNL broadband subscribers in 20 cities throughout India with Aksh's iControl service.
This service will give both large cities and small towns the opportunity to experience interactive entertainment such as time-shifting, video-on-demand (VOD), interactive gaming, live television voting and distance learning programs.
Kailash S. Choudhari, Chairman and Managing Director, Aksh Optifibre says,"Demand for IPTV in India is increasing exponentially and UTStarcom is supplying Aksh with the solutions and infrastructure it needs to continue that momentum."
UTStarcom has long-standing relationships with both Aksh and BSNL for IPTV, broadband and NGN-related deployments. Last month, UTStarcom and Aksh had announced their collaboration to deliver high-quality IPTV services to subscribers of Mahanagar Telephone Nigam. (MTNL), Mumbai in extending the reach of the operator's service area. In 2007, UTStarcom had partnered with BSNL to supply solution to build and launch new multiplay broadband Internet services.
BSNL currently delivers the most extensive range of communications services and maintains the greatest reach of all broadband and wireline operators in India. Completion of the BSNL's IPTV network will significantly increase Aksh and UTStarcom's IPTV footprint within India in terms of deployments and total commercially-deployed customer base.
Vijay Yadav, Vice President and Managing Director, South Asia operations, UTStarcom says,"Through BSNL's network and UTStarcom technology, Aksh will build an iControl IPTV base that will change the way most of India utilizes television in their daily lives." Aksh is also expected to become the largest provider of IPTV support services in India upon completion of this IPTV system.
UTStarcom's RollingStream IPTV system currently supports more than 956,000 live IPTV subscribers globally and maintains a current total system capacity of more than 2.5 million subscribers.
