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UTStarcom launches IP programme in India
By siliconindia
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Monday, 17 August 2009, 23:23 IST
Bangalore: UTStarcom, today launched its India 'Internet Protocol Partner Programme' focused on research and development (R&D) to provide a single-window solution to telecom operators for providing better value-added services to subscribers.
The company is working with more than 20 partners in developing these applications that can be added on to its IP-based offerings. Applications in the immediate pipeline include tele-education, gaming, social networking, gaming, widgets, advertising, messaging convergence and contextual information.
Vijay Yadav, Vice President and Managing Director of UTStarcom's South Asia operations says, "By building an ecosystem for IPTV, we aim to aid faster adoption of this revolutionary technology among Indian audiences by helping telecom operators create a compelling pull factor built on technologically robust and tested applications."
The UTStarcom IP Partner Program is open to partners in various fields of the IP value chain, including testing equipment, content, remote technical debugging and complaint redressal and more. Four innovative applications have already been tested on UTStarcom's technology platform and will soon be rolled out for service providers.
Some of the IPTV services being developed or evaluated under the programme include on-demand education/learning, TV travel booking, movie ticket booking, interactive maps, gaming, TV video blogging, hospitality solutions, widgets (for weather, stocks and cricket scores.) customer analytics (for TAM ratings), targeted advertisements and many more.