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July 25, 2007

UTStarcom to Deploy IPTV Network in Ningxia Region of China


By Niladri Sekhar Nath
TMCnet Contributing Editor


UTStarcom (News - Alert), Inc., provider of IP-based networking solutions and services, announced that it has won a bid from China Telecom to deploy its RollingStream end-to-end IPTV solutions for a new commercial IPTV (News - Alert) network in Northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. China Telecom is by many estimations the country’s leading fixed-line telecom operator.


 
Under the agreement, UTStarcom will provide a whole set of RollingStream solution as well as the streaming servers and set-top boxes, to the project.
 
The IPTV network will offer 52 broadcast television channels, 48-hour long time-shifting capabilities, 3,000 hours of video-on-demand (VOD) content apart from various kinds of valued-added services such as karaoke, online game playing and other interactive applications. The IPTV network owns an initial capacity to support 10,000 subscribers.
 
UTStarcom claims that its RollingStream solution is the most extensively used IPTV platform in China. The solution is operational for commercial networks in over 13 provinces. It has about 270,000 subscribers across the country.
 
UTStarcom is a global manufacturer, integrator and supporter of IP-based, end-to-end networking and telecommunications solutions. The company offers converged broadband wireless and wireline products, an integrated IPTV solution, and a comprehensive line of handset and customer premise equipment to operators in both emerging and established telecommunications markets worldwide.
 

To learn even more about IPTV, check TMCnet’s White Paper Library, which provides a selection of in-depth information on relevant topics affecting the IP communications industry. The library offers white papers, case studies and other documents free to registered users.

 
Niladri Sekhar Nath is a contributing writer for TMCnet covering telecommunications, service providers and networking.

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