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Amino Selected by ADC For First IPTV Service in Thailand; Amino Partners with Siemens in ThailandCAMBRIDGE, England & SINGAPORE --(Business Wire)-- June 18, 2006 -- Amino Communications (LSE:AMO): -- Ref: EMQ1444 Amino, leading IPTV set-top box supplier, today confirms that it was selected by Siemens for the first IPTV deployment in Thailand. The deployment for ADC (Advanced Datanetwork Communication Co. Ltd) has been rolled out to a substantial number of homes in Thailand for several months adding on-demand and broadcast television channels to the company's existing broadband service offering. Over the last months, ADC has witnessed the proven reliability and high quality of the AmiNET set-top boxes. With this IPTV roll-out, ADC is poised to take a leading position within the burgeoning Thai broadband market which has received strong infrastructure investment and support from the Thai government. Ryan Petty, Vice President of Product Management for Siemens Home Entertainment: "Our partnership with Amino has allowed us to provide enhanced revenue generation opportunities for ADC, allowing them to take full advantage of this national technology revolution." The AmiNET range of set-top boxes has been developed and extensively tested with the principal elements of the IPTV delivery chain, including middleware, content security and browser technologies. This established interoperability ensures the smooth integration of Amino technology into any IPTV deployment using any number of combinations of 3rd party software and hardware suppliers. "Thailand is an extremely exciting market in terms of potential growth of IPTV" noted Roy Kirsopp, VP & General Manager for Amino. "Amino leads the field for set-top box technology and by partnering with Siemens we aim to bring the most advanced IPTV technology to Thailand while easing the integration process and cutting the time to market and deployment costs of adding value through triple-play services." About ADC ADC is a part of Shin Corporation, a leading Thai group with business operations in Satellite, e-business, wireless communications and media and advertising. More information about Shin Corporation is available at: http://www.shincorp.com About Amino Amino Communications (www.aminocom.com) supplies the AmiNET(TM) series of set-top boxes renown for their low-cost and reliability. The AmiNET range materially reduces service operators' capital expenditure, whilst offering the full range of specification required; MPEG2 and MPEG4 encoding standards, standard and high definition TV, personal video recording and home networking. The high performance coupled with the innovative design of Amino's set-top boxes, have brought the series industry accolades and the company a leading position within the IPTV market. Approximately 700,000 AmiNET IPTV set-top boxes have been used in over 50 countries worldwide by more than 400 customers in commercial deployments and trials. The set-top boxes have also been sampled by another additional 700 customers. Amino Communications' principal customers are telecommunications, broadcast and hospitality service operators. Generally, AmiNET products are supplied with the IntAct(TM) IPTV software stack pre-loaded. Amino Communications is a wholly owned subsidiary of Amino Technologies plc. listed on the London Stock Exchange AIM, symbol AMO. Amino is based near Cambridge, UK, and has offices in Atlanta Georgia and Hong Kong. About Siemens Communications The Siemens Communications Group is one of the largest players in the global telecommunications industry. The company offers a full-line portfolio of innovative solutions for voice and data communication. Its comprehensive offerings range from devices right through to complex network infrastructures and services for wireless, fixed and enterprise networks. It is the largest Group within the Siemens organization and operates in more than 160 countries around the world. In fiscal 2005 (September 30), its 54,500-strong workforce posted sales of over 13 billion euros. More about Siemens Communications at http://www.siemens.com/communications |
