[August 31, 2004] Optibase Platforms Selected by Scott County; MGW 5100 chosen for its high quality video and flexibility MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. & GATE CITY, Va. --(Business Wire)-- Aug. 31, 2004 -- Optibase (Nasdaq:OBAS) a leading provider of carrier grade TV streaming platforms today announced that Scott Telecom and Electronics, a wholly owned subsidiary of Scott County Telephone Cooperative, will deploy Optibase's MGW 5100 carrier grade streaming platform to deliver advanced TV services to its subscribers in the Scott County and Hancock areas. The Scott County Telephone Cooperative services over 6,000 subscribers with local phone, long distance, CATV and Internet services. Looking to enhance its offering, the Cooperative decided to add IPTV services that would offer greater channel line ups than provided with ordinary cable TV. Following a thorough RFP process, in depth comparisons and evaluations, STE selected Optibase as the main IPTV head end component. "We needed a high quality platform that could accommodate to our future plans that include increasing number of members being serviced," said Eddie Depew, Manager of Scott County Telephone Cooperative. "Optibase's MGW 5100 proved to be a flexible platform that would also enable us to migrate to additional video formats with no network upgrades." For additional information on MGW 5100 and Optibase, please visit our website at http://www.optibase.com/html/solutions/carrierclass.html or send an email to [email protected]. About Optibase Optibase, Ltd. (Nasdaq:OBAS) provides professional editing, compositing, encoding, decoding, video server upload and streaming solutions for telecom operators, service providers, broadcasters and content creators. The company's platforms enable the creation, broadband streaming and playback of high quality digital video. Optibase's breadth of product offerings are used in applications, such as: video over DSL/Fiber networks, post production for the broadcast and cables industries, archiving; high-end surveillance, distance learning; and business television. Headquartered in Israel, Optibase operates through its fully owned subsidiary in Mountain View, California and offices in Massachusetts, Europe, Japan and China. Optibase products are marketed in over 40 countries through a combination of direct sales, independent distributors, system integrators and OEM partners. For further information, please visit www.optibase.com. EDITOR'S NOTE: Product photography is available upon request. [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]