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Amino Reorganisation Establishes IntAct Software Ltd; Company Creates Independent Business to Licence its Proven IPTV TechnologyCAMBRIDGE, England --(Business Wire)-- April 20, 2006 -- Amino Technologies plc (LSE:AMO): -- Ref: EMQ1413 Amino Technologies plc has established an independent business, IntAct Software Limited to license its IntAct(TM) software solutions to set-top box (STB) OEMs and ODMs, semiconductor manufacturers, service operators and system integrators. In addition, service operators and integrators may also licence Amino's award-winning set-top box designs with unique signature form factor through IntAct Software Ltd. The IntAct(TM) IPTV solution consists of both a client software stack and IP STB server management tools which represent the culmination of more than 150 man-years of product development, third party interoperability and pre-integration. This ensures that IPTV operators can use IntAct with the widest range of middleware, conditional access, silicon, head-end system and browser technology. This pre-established interoperability, linked with IntAct's lean architecture, drives down the deployment costs and reduces the time to market of the complete IPTV system. Therefore operators see a return on their investment much faster and can source equipment powered by IntAct from a number of suppliers, further lowering the risks associated with IPTV service deployment IntAct(TM) has been successfully deployed in more than 500,000 set-top boxes in 80 commercial roll-outs. It has been ported onto six silicon platforms, in multiple software configurations, in MPEG2 and MPEG4 H.264, standard and high definition formats. "The number of volume deployments of IPTV networks should increase significantly in 2007 enabling local manufacture that brings associated reductions in import costs and multi-sourcing of set-top boxes operating a common software solution to ensure service reliability. IntAct offers its licensees these benefits," commented Karthik Ranjan, Vice President Sales and Marketing, IntAct. "The IntAct software stack and hardware reference designs are already established leaders in the market, with more than 500,000 IntAct-enabled set-top boxes deployed. By licensing them separately, we intend to bring increased choice and flexibility to the market while reducing risk, financial cost and time associated with IPTV service deployments." About IntAct Software Ltd IntAct licenses hardware designs and the IntAct(TM) IPTV software stack for customer premises equipment, allowing OEMs to supply IPTV set-top boxes and gateways for commercial deployment. The IntAct software stack offers a highly portable, robust environment which can be deployed with the widest choice of third party middleware, conditional access, silicon platforms, head-end systems and browser technologies, providing increased flexibility for IPTV service operators. IntAct is one of the most widely deployed client software and management solutions for IPTV, with over 500,000 IntAct-enabled set-top boxes used by more than 400 companies in commercial deployments and trials in over 50 countries worldwide. Intact is a spin-off company 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. |
