UTStarcom, China Netcom to Deploy IPTV in China Provinces

UTStarcom Inc., a provider of IP-based, end-to-end networking solutions and services, today announced that China Netcom has signed a contract for the deployment of UTStarcom's RollingStream end-to-end IPTV solution in Harbin in the Heilongjiang Province in northeast China. This deal represents the single-largest IPTV capacity deployment in China to date, says the company.

RollingStream is an end-to-end solution designed for telecommunications operators and broadband service providers to deliver broadcast-quality TV and on-demand entertainment programming over IP networks.

The contract is based on a commercial trial that was launched in May 2005. The initial deployment had a capacity of 100,000 concurrent media streams, covering the major metropolitan areas of the city. Currently, the service offers channels of live broadcast television with "time-shifting" capabilities, 48-hour TV-on-demand, and approximately 5,600 hours of VoD. At the same time, there are value-added services, such as online weather reports, information browsing and searching services available in the service package as well. The service has accumulated approximately 53,000 subscribers to date. UTStarcom also has announced commercial contracts in Shanghai and Fuzhou and Quanzhou in the Fujian Province, with an initial combined capacity of more than 50,000 media streams.

China Netcom   www.chinanetcom.com  

UTStarcom Inc.   www.utstar.com

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